Daiginjō

Daiginjō
Greatest hits album by
Miyuki Nakajima
ReleasedMarch 21, 1996
Recorded1977–1995
GenreJ-pop (Folk rock, kayōkyoku, pop)
Length73:50
LabelPony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
10 Wings
(1995) 		Daiginjō
(1996) 		Paradise Cafe
(1996)

Daiginjō (大吟醸), subtitled Mikyuki Nakajima Best Album – The collection of most famous and finest songs, is a compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released on March 21, 1996. The album features her most commercially successful singles "Between the Sky and You (Sora to Kimi no Aida ni)", "Shallow Sleep (Asai Nemuri)", "Wanderer's Song (Tabibito no Uta)", and "Bad Girl (Akujo)", and mainly consists of her singles that came out during the 1990s. It also includes well-recognized songs like "Rouge" (became famous by cover version Faye Wong recorded), although her earlier massive hit singles such as "Yūwaku" and "Unrequited Love (Yokorenbo)" were disregarded.

Daiginjō debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon Weekly albums chart with sales of 210,000 copies, outselling The Beatles' Anthology 2 released in the same week.[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Miyuki Nakajima, except where noted.
No.TitleVersionLength
1."Sora to Kimi no Aida ni" (空と君のあいだに; "Between the Sky and You")Single version5:31
2."Akujo" (悪女; "Bad Girl")Single version4:02
3."Ashita" (あした; "Tomorrow")Single mix5:30
4."Saigo no Megami" (最後の女神; "Final Goddess") 4:51
5."Asai Nemuri" (浅い眠り; "Shallow Sleep") 5:23
6."Rouge" (ルージュ Rūju) 4:34
7."Tanjō" (誕生; "Birth") 6:50
8."Jidai" (時代; "Time Goes Around")Remake recorded in 1993, single edit4:32
9."Wakareuta" (わかれうた; "The Parting Song") 3:57
10."Hitori Jōzu" (ひとり上手; "Having Been Accustomed to Solitude") 4:12
11."Dōkoku" (慟哭; "I Cried All Night") (written by Nakajima and Tsugutoshi Gotō) 5:44
12."Ōkami ni Naritai" (狼になりたい; "I Want to Be a Wolf") 5:43
13."Tabibito no Uta" (旅人のうた; "Wanderer's Song")Single version5:56
14."Fight!" (ファイト! Faito!) 7:05

Chart positions

Year Album Chart Position Weeks Sales
1996 Daiginjō Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) 1 18 633,000[2]
2002 Daiginjō [Reissue] Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300) 78 11

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan March 21, 1996 Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK CD PCCA-00897
Cassette tape PCTA-00239
MD PCYA-00015
February 20, 2002 Yamaha Music Communications CD YCCW-00034

References

  1. ^ "1996年4月1日付 CDシングル/アルバムランキング Overview of the magazine Oricon Weekly" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  2. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.