Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	April 5, 1980
Recorded	Take One Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Folk
Length	44:56
Label	AARD-VARK/Canyon
Producer	Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Okaerinasai (1979) Ikiteitemo Iidesuka (1980) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) (1981)

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka (生きていてもいいですか) is a seventh studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1980.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, except an untitled interlude composed by Tsugutoshi Goto.

Side one

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Sobaya" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

1. "Urami Masu (うらみ・ます)" – 7:27
2. "Nakitai Yoru ni (泣きたい夜に)" – 4:54
3. "Kitsune Gari no Uta (キツネ狩りの歌)" – 4:08
4. "Sobaya (蕎麦屋)" – 5:09

Side two

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Ikoku" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

1. "Fune wo Dasu no Nara Kugatsu (船を出すのなら九月)" – 5:12
2. Untitled – 1:10
3. "Elaine (エレーン Erēn)" – 7:44
4. "Ikoku (異国)" – 9:12

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Takahiko Ishikawa - acoustic guitar, flat mandolin
• Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
• Tsugutoshi Goto - electric bass
• Makiko Tashiro - keyboards
• Akira Nishimoto - keyboards
• Fumihiko Kazama - accordion
• Nobuo Yagi - harmonica
• Shin Kazuhara - piccolo trumpet
• Yukio Eto - flute, alto flute, bass flute
• Minoru Muraoka - shakuhachi
• Rien Takimoto - drums
• Hiro Tsunoda - drums
• Yas-Kaz Sato - Latin percussions
• Yoshihisa Tamano - violin
• Joe Ensemble - strings

Chart positions

Year	Country	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
1980	Japan	Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1]	1	27	330,000
		Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)	1	20

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog number
Japan	April 5, 1980	LP	Canyon Records	C25A-0089
		Audio cassette	Pony	25P-7117
	March 1, 1981	LP	Canyon Records	C28A-0149
	May 21, 1981	Audio cassette	Pony	28P-6072
	September 1, 1983	CD	Canyon Records	D35A-0018
	November 5, 1986			D32A-0230
	March 21, 1989		Pony Canyon	D35A-0459
	May 21, 1990			PCCA-00076
	April 18, 2001		Yamaha Music Communications	YCCW-00010
	October 1, 2008			YCCW-10059

References

1. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-01-24.