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is Akina Nakamori
's ninth album, released on August 11, 1986, and is something of a concept album
in that every track features distorted
vocals of some kind (many unsuspecting members of the Japanese public at first thought this to be an unintentional mis-recording). Despite using unique vocal techniques foreign to her fanbase, the album proved to sell moderately well, debuting #1 with 464,000 copies and staying there for 3 weeks.
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was one of the most popular singers of the 1980s in Japan. She is known for her deep, power-house voice....
's ninth album, released on August 11, 1986, and is something of a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
in that every track features distorted
Distortion
A distortion is the alteration of the original shape of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. Distortion is usually unwanted, and often many methods are employed to minimize it in practice...
vocals of some kind (many unsuspecting members of the Japanese public at first thought this to be an unintentional mis-recording). Despite using unique vocal techniques foreign to her fanbase, the album proved to sell moderately well, debuting #1 with 464,000 copies and staying there for 3 weeks.
Track listing
- BACK DOOR NIGHT
- ニュー・ジェネレーション
- Labyrinth
- マリオネッテ
- 幻惑されて
- グラスの心
- TEENAGE BLUE
- 燠火
- Wait For Me
- Mushroom Dance