''Anniversary'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer

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. It was released on 1 May 1984 under the Warner Pioneer label. It was released on her second debut anniversary. The album includes the hit singles "

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" and first song written by Akina herself, ''Yume wo Misasete''.

Background

''Anniversary'' is the first studio album released in 1984. The music production team consist of a long-term collaborators from Nakamori's debut times, such as a Mitsuo Hagita, siblings Etsuko and Takao Kisugi,

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(a future member of Anzen Chitai), Keiko Miura and

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. Unlike previous album ''New Akina Etranger,'' which had heavy influence of later's

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music production team and European-oriented album style, ''Anniversary'' has more summer and tropical style according to interview from the magazine ''The Television''.

Promotion

Single

" was released on 1 January 1984, her first single in 1984. The single debuted at number two on the Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the ninth best-selling single of 1984. In the Best Ten ranking, it debuted at number one and stayed at number 11 in the yearly chart. It received three rewards: special composition award in the 4th ''Japan Composition Award'', Best Hit Award in the 13th

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and Best Singing Award in the ''

26th Japan Record Awards The 26th Japan Record Awards were held on December 31, 1984, and were broadcast live on TBS. Award winners *Japan Record Award: **Hiroshi Itsuki for "Nagaragawa Enka" *Best Vocalist: **Takashi Hosokawa *Best New Artist: **Yukiko Okada *Best Albu ...

''.Akina Nakamori (1993). AKINA (CD Album; album notes by Yukiko Kitajima). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. (WPCL-770〜3) On 15 December 1984, "Kita Wing" was released as a special edition Kita Wing/Refrain.

Stage performances

In the TBS television program ''The Best Ten'', she performed ''Kita Wing'' five times. The most of the songs has been performed in the live tour ''Ongaku Kanshō-kai: Aitaina Aerukana'', such as ''Easy'', ''Asylum'', ''Shut Out'', ''100 Celsius Vacation'', ''Natsu Basama'', ''Yume wo Misasete'' and ''Melancholy Fiesta''. ''Kita Wing'' was performed in ''Bitter and Sweet'' in 1985, ''Akina Index: The 8th Anniversary'' in 1989, ''Akina Yume Special Live'' in 1991, Symphonic Concert in 1998 and AKINA NAKAMORI A-1 tour in 2004. ''Mabushii Futari'' was performed in the Akina's first dinner show ''Xmas An evening with Miss Akina Nakamori'' in 1996. ''Asylum'' was performed in the ''Akina Yume Special Live'' in 1991 and in the special cover live ''Empress at CLUB EX'' in 2005.

Chart performance

The album reached number one on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart for three consecutive weeks, charted 21 weeks and selling over 483,400 copies. The album was ranked at number 13 on the Oricon Album Yearly Chart in 1984.

Track listing

Covers

Japanese singer-songwriter, Takao Kisugi covered ''Mabushii Futari de'' in his solo album ''Labyrinth'' in 1984.

References

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