Daiginjō

Daiginjō
Greatest hits album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	March 21, 1996
Recorded	1977 - 1995
Genre	J-pop (Folk rock, kayōkyoku, pop)
Length	73:50
Label	Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
10 Wings (1995) Daiginjō (1996) Paradise Cafe (1996)

Daiginjō (大吟醸) is the compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1996. The album features her most commercially successful singles "Between the Sky and You (Sora to Kimi no Aida ni)", "Shallow Sleep (Asai Nemuri)", "Wanderer's Song (Tabibito no Uta)", and "Bad Girl (Akujo)", and mainly consists of her singles that came out during the 1990s. It also includes well-recognized songs like "Rouge" (became famous by cover version Faye Wong recorded), although her earlier massive hit singles such as "Yūwaku" and "Unrequited Love (Yokorenbo)" were disregarded.

Daiginjō debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon Weekly albums chart with sales of 210,000 copies, outselling The Beatles' Anthology 2 released in the same week.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima unless otherwise noted.

1. "Between the Sky and You (空と君のあいだに Sora to Kimi no Aida ni)" [Single version]– 5:31
2. "Bad Girl (悪女 Akujo)"[Single version] – 4:02
3. "Tomorrow (あした Ashita)" [Single mix] – 5:30
4. "Saigo no Megami (最後の女神)" – 4:51
5. "Shallow Sleep (浅い眠り Asai Nemuri)" – 5:23
6. "Rouge (ルージュ)" – :4:34
7. "Birth (誕生 Tanjou)" – 6:50
8. "Time Goes Around (時代 Jidai)" [Remake recorded in 1993, single edit] – 4:32
9. "The Parting Song (わかれうた Wakareuta)" – 3:57
10. "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手)" - 4:12
11. "I Cried All Night (慟哭 Doukoku)" (Nakajima/Tsugutoshi Gotō) - 5:44
12. "Ōkami ni Naritai (狼になりたい)" - 5:43
13. "Wanderer's Song (旅人のうた Tabibito no Uta)" [Single version] - 5:56
14. "Fight! (ファイト!)" - 7:05

Chart positions

Year	Album	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
1996	Daiginjō	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)	1	18	633,000[2]
2002	Daiginjō [Reissue]	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300)	78	11

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	March 21, 1996	Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK	CD	PCCA-00897
			Cassette tape	PCTA-00239
			MD	PCYA-00015
	February 20, 2002	Yamaha Music Communications	CD	YCCW-00034

References

1. 1996年4月1日付 CDシングル/アルバムランキング "Overview of the magazine Oricon Weekly" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
2. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-24.