New Akina Etranger
New Akina Etranger is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on August 10, 1983 under the Warner Pioneer label. It was Nakamori's first album to receive an award for The Album of the Year in the 25th Japan Record Awards.[1]
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| Released | August 10, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Idol Kayokyoku | |||
| Length | 41:06 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Warner Pioneer | |||
| Producer | Yuuzou Shimada | |||
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Background
New Akina Etranger is the second studio album released in 1983, five months after the release of the album Fantasy.
The music production team consists of collaborators who produced music for the former idol singer, Momoe Yamaguchi, such as Mitsuo Hagita, Shinji Tanimura and Yoko Aki along with previous collaborators such as Takao and Etsuko Kisugi, Masao Urino and Haruomi Hosono.[2][3]
It's Nakamori's first album which doesn't include any single tracks. All 10 tracks are newly recorded album tracks.[4]
Promotion
Drama theme song
Sukoshi Dake no Scandal was promoted as the theme song to the japanese television drama Ruriiro Generation, which was broadcast on Nippon TV.[5]
Music Home Video
On December 12, 1983, the music home video New Akina Etranger in Europe was released. It's Nakamori's first video release to be published. The music videoclips were filmed in various places of Europe, such as Paris, Geneva and Rome.[6] Aside of the album tracks, it also includes a filmed recording of the single Kinku, which wasn't released in the original album but instead to the first compilation album Best Akina Memorial.[7]
Stage performances
Nakamori performed most of the songs from the album at her Rainbow Shower live tour in 1983, such as Sayonara ne, Sukoshi dake Scandal, Stripe, Wakurabairo no Love Song and Toki ni wa Ennui.
She performed Venus Tanjou at her first dinner show Dinner Show 1996: An evening with Miss Akina Nakamori.
Chart performance
The album reached number one on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart for two consecutive weeks, charted 16 weeks and sold over 482,100 copies. The album was ranked at number 10 on the Oricon Album Yearly Chart in 1983.[8] In December 1983 it was nominated in 25th Japan Record Awards and won the title The Album of the Year.[9]
Track listing
All tracks are arranged by Mitsuo Hagita, except "Mon Amour (Glass ni Hanbun no Tasogare)" by Haruomi Hosono.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sayonara ne" | Etsuko Kisugi | Takao Kisugi | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Venus Tanjou" | Yoko Aki | Kazuo Saitsu | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Sukoshi Dake Scandal" | Sho | Sho | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Kanshou Kiko" | Shinji Tanimura | Tanimura | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Renaissance: Yasashisa de Kaete" | Masao Urino | Haruomi Hosono | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Mon Amour (Glass ni Hanbun no Tasogare)" | Urino | Hosono | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Stripe" | E. Kisugi | T. Kisugi | 4:37 |
| 8. | "Wakurabairo no Love Song" | Taku | Taku | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Toki ni wa Ennui" | Aki | Saitsu | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Kakugo no Aki" | Tanimura | Tanimura | 3:51 |
Covers
Kanshou Kikou
- Shinji Tanimura, original composer of the song covered during his live tour recital 2022 The Singer: Yume no Sono Saki and was released as a live album "Live at National Threatre of Japan" in 2022.
References
- Akina Nakamori (1993). AKINA (CD Album; album notes by Yukiko Kitajima). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. (WPCL-770〜3)
- "New Akina エトランゼ (中森明菜 ) - Warner Music Japan". wmg.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28.
- "中森明菜 New Akina エトランゼ". cdjournal.com.
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- NEW AKINA エトランゼ 中森明菜 in ヨーロッパ (DVD). 中森明菜. ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン. 2006-06-21. WPBL-90061.
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- Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970-2005. オリコン・マーケティング・プロモーション. 25 April 2006. pp. 3, 455–457, 883. ISBN 4871310779.
- "第25回日本レコード大賞". 日本作曲家協会. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-05.