is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter

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, released on July 25, 1989 by

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. It features two versions of Moritaka's cover of the 1971

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". The album is themed around Moritaka's awareness of being an

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, with songs addressing her flaws, failed romances, and interactions with her fans. The album peaked at No. 2 on

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's albums chart and sold over 216,000 copies. It was also Moritaka's first album to be certified Gold by the

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Track listing

Personnel

* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, synthesizer percussion (8) * Hideo Saitō – all instruments, programming, backing vocals (all tracks except where indicated) * Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (3, 9); bass, tambourine (13) * Akira Wada – guitar (8) * Yukio Seto – guitar (13) * Yasuaki Maejima – piano (8) * Naoki Suzuki – synthesizers (3, 9) * Hiromichi Tsugaki – synthesizers (8) * Kazuyoshi Yamauchi – bass (3, 9) * Hiroshi Sawada – bass (8) * Naoki Kimura – drums (3, 9) * Mansaku Kimura – drums (8) * Carlos Kanno – tambourine, percussion (3, 8) * Kenji Yoshida – trumpet (8) * Masahiro Kobayashi – trumpet (8) * Osamu Matsuki – trombone (8) * Hisashi Yoshinaga – alto saxophone (8) * Takeru Muraoka – alto saxophone (8) *

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(1, 6, 11) :* Masataro Naoe – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals :* Giro Bando – guitar :* Yuji Mada – bass :* Yuichi Tanaya – keyboards, backing vocals :* Hiroshi Yabe – drums

Charts

Certification

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1989 albums Chisato Moritaka albums Japanese-language albums Warner Music Japan albums