''Love or Nothing'' is the 22nd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1994. The album produced one of her most successful hit singles "Between the Sky and You", which reached number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart. The song was featured in ''Ienakiko'', the movie sequel movie to a TV drama series of the same title. The number one success of "Between the Sky and You" led to the album ''Love or Nothing'' debuting at number-one on the Oricon chart, becoming her last chart-topping non-compilation album to date. Upon its release, the album gained Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 400,000 copies.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo (except "Between the Sky and You", "Tenbin Bakari" and "Don't Fall Asleep" co-arranged by David Campbell). #"" – 5:00 #"" – 5:40 #"" – 5:21 #"" – 5:23 #"" – 5:23 #"" – 4:51 #"" – 6:08 #"" – 5:43 #"" – 4:52 # "You Never Need Me" – 8:26 #"" – 4:12

Personnel

* Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar * Nozomi Furukawa – electric guitar * Tsuyoshi Kon – Electric, Electric slide, pedal steel and

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guitars * Chūei Yoshikawa – Nylon guitar * Tsugutoshi Gotō – bass guitar * Yasuo Tomikura – bass guitar * Akira Okazawa – bass guitar * Nobuo Kurata – Acoustic Piano,

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and keyboards * Jun Aoyama – drums, marching drums * Eiji Shimamura – drums * Toshihiko Furumura –

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* Bill Bergman – Tenor sax * Don Markese –

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* Dennis Farias – Trumpet * Andy Martin –

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* Jon Clarke –

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, tin whistle * Julia Waters – Background vocals * Maxine Waters – Background vocals * Oren Waters – Background vocals * EVE – Background vocals * Monalisa Young – Background vocals * Joseph Powell – Background vocals * Suginami Jidou Chorus – Background vocals * David Campbell – Strings conductor * Joel Derouin – Strings concertmaster * Suzie Katayama – String contractor

Production

* Producer and arranger: Ichizo Seo * Composer, Writer, Producer and performer: Miyuki Nakajima * Arranger:Nobuo Kurata, David Campbell * Engineer: Tad Gotoh,

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, Kengo Katoh * Mixer: Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tomotaka Takehara, Mike Baumagerther * A&R: Yuzo Watanabe, Kohichi Suzuki * Assistant: Katsuhisa Oura, Hideki Kodera, Junichi Hohrin, Yuichi Inoue, Mitsuyoshi Kishida, Koh Yamashita, Tomoaki Satoh, Atsushi Matsui, Bino Espinozza, Randy Wine * Assistant for Producer: Tomoo Satoh * Artist Promotor: Yoshio Kan * Disc Promotor: Narihiko Yoshida, Shoko Sone * Music Coordinator – Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer, Sam Onoda * Photographer and art director: Jin Tamura * Designer: Hirofumi Arai * Costume: Norio Suzuki * Hair and make-up: Noriko Izumisawa * Location Coordinator: Tomiki Sugimura * Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki * Assistant: Maki Nishida * Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi * General Management: Takahiro Uno * DAD – Genichi Kawakami

Charts

Weekly charts

: Limited edition issued on APO-CD

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Love Or Nothing Miyuki Nakajima albums 1994 albums Pony Canyon albums