Navigator (1986 Omega Tribe album)

1986 studio album by 1986 Omega Tribe

Navigator

Studio album by

1986 Omega Tribe

Released| July 23, 1986 (1986-07-23)[1]
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
|  | Navigator
(1986)  | Crystal Night
(1987)

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Singles from  Navigator

1. "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

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Side ANo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Arrangement| Length

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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 BNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Arrangement| Length

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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

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* 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

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Navigator | Chart (1986)  | Peak
position

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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3][5][6][7][8] | 2

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Navigator | Chart (1986)  | Position

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Japanese Albums (Oricon)  | 20

## References

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1. ^ "ナビゲーター". Disk Union.
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.
3. ^ a b "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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Omega Tribe

S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe|

| Members|

* Kiyotaka Sugiyama
* Shinji Takashima
* Toshitsugu Nishihara
* Keiichi Hiroishi
* Takao Oshima
* Kenji Yoshida

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Singles|

* "Summer Suspicion"
* "Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue"
* "Futari no Natsu Monogatari"

Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe|

| Members|

* Carlos Toshiki
* Shinji Takashima
* Toshitsugu Nishihara
* Teruka Kurokawa
* Joey McCoy

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Albums|

* Navigator

Singles|

* "Kimi ha 1000%"
* "Aquamarine no Mama de Ite"

Brand New Omega Tribe|

| Members|

* Masahito Arai

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Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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