is the second studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter
Chisato Moritaka, released on March 25, 1988, by
Warner Pioneer. In contrast to the
city pop-oriented debut album ''
New Season'', ''Mi-ha'' is a mix of rock and pop tunes, with its tagline: . The album also marked Moritaka's songwriting debut with
the title track.
The album peaked at No. 17 on
Oricon
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's albums chart and sold over 72,000 copies.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Hiromasa Ijichi
is a Japanese composer and music producer. Most of his compositions are sung by the Japanese girl group Speed
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, except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by
Hideo Saitō, except where indicated.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka – vocals,
Fender Rhodes
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(A5),
timbales (B4)
* Hideo Saitō – guitar, backing vocals, drum and synthesizer programming (all tracks except where indicated)
* Nobita Tsukada – keyboards, synthesizer programming (all tracks except where indicated)
* Ken Shima – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (A3, B5)
* Hatsuho Furukawa – keyboards (B3)
* Takayuki Negishi – synthesizer programming (A3, B5)
* Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming (A3, B3)
* Junro Satō – guitar (A3, B3)
* Chiharu Mikuzugi – bass (B3, B5)
*
Reuben Tsujino – percussion (A1, B2)
*
Shingo Kanno –
conga
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s (A1),
güiro
The güiro () is a Puerto Rican percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a ratchet sound.
The güiro ...
(A2), tambourine (B2)
* Jake H. Concepcion – tenor saxophone (A2–A3, B5)
* Misa Nakayama – backing vocals (A1, A2, B4)
* Nana – backing vocals (A3, B3)
* Takumi Yamamoto – backing vocals (B3)
* Yukari Fujio – backing vocals (A3, B3, B5)
Charts
Video album
The video album for ''Mi-ha'' was released on
CDV format on April 25, 1988.
Track listing
References
External links
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1988 albums
Chisato Moritaka albums
Japanese-language albums
Warner Music Japan albums