Silent Love (EP)

Silent Love
Silent Love
EP by Akina Nakamori
Released	21 December 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Aoi Studio; Cherry Island Studio; Sound City Studio
Genre	Idol Kayokyoku, Pop
Length	19:14
Language	Japanese
Label	Warner Pioneer
Producer	Yuuzou Shimada
Akina Nakamori chronology

Silent Love (stylized as SILENT L♥️VE) is the second mini album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 21 December 1984 under the Warner Pioneer label. The concept of the album is short story about characters, Dan and Rei who meet on the Christmas Eve on 25 December.^[1]

Background[]

Silent Love is the third album to be released in 1984 and first mini album release for the first time in two years.^[2] The album doesn't include any single songs and are full new 4 recorded tracks.

The music production team consist of arranger Ichizou Seo, lyricist Shizuka Ijūin and composer Daisuke Inoue.^[3]^[4]

Stage performances[]

On the Fuji TV music television program Yoru no Hit Studio, Akina performed Terminal made no Eve.

Chart performance[]

The album reached number two on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart, charted 16 weeks and selling over 282,000 copies.^[5]

Track listing[]

All lyrics by Shizuka Ijuin; all music by Daisuke Inoue; all arrangements by Ichizou Seo.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue Bay Story"	4:01
2.	"Little Party"	5:04
3.	"Terminal Made no Eve"	4:05
4.	"Hoshi no X'mas-Berry: A Tender Star"	5:58

References[]

^ Akina Nakamori (1984). Silent Love (LP; album notes). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. (L-5601)
^ Akina Nakamori (1993). AKINA (CD Album; album notes by Yukiko Kitajima). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. (WPCL-770〜3)
^ "Silent Love (中森明菜 ) - Warner Music Japan". wmg.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23.
^ "中森明菜 Silent Love". cdjournal.com.
^ Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970-2005. オリコン・マーケティング・プロモーション. 25 April 2006. pp. 3, 455–457, 883. ISBN 4871310779.

[Silent_Love_liner_notes-1] Akina Nakamori (1984). Silent Love (LP; album notes). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. (L-5601)

[Akina_1993_liner_notes-2] Akina Nakamori (1993). AKINA (CD Album; album notes by Yukiko Kitajima). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. (WPCL-770〜3)

[3] "Silent Love (中森明菜 ) - Warner Music Japan". wmg.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23.

[4] "中森明菜 Silent Love". cdjournal.com.

[5] Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970-2005. オリコン・マーケティング・プロモーション. 25 April 2006. pp. 3, 455–457, 883. ISBN 4871310779.

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