Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka

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.

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
Studio album by
Miyuki Nakajima
ReleasedApril 5, 1980
RecordedTake One Studio, Tokyo, Japan
GenreFolk
Length44:56
LabelAARD-VARK/Canyon
ProducerMiyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Okaerinasai
(1979)		 Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)		 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)

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 Sales
1980 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 330,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1

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). Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
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