is the tenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter

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, released in March 1983. In addition to the songwriting and produce for the entire album, she also participated in arrangement for the first time, except five songs which were arranged by Takayuki Inoue and featured in the latter half of the LP. The final track on ''Hunch'' became one of fan favorites for years, though none of the contents were released as a single when the album came out. "Fight" later appeared as a double A-Side of a chart topper single "Between the Sky and You", released in 1994 and sold over a million copies. The song which became well known because of commercial success of a single has been covered several times, interpreted by artists such as

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and

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. ''Hunch'' debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon and retained the position for 3 weeks, but quickly fell off the chart compared to its predecessors that likewise reached the top.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by

Side one

All songs arranged by Miyuki Nakajima #"" – 5:00 #"" – 4:35 #"" – 4:29 #"" – 6:26

Side two

All songs arranged by Takayuki Inoue #"" – 6:30 #"" – 3:3 #"" – 3:16 #"" – 3:05 #"" – 7:04

Personnel

*Yuichi Tokashiki – drums on "Only Two of Us", "Natsu Miyage", "Kami wo Arau On'na", "En" *Hideo Yamaki – drums on "Bye Bye Dock of the Bay" *Eiji Himamura – drums on "Tequila wo Nomihoshite", "Kingyo", "Fight" *Jun Moriya – drums on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga" *Akira Okazawa – bass on "Only Two of Us", "Natsu Miyage", "Kami wo Arai On'na", "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga", "En" *Yasuo Tomikura – bass on "Tequila wo Nomihoshite" *

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– bass on "Bye Bye Dock of the Bay" *Fujimal Yoshino – electric guitar *Ben Bridges – electric guitar on "Bye Bye Dock of the Bay", "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga" *Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar,

12-string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in o ...

*Nobuo Kurata – keyboards *Nobu Saito – percussion *Jake H Conception –

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

*Eiji Arai –

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

*Shin Nagaoka – horn on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga" *Koji Hashima – French horn on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga" *Yoshikazu Kishi – French horn on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga" *Yukio Eto – flute on "En" *Takeru Shinohara – alto flute on "Fight!" *Mitsuru Aiba – alto flute on "Fight!", Piccolo on "En" *Obata – fagot on "En" *Kenji Shiraishi – timpani on "En" *Isao Kaneyama – malimba *Sanae Tanaka –

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

*Ohno ensemble – strings on "Natsu Miyage" *Scramble – strings on "Kami wo Arau On'na" *Yasuhiro Kido – chorus *Makoto Matsushita – chorus *Miyuki Nakajima – vocals

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Single

References