is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1979.
The album is best known for the track "Ōkami ni Naritai", which has been one of fan favorites and later included on the compilation album Daiginjo released in 1996. It gained another public attention in the late 1990s, through the TV ad for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.'s energy drink which features the song.
Shin-ai Naru Mono e was relatively successful upon its release, although there was no lead single before the album came out. It debuted at the number-three on the Oricon LP chart and climbed the summit of there in April 1979, providing her with the first number-one spot on the album chart.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima
Side one All tracks arranged by Takahiko Ishikawa (except "Taxi Driver" and "Neyuki" arranged by Shun Fukui) "" - 4:38 "" - 6:09 "" - 3:01 "" - 3:08 "" - 6:23
Side two All tracks arranged by Shun Fukui (except "Koishi no You ni" and "Ōkami ni Naritai" arranged by Takahiko Ishikawa) "" - 2:34 "" - 4:25 "" - 3:36 "" - 5:42 "" - 6:48
Personnel Miyuki Nakajima - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar Takahiko Ishikawa - Acoustic guitar, banjo Kiyoshi Sugimoto - Acoustic guitar Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar Ken Yajima - Electric guitar Graham Thumb Picking Power - Electric bass Hiro Tsunoda - Drums Tatsuo Hayashi - Drums Nobu Saito - Percussion Pecker - Percussion Jake H. Conception - Saxophone Shunzo Sunahara - Flute Makiko Tashiro - Keyboards Kentaro Haneda - Keyboards
Production Recording director: Yoshio Okujima Recording and mixing engineer: Yoshihiko Kaminari Remixing and mixing engineer: Kinji Yoshino Assistant engineer: Kouji Sakakibara Promoter: Yoshiki Ishikawa Manager: Hiroshi Kojima Assistant promotional manager: Kunio Kaneko Designer: Hirofumi Arai Art director: Jin Tamura Costume designer: Mihoko Kiyokawa Producer: Miyuki Nakajima General producer: Genichi Kawakami Recorded at Epicurus and Take One Studios, special thanks to Kochibi
Chart positions YearAlbumCountryChartPositionSales1979Shin-ai Naru Mono eJapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)1327,000Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)7
Release history Country Date Format Label Catalog numberJapanMarch 21, 1979 LP Canyon Records C25A-0031 Audio cassette Pony 25P-7041 March 1, 1981 LP Canyon Records C28A-0147 May 21, 1981 Audio cassette Pony 28P-6070 December 1, 1983CD Canyon Records D35A-0027 November 5, 1986 D32A-0232 March 21, 1989 Pony Canyon D35A-0457 May 21, 1990 PCCA-00074 April 18, 2001 Yamaha Music Communications YCCW-00008 October 1, 2008 YCCW-10057
See also 1979 in Japanese music
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