Ringetsu

Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
Studio album by
Miyuki Nakajima
ReleasedMarch 5, 1981
RecordedEpicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio
GenresJ-pop (folk, kayokyoku)
Length45:29
LabelCanyon/AARD-VARK
ProducerMiyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)		 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)		 Kansuigyo
(1982)
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. 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

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.

Side one

  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

  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

Production

Awards

Japan Record Awards
Year Title Category Winner
1981 (23rd) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) Best 10 Albums Miyuki Nakajima

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Country Chart Position Sales
1981 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) 1 590,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1

Singles

Year Single B-Side Chart Position Sales
1980 "Hitori Jouzu" "Kanashimi ni" Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) 6 444,000
1981 "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" "Anzu Mura kara" 25 79,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). Retrieved May 24, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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). Retrieved May 24, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)