Ringetsu

1981 studio album by Miyuki Nakajima

Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)

Studio album by

Miyuki Nakajima

Released| March 5, 1981
Recorded| Epicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio
Genre| J-pop (folk, kayokyoku)
Length| 45:29
Label| Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer| Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
| Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)  | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)  | Kansuigyo
(1982)

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Singles from  Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)

1. "Hitori Jouzu"
Released: October 21, 1980
2. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare"
Released: March 21, 1981

Month of Parturition (臨月, Ringetsu) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.

The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").

Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981.[1] Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.

Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.

## Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.

### Side one

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1. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare (あした天気になれ)" – 3:19
2. "Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni (あなたが海を見ているうちに)" – 5:42
3. "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors (あわせ鏡, Awase Kagami)" – 5:13
4. "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手( lit., Having Been Accustomed to Solitude))" – 4:12
5. "Snow (雪, Yuki)" – 4:55

### Side two

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1. "Bus Dōri (バス通り, Basu Dōri)" – 4:18
2. "Friendship (友情, Yūjou)" – 6:56
3. "Seijin Sedai (成人世代)" – 4:06
4. "Nocturne (夜曲, Yakyoku)" – 6:48

## Personnel

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* Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals
* Masaki Matsubara – electric guitar
* Takashi Ozaki – electric guitar
* Ken Yashima – electric guitar
* Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar
* Kazuo Shiina – electric guitar
* Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
* Hiromi Yasuda – acoustic guitar
* Tsugutoshi Goto – bass guitar
* Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar
* Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
* Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar
* Masataka Matsutoya – keyboards
* Haruo Togashi – keyboards
* Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
* Maki Tashiro – keyboards
* Izumi Kobayashi – keyboards
* Nobu Saito – percussion
* Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion
* Yuki Sugawara – percussion
* Nobuo Yagi – harmonica
* Keiko Yamakawa – harp
* Jake H Conception – saxophone
* Eiji Shimamura – drums
* Yuichi Tokashiki – drums
* Tatsuo Hayashi – drums
* Yutaka Uehara – drums

## Production

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* Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima
* Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), Masataka Matsutoya (Side one No. 3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1)
* Recording director: Yoshio Okujima
* Director: YūZō Watanabe
* Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda
* Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi
* Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura
* Designer: Hirofumi Arai
* Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko
* Executive producer: Genichi Kawakami
* Special Thanks to Gil House People
* Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan

## Awards

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Japan Record Awards

Year  | Title  | Category  | Winner
1981 (23rd) | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)[2] | Best 10 Albums  | Miyuki Nakajima

## Chart positions

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### Album

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Year  | Album  | Country  | Chart  | Position  | Sales

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1981  | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) | Japan  | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)  | 1  | 590,000[3]
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)  | 1

### Singles

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Year  | Single  | B-Side  | Chart  | Position  | Sales

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1980  | "Hitori Jouzu"  | "Kanashimi ni"  | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100)  | 6  | 444,000[4]
1981  | "Ashita Tenki ni Nare"  | "Anzu Mura kara"  | 25  | 79,000[4]

## See also

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* 1981 in Japanese music

## References

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1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
2. ^ "History of the Japan Record Awards – List of the 23rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
3. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
4. ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Minna Itte Shimatta
* Arigatō
* Aishiteiru to Ittekure
* Shin'ai Naru Mono e
* Okaerinasai
* Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka
* Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
* Kansuigyo
* Hunch (Yokan)
* How Do You Do (Hajimemashite)
* Change
* Miss M.
* 36.5°C
* Miyuki Nakajima
* Goodbye Girl
* Kaikinetsu
* Yoru o Yuke
* Uta de Shika Ienai
* East Asia
* Jidai: Time Goes Around
* Love or Nothing
* 10 Wings
* Paradise Cafe
* Be Like My Child (Watashi no Kodomo ni Narinasai)
* Sun: Wings
* Moon: Wings
* Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
* Lullaby for the Soul (Kokoromoriuta)
* Otogibanashi: Fairy Ring
* Koibumi (Love Letter)
* Ima no Kimochi
* Ten-Sei
* Lullaby Singer
* I Love You, Do You Hear Me?
* Midnight Zoo
* From the Icy Reaches
* Night-Light
* Hard Problems
* Musical Suite

Notable compilations|

* Daiginjō
* Singles 2000

Singles|

* "Time Goes Around"
* "The Parting Song"
* "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"

Other songs|

* "Rouge"
* "Sparrow"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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