''Vamp'' is the fourth mini studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 18 December 1996 under the MCA Records label and produced by Nakamori.

Background

''Vamp'' is her only mini album which was released under MCA Records. It's also her first mini album to be released for the first time in eight years. The album consists of four new songs, which weren't released as a single neither in the original albums. In 2008, all songs were recorded in the first press edition of compilation album of her works from the 1990s, ''Utahime Densetsu: 90's Best''. The concept of the album consist of ''cool and sexy'' vibrance through the dance music.Album notes from mini studio album VAMP (Akina Nakamori), 18 December 1996, 12cmCD. MCA Victors (MVCZ-1002). The music production team consist a music producers Hiroshi Yamada and Masanori Shimada, songwriters

Gorō Matsui is a Japanese lyricist born 11 December 1957 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, though he considers Tokyo to be his hometown. Beginning with participation in the Yamaha Popular Song Contests, he made his debut writing the lyrics for the 1981 Chage and As ...

and Seriko Natsuno.

Stage performances

Nakamori performed all four songs only once, on her first dinner show in ''Xmas Dinner Show'' 1996.

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 30 on the Oricon Album Weekly Charts, remained in top 100 chart for 5 weeks and sold over 30,100 copies.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 1996 EPs Akina Nakamori albums Japanese-language EPs Albums produced by Akina Nakamori