Kaikinetsu

Kaikinetsu
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	November 15, 1989
Recorded	Burnish Stone, Epicurus, Music Inn, Sound Valley (Tokyo, Japan)
Genre	folk rock, pop, kayokyoku
Length	48:30
Language	Japanese
Label	Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications
Producer	Ichizō Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Goodbye Girl (1988) Kaikinetsu (1989) Yoru wo Yuke (1990)

Kaikinetsu (回帰熱 "Recurrent Fever") is the 17th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1989. Like some of her previous efforts (Okaerinasai and Oiro Naoshi), it comprises the materials that she wrote for other singers.

The album features three top-ten hit singles. Among them, "Haru Nanoni" was recorded by pop idol Yoshie Kashiwabara in 1983. It became Kashiwabara's most successful single after her breakthrough "Hello Goodbye", peaking at #6 on the Japanese Oricon chart.^[1] Nakajima's contribution won the 25th Japan Record Awards for the "Best Songwriting Prize".^[2] "Lonely Canary" is one of Kashiwabara's subsequent materials written by Nakajima, released in 1985 and charted at #9.^[1] The lead-off track, "Kōsa ni Fukarete," was recorded by Shizuka Kudō and released as a single 2 months before Kaikinetsu came out. Nakajima had previously contributed the lyrics for her records, including two chart toppers "Fu-Ji-Tsu" and "Mu-Go,n...Iroppoi". "Kōsa ni Fukarete" also reached the summit of the Oricon shortly after its release, becoming the fifth of Kudo's eight consecutive #1 hit singles.^[3] In Japan, it became one of the biggest hits of 1989 with sales of over 580,000 copies, winning the 4th RIAJ Gold Disc Awards for "The Best Five Singles of Year" category.^[4][5]

Following the smash hit single interpreted by Kudo, Kaikinetsu sold better than other Nakajima's albums released in the late 1980s. On the Japanese Oricon Year-end chart of 1990, it was placed at the 99th best-selling album.^[6]

Track listing

All songs arranged by Ichizō Seo

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original performer (release year)	Length
1.	"Kōsa ni Fukarete (黄砂に吹かれて)"	Miyuki Nakajima, Tsugutoshi Gotō	Shizuka Kudō (1989)	5:51
2.	"Katahaba no Mirai (肩幅の未来)"	Nakajima, Kyōhei Tsutsumi	Yoko Nagayama (1989)	5:18
3.	"Ari, ka (あり、か)"	Nakajima	Ichiro Tanaka and Yoshihiro Kai (1988)	5:45
4.	"Gunshū (群衆)"	Nakajima, Goto	Shizuka Kudo (1988)	5:46
5.	"Lonely Canary (ロンリー・カナリア Ronrī Kanaria)"	Nakajima	Yoshie Kashiwabara (1985)	5:01
6.	"Kurayami Otome (くらやみ乙女)"	Nakajima	Reiko Sada (1989)	4:45
7.	"Ceremony (儀式 (セレモニー) Seremonī)"	Nakajima	Noriko Matsumoto (1986)	4:46
8.	"Mikansei (未完成)"	Nakajima	Hiroko Yakushimaru (1987)	6:15
9.	"Even in the Spring (春なのに Haru Nanoni)"	Nakajima	Yoshie Kashiwabara (1983)	5:04

Personnel

• Hideo Yamaki - drums
• Eiji Shimamura - drums
• Jun Aoyama - drums
• Yūichi Tokashiki - drums
• Chiharu Mikuzuki - bass guitar
• Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
• Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar
• Yasuo Arakawa - wood bass
• Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
• Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
• Hideo Saito - electric guitar
• Ryōmei Shirai - electric guitar
• Kiyoshi Sugimoto - electric guitar
• Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, flat mandolin
• Nobuo Kurata - keyboards
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - keyboards
• Ken Shima - keyboards
• Elton Nagata - keyboards
• Hideo Ichikawa - keyboards
• Yasuhiro Kobayashi - accordion
• Aska Group - strings
• Joe Group - strings
• Sakurako Shirahama - violin
• Kouzou Noguchi - bassoon
• Masashi Togame - clarinet
• Toshihiko Furumura - alto sax
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - computer programming
• Tatsuhiko Mori - computer programming
• Keishi Urata - computer programming
• Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals
• Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals
• Ichizō Seo - backing vocals, keyboards, computer programming
• Miyuki Nakajima - lead and backing vocals

Chart positions

Chart (1989/90)	Position	Weeks	Sales
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 100)[7]	2	11	210,000+

References

1. s-柏原芳恵 "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Yoshie Kashiwabara" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Original Confidence. December 30, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
2. 第25回日本レコード大賞 "Japan Composer's Association - History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 25th Award Winners" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 1, 2011.
3. 1989年09月第3週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 "Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart - 3rd week of September 1989" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
4. 音楽を語ろう特集 音楽を語ろう特集『中島みゆきが詞・曲を提供！工藤静香の名曲を語ろう』 Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
5. 第4回日本ゴールドディスク大賞 "Recording Industry Association of Japan - List of the 4th Gold Disc Award Winners" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). January 1, 2011.
6. 1990年 アルバム年間TOP100 "Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1990" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 1, 2011.
7. a-中島みゆき "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Original Confidence. December 30, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.