is the eighth studio album by Japanese entertainer

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. Released through King Records on December 5, 1988, the album features the No. 1 single "

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". "Sweetest Lover", "Too Fast, Too Close", and "Try or Cry" were featured in Nakayama's 1988 short film ''L'Aube de mon cœur''. The album peaked at No. 3 on

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's albums chart and sold over 250,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

* Miho Nakayama – vocals * Yūji Toriyama – all instruments (A2, A5, B1, B3) * Yoshinobu Kojima – all instruments (B2, B4) * Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards (A1, A4) * Ichirō Nagata – keyboards (A1, A4) * Haruo Togashi – Piano (A1, A4) * Tsuyoshi Kon – guitar (A1, A4) *

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– guitar (B4) * Yasuo Tomikura – bass (A1, A4) * Hideo Yamaki – drums (A1, A4) *

Masato Honda Masato Honda (本田雅人, born November 13, 1962), is a Japanese saxophone player, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Nakamura City, Kochi Prefecture (now Shimanto City), he graduated from Kunitachi College of Music. He is most well ...

– saxophone (A5, B1) * Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone (B2, B4) * Cindy – backing vocals * P. J. – backing vocals (A1–4) * Michael Wilson – backing vocals (A1, B1) * Mine Matsuki – backing vocals (A1, B3) * Kumi Sasaki – backing vocals (except A2) * Melody McColly – backing vocals (A2–3) * Terrence Forsythe – backing vocals (A2–3)

Charts

Weekly charts Year-end charts

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1988 albums Miho Nakayama albums Japanese-language albums King Records (Japan) albums