Music (Mika Nakashima album)

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Music
File:Mika MUSIC.jpg
Studio album by Mika Nakashima
Released 2005-03-09
Genre J-pop, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, International
Length 1:09:04
Label Sony Music Associated Records
Mika Nakashima chronology
Oborozukiyo: Inori
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Music
(2005)
Best
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Music is the third album by Mika Nakashima (fifth overall release). It sold only 231,521 copies in its first week but went to #1 on the Oricon 200 Album Chart. The album charted for 31 weeks and has since sold over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger(s) Length
1. "Sakurairo Mau Koro (桜色舞うころ When We Dance in the Cherryblossom's Color?)"   Minako Kawae Minako Kawae Satoshi Takebe 4:54
2. "Oborozukiyo: Inori (朧月夜~祈り A Misty, Moon-lit Night~Prayer?)[1]"   Tatsuyuki Takano, Mika Nakashima (additional lyrics) Teiichi Okano, Taro Hakase (additional music) Taro Hakase 5:59
3. "Hi no Tori (火の鳥 Phoenix?)"   Reiko Yukawa Hidekazu Uchiike Keiichi Tomita 4:31
4. "Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛の糸 Spider's Thread?)"   Mika Nakashima Yoshiko Goshima Toshiyuki Mori 5:54
5. "Rocking Horse"   mmm.31f.jp, Mika Nakashima Lensei Yasuharu Konishi 3:37
6. "Carrot & Whip"   Mika Nakashima Yoshiko Goshima Chokkaku 5:21
7. "Shadows of you"   Lori Fine (Coldfeet), Mika Nakashima Celetia Martin (Big Life Music) Takefumi Haketa 4:25
8. "Legend (Main)"   Mika Nakashima Yasunari Okano Coldfeet 5:46
9. "Hemurokku (ヘムロック Hemlock?)"   Mika Nakashima Kazuo Yoda Yoshito Tanaka 6:42
10. "Seven"   Mika Nakashima Lori Fine (Coldfeet) Coldfeet 4:25
11. "Fake"   Ayumi Miyazaki, Mika Nakashima Ayumi Miyazaki Ayumi Miyazaki 5:13
12. "Fed Up"   Mika Nakashima Hiroshi Hayashi Takamune Negishi 6:05
13. "Hitori (ひとり Alone?)"   Satomi Ryouki Matsumoto Ken Shima 5:53

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
March 9, 2005 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 231,521 547,148 33 weeks
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 1
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 16

Singles

Date Title Peak Position Weeks
2004-04-07 Seven 3 7
2004-06-02 Hi no Tori 9 8
2004-10-20 Legend 5 12
2005-02-02 Sakurairo Mau Koro 5 14
2005-05-25 Hitori 15 6

References

  1. Oborozukiyo is a Japanese nursery rhyme.

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