Kansuigyo
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is the ninth studio album
by Japanese
singer-songwriter
Miyuki Nakajima
, released in March 1982. The term ”Kansuigyo" ,which means opposite of , is Nakajima's neologism.
Five months before the album came out, she produced a hit single "Bad Girl (Akujo)", which became her first chart topper since "Wakareuta (The Parting Song)" in 1977. The song became one of the most commercially successful single of that year, reaching the top-10 on the year-end chart of 1982. In the following year, Sylvie Vartan
covered the song in French-translated lyrics on her Danse ta vie album, under the alternative title "Ta vie de chien".
Kansuigyo begin with another interpretation of above-mentioned successful song, which features more rock-oriented arrangement and her listless vocals. Rest of the album mainly consists of the ballads that used strings effectively . "Utahime (Diva)", 8-minute long track included at the end of the album has been one of her fan favorites and also included on her later "greatest hits". Lyrics of "Keisha (The Incline)", the song which described melancholy of a solitary elderly woman who are walking on steep slope, was evaluated literarily and had been listed in a textbook on the Japanese language
around the 1990s. When Nakajima recorded the Ima no Kimochi album that were constituted by new interpretations of the past materials in 2004, those two songs were picked out from Kansuigyo.
The album spent the number-one spot on the Japanese Oricon chart for six week, and became the country's best-selling LP of that year. It has also been her album that gained biggest commercial success to date, eventually selling about 770,000 units.
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Album
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by Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima
is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...
, released in March 1982. The term ”Kansuigyo" ,which means opposite of , is Nakajima's neologism.
Five months before the album came out, she produced a hit single "Bad Girl (Akujo)", which became her first chart topper since "Wakareuta (The Parting Song)" in 1977. The song became one of the most commercially successful single of that year, reaching the top-10 on the year-end chart of 1982. In the following year, Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan is a French singer. She was one of the first rock girls in France. Vartan was the most productive and active of the yé-yé style artists, considered as the toughest-sounding of those. Her performance often featured elaborate show-dance choreography. She made many appearances on French...
covered the song in French-translated lyrics on her Danse ta vie album, under the alternative title "Ta vie de chien".
Kansuigyo begin with another interpretation of above-mentioned successful song, which features more rock-oriented arrangement and her listless vocals. Rest of the album mainly consists of the ballads that used strings effectively . "Utahime (Diva)", 8-minute long track included at the end of the album has been one of her fan favorites and also included on her later "greatest hits". Lyrics of "Keisha (The Incline)", the song which described melancholy of a solitary elderly woman who are walking on steep slope, was evaluated literarily and had been listed in a textbook on the Japanese language
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
around the 1990s. When Nakajima recorded the Ima no Kimochi album that were constituted by new interpretations of the past materials in 2004, those two songs were picked out from Kansuigyo.
The album spent the number-one spot on the Japanese Oricon chart for six week, and became the country's best-selling LP of that year. It has also been her album that gained biggest commercial success to date, eventually selling about 770,000 units.
Side one
All songs arranged by Nozomi Aoki (except "Bad Girl" and "The Incline" arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto)- ""[Album Version] – 5:12
- "" – 6:00
- "" – 5:19
- "" – 6:41
Side two
All songs arranged by Nozomi Aoki (except "B.G.M." arranged by Masataka MatsutoyaMasataka Matsutoya
is a Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. Aliases include and...
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- "B.G.M." – 3:51
- "" – 3:58
- "" – 5:30
- "" – 3:53
- "" – 8:12
Band
- Miyuki Nakajima - vocals
- Masaki Matsubara - electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
- Fujimal Yoshino - electric guitar, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
- Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar
- Toishiaki Usui - acoustic guitar
- Nobuo Kurata - keyboards
- Hiroshi Shibui - keyboards
- Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards
- Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Yasuo Tomikura - bass guitar
- Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
- Akira Okazawa - bass guitar
- Michio Nagaoka - bass guitar
- Nobu Saito - percussion
- Minoru Ishiyama - percussion
- Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
- Naoki Yamamoto - percussion
- Tatsuo Hayashi - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jun Morikawa - drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki - drums
- Hideo Yamaki - drums
Additional personnel
- Fujisawa Group - strings
- Tomato Strings Unsemble - strings
- Tomoda etc. - strings
- Yasuo Mito etc. - sStrings
- Isao Kaneyama - malimbaMalimbaMalimba may refer to:*Limba people *Malimba language of Cameroon*Malimba, Gabon...
, vibra glocken - Masakazu Ishibashi - oboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
- Sakae Yamada etc. - horns
- Yasuo Hirauchi- tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Isamu Mita- trombone
- Sumio Okada - trombone
- Eiji Arai - trombone
- Shuhei Hisayasu - tubaTubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
- Keiko Yamakawa - harpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
- Mikiko Imamichi - harp
Production
- Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Arranger:Nozomi Aoki, Tsugutoshi Gotoh, Masataka MatsutoyaMasataka Matsutoyais a Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. Aliases include and...
- Remix Engineer: Shozo Inomata
- Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Costume: Kazumi Yamase
- Artist Management: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko
- General Producer: Genichi KawakamiGenichi Kawakamiwas the president of the Yamaha Corporation from 1950 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1983. He is often credited with the international success of Yamaha and was also widely influential as a community music educator....
- Special Thanks to Satoru Ide, Kaname Terazaki, Gil House People
Awards
| Japan Record Awards | |||
| Year | Title | Category | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 (24th) | Kansuigyo | Best Albums | Miyuki Nakajima |
| '82 Albums Best 10 | |||
Chart positions
| Year | Album | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Kansuigyo | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 43 | 773,000 |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 31 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | March 21, 1982 | Canyon Records | LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
C28A-0208 |
| Pony | Audio cassette | 28P-6141 | ||
| September 1, 1983 | Canyon Records | CD | D35A-0008 | |
| November 5, 1986 | D32A-0228 | |||
| March 21, 1989 | Pony Canyon | D35A-0461 | ||
| May 21, 1990 | PCCA-00078 | |||
| April 18, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | YCCW-00012 | ||
| October 1, 2008 | YCCW-10061 |