is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter

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, released on March 25, 1992, by

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. The album was recorded at

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. A limited edition release included a 32-page photo book. The album reached No. 3 on

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's albums chart and sold over 314,000 copies. It was also certified Platinum by the

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in April 1994.

Track listing

Personnel

* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, guitar (9) * Hideo Saitō – all instruments, programming, backing vocals (all tracks except where indicated) * Yasuaki Maejima – keyboards, piano, programming (2, 7) * Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals (4, 7, 13, 15) *

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– piano (4) * Nobuo Kurata – piano (8, 14) * Shin Kōno –

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, programming, (6, 10) * Yukie Matsuo – keyboard (12) * Yukio Seto – guitar, (4, 6, 10), Fender Rhodes (14) * Hiroyoshi Matsuo – guitar, programming (7, 12, 13) * Masafumi Yokoyama – bass, guitar, programming, backing vocals (4 13, 15) * Kenji Takamizu – bass (14) * Eiji Shimamura – drums (14) * Seiji Matsuura – backing vocals (1) *

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– strings (8, 14) * Jeff Daly – alto flute (14) * Ron Asprey – alto flute (14) * Steve Sidwell –

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(14)

Charts

Certification

Cover versions

* Sanae Johnouchi covered "Yowasete yo Kon'ya Dake" as her eighth single on August 25, 1993.

Video album

The video album for ''Rock Alive'' was released on

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and VHS on June 25, 1992. Its contents were compiled in the 2000 DVD ''Chisato Moritaka DVD Collection No. 6: Kusai Mono ni wa Futa wo Shiro!!/Rock Alive''.

Track listing

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1992 albums Chisato Moritaka albums Japanese-language albums Warner Music Japan albums