is the 17th studio album by Japanese entertainer

Miho Nakayama is a Japanese singer and actress. She is affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nakayama is nicknamed , and sometimes uses the pseudonyms or when she writes the lyrics. Biography History Nakayama was born in Saku, Nagano, Japan. Following her ...

. Released through King Records on September 30, 1995, it features the single " Hurt to Heart (Itami no Yukue)". Like her previous studio releases '' Mellow'', ''

Wagamama na Actress is the 15th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 23, 1993, it is Nakayama's fifth studio release (after ''One and Only'', ''Mind Game'', ''Merry Merry'', and '' Dé eaya'') to not feature a si ...

'', and '' Pure White'', the ballad-oriented ''Mid Blue'' was self-produced and recorded in

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. The album peaked at No. 7 on

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's albums chart and sold over 145,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

* Miho Nakayama – vocals * Jai Winding – keyboards *

Tom Keane Thomas Lawrence Keane (September 7, 1926 – June 19, 2001) was an American football cornerback. High school Keane played football and graduated from Linsly Military Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia (now known as the Linsly School) in ...

– keyboards *

Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She has wri ...

– piano *

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

– piano (8) *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– guitar * James Harrah – guitar *

Curt Bisquera Curt "Kirkee B." Bisquera is an American drummer known for his extensive work as a touring and session musician. Biography Bisquera has worked with Johnny Cash, Josh Groban, Mick Jagger, Seal, Sarah McLachlan, Elton John, Johnny Hallyday and To ...

– drums *

Luis Conte Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) is a Cuban percussionist best-known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began ...

– percussion *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

–

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...

– flute * Jimmy Z – harmonica * Dwayne Benjamin – horns * Rastine Calhoun II – horns * Andy Cleaves – horns *

Hajime Mizoguchi is a Japanese cellist and composer. Mizoguchi started playing piano at the age of 3, and the cello at the age of 11. From 1978–1985 he attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music where he majored in violoncello. In 1986, ...

– cello * Shinozaki Masatsugu Quartet – strings * Kenny Harris – backing vocals (3, 8) * Priscilla – backing vocals (2) * Olivia – backing vocals (2) * Vivien Watson – backing vocals (2) * Laura Watson – backing vocals (2) * Kana Matsumoto – backing vocals (2) * Lisa Kiff – backing vocals (2) * Natalie Cowan-Birch – backing vocals (2) * Cindy – backing vocals (10) * Maria – backing vocals (10)

Charts

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1995 albums Miho Nakayama albums Japanese-language albums King Records (Japan) albums