Navigator (1986 Omega Tribe album)

Navigator
Navigator
Studio album by 1986 Omega Tribe
Released	July 23, 1986
Studio	Nichion; Sound Inn; The Peninsula; Free Port; Sound Design, Tokyo; Sky; Smile Garage; Discomate;
Genre	City pop
Length	42:38
Label	VAP
Producer	Koichi Fujita
1986 Omega Tribe chronology
Singles from Navigator
	"Kimi ha 1000%"; Released: May 1, 1986;

Navigator (Japanese: ナビゲイター; Translation: Flight of the Navigator) is the debut album by 1986 Omega Tribe. The album is the most popular release of the band and charted at number 2 on the Oricon chart.^[2]^[3]

The album includes the debut song "Kimi ha 1000%", which peaked at number 6 on the Oricon charts, but had a different mix than the single's release.^[4]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Blue Reef"	Asako Yano	Shinji Takashima	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:59
2.	"You Belong to Him"	Masako Arikawa	Toshitsugu Nishihara	Kazuo Shiina	4:44
3.	"Aquarium in Tears"	Masao Urino	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:54
4.	"Navigator"	Koichi Fujita, Carlos Toshiki	Toshitsugu Nishihara	Motoki Funayama	4:59
5.	"Night Child"	Asako Yano	Toshitsugu Nishihara	Kazuo Shiina	4:52
Total length:					24:28

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Kimi ha 1000%"	Masako Arikawa	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:10
2.	"21 Candles"	Masako Arikawa	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:56
3.	"Older Girl"	Koichi Fujita	Shinji Takashima	Motoki Funayama	4:16
4.	"North Shore"	Masao Urino	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:48
Total length:					18:10

Personnel

Session co-ordinator – Velvet Line
Design – Masami Oh-Hara
Direction – Shigeru Matsuhashi
Digital editing – Kenji Takeda
Overdubbing engineer – Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
Second engineers – Hiroshi Shitamiya, Junichi Fujimori, Mizuo Miura
Executive producer – Atsushi Kitamura, Katsuhiko Endo
Guitar, chorus – Mitsuya Kurokawa, Shinji Takashima
Keyboards, chorus – Toshitsugu Nishihara
Lacquer cut – Osamu Shimoju
Mastering – Shigeru Buzawa
Photography – Goro Iwaoka
Producer – Koichi Fujita
Recording, mixing – Kunihiko "Jr." Shimizu
Vocals – Carlos Toshiki

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Navigator*
Chart (1986)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]	2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Navigator*
Chart (1986)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	20

References

^ "ナビゲーター". Disk Union.
^ Mower, Kelly (May 10, 2019). "Omega Tribe is a Japanese act from the 80s that has Changed Faces and Forms a Number of Times". QTAQUEST.
^ ^a ^b "Hits of the World". Billboard. August 30, 1986. p. 73. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "「Navigator」 1986オメガトライブ". Technology Pops π3.14. April 26, 2012.
^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 6, 1986. p. 72. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 13, 1986. p. 79. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. October 18, 1986. p. 88. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 62. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[1] "ナビゲーター". Disk Union.

[quest-2] Mower, Kelly (May 10, 2019). "Omega Tribe is a Japanese act from the 80s that has Changed Faces and Forms a Number of Times". QTAQUEST.

[one-3] "Hits of the World". Billboard. August 30, 1986. p. 73. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[4] "「Navigator」 1986オメガトライブ". Technology Pops π3.14. April 26, 2012.

[5] "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 6, 1986. p. 72. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[6] "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 13, 1986. p. 79. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[7] "Hits of the World". Billboard. October 18, 1986. p. 88. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[8] "Hits of the World". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 62. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

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