Music (Mika Nakashima album)

Music
Studio album by Mika Nakashima
Released	2005-03-09
Genre	J-pop, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, International
Length	1:09:04
Label	Sony Music Associated Records
Mika Nakashima chronology
Oborozukiyo: Inori (2004) Music (2005) Best (2005)

Music is the third album by Mika Nakashima (fifth overall release). It sold only 231,521 copies in its first week but went to #1 on the Oricon 200 Album Chart. The album charted for 31 weeks and has since sold over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Sakurairo Mau Koro (桜色舞うころ When We Dance in the Cherryblossom's Color)"	Minako Kawae	Minako Kawae	Satoshi Takebe	4:54
2.	"Oborozukiyo: Inori (朧月夜～祈り A Misty, Moon-lit Night~Prayer)[1]"	Tatsuyuki Takano, Mika Nakashima (additional lyrics)	Teiichi Okano, Taro Hakase (additional music)	Taro Hakase	5:59
3.	"Hi no Tori (火の鳥 Phoenix)"	Reiko Yukawa	Hidekazu Uchiike	Keiichi Tomita	4:31
4.	"Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛の糸 Spider's Thread)"	Mika Nakashima	Yoshiko Goshima	Toshiyuki Mori	5:54
5.	"Rocking Horse"	mmm.31f.jp, Mika Nakashima	Lensei	Yasuharu Konishi	3:37
6.	"Carrot & Whip"	Mika Nakashima	Yoshiko Goshima	Chokkaku	5:21
7.	"Shadows of you"	Lori Fine (Coldfeet), Mika Nakashima	Celetia Martin (Big Life Music)	Takefumi Haketa	4:25
8.	"Legend (Main)"	Mika Nakashima	Yasunari Okano	Coldfeet	5:46
9.	"Hemurokku (ヘムロック Hemlock)"	Mika Nakashima	Kazuo Yoda	Yoshito Tanaka	6:42
10.	"Seven"	Mika Nakashima	Lori Fine (Coldfeet)	Coldfeet	4:25
11.	"Fake"	Ayumi Miyazaki, Mika Nakashima	Ayumi Miyazaki	Ayumi Miyazaki	5:13
12.	"Fed Up"	Mika Nakashima	Hiroshi Hayashi	Takamune Negishi	6:05
13.	"Hitori (ひとり Alone)"	Satomi	Ryouki Matsumoto	Ken Shima	5:53

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Debut Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 9, 2005	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	231,521	547,148	33 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	16

Singles

Date	Title	Peak Position	Weeks
2004-04-07	Seven	3	7
2004-06-02	Hi no Tori	9	8
2004-10-20	Legend	5	12
2005-02-02	Sakurairo Mau Koro	5	14
2005-05-25	Hitori	15	6

References

1. Oborozukiyo is a Japanese nursery rhyme.

External links

• http://www.mikanakashima.com
• http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank