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. The album was released on 5 November 1987 in Japan.

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worked together again in song composition. Makoto Matsushita arranged all the music, this time collaborating with the band. This album was mixed by

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in Los Angeles. ''Immigration'' peaked at position No. 12 in the Japanese

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Track listing

;Side one #"Dare Mo Wakara Nakute Ii (Toki no Wana)" (誰もわからなくていい　―時の罠―) ''(Miki Igarashi,

)'' – 4:32 #"Mizu no Naka no Toubousha (U.S.A. Version)" (水の中の逃亡者 (U.S.A.バージョン）) ''(

, Akimoto)'' – 3:59 #"Free Birds" ''(Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda,

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)'' – 3:54 #"Uso Da To Itte Yo, Moon Light" (嘘だと言ってよMoon Light) ''(Tsutsumi, Akimoto)'' – 4:45 #"3 Dome no Christmas" (3度目のクリスマス) ''(Tsutsumi, Akimoto)'' – 4:34 ;Side two #

"Kodoku no Meiro (Labyrinth)" (孤独の迷路（ラビリンス）) ''(Tsutsumi, Akimoto)'' – 4:52 #"Origination ～" ''(Miki Nakamura)'' – 0:47 #"That Was Then, This Is Now" ''(Terada)'' – 4:03 #"Be Quiet!!!" ''(Terada, Akimoto)'' – 6:52 #"2000 Mairu no Koi" (2000マイルの恋) ''(Tsutsumi, Akimoto)'' – 5:02 ;CD edition bonus track #

"Spider 23" ''(Terada)'' – 4:08

Personnel

Band members

– vocals *Miki Igarashi – guitars *Miki Nakamura – keyboards *Satomi Senba – bass *Miki Tsunoda – drums

Production

*Yoshikazu Nakabayashi, Nobuo Maeda, Satoru Kawaguchi – engineers *Yoshiaki Kennmochi, Nobuo Namie, Ikuo Honma – assistant engineers *

, Paul Wertheimer – mixing at Ameraycan Studio, Hollywood, California *Terry Dunavan – mastering at Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California

References

External links

Show-Ya discography

"Mizu no Naka no Toubousha" video clip
{{DEFAULTSORT:Immigration (Show-Ya Album) Show-Ya albums 1987 albums EMI Records albums Japanese-language albums