Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)

Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)
Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
Released30 December 2015
Recorded2014−2015 (United States)
Genre
Length63:20
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelUniversal Music Japan
Producer
  • Don Flamingo
  • Naoshi Fujikura
  • Masahiko Kazumoto
Akina Nakamori chronology
Utahime 4: My Eggs Benedict
(2015) 		Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)
(2015) 		Belie
(2015)
Singles from Fixer
  1. "Rojo (Tierra)"
    Released: 21 January 2015
  2. "Unfixable"
    Released: 30 September 2015
  3. "Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)"
    Released: 24 February 2016

Fixer (stylized as FIXER) is the 24th studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and first studio album to be released during the 2010s. It was released on 30 December 2015 under the Universal Music Japan label. It's Nakamori's first original albums after a hiatus of six years.

The album includes Akina's original written songs: "Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)" and "Rojo (Tierra)". The album includes both original and renewed version of the songs.[1]

The album was released in regular and limited editions. Limited edition includes a music video clip of Fixer: While the Woman Are Sleeping.[2]

Promotion

Singles

It consists of two previously released singles.[3]

Rojo Tierra is the forty ninth single. It was released on 25 January 2015 under Universal Music Japan. It was her first single to be released in 5 years.[4] Before release, Nakamori performed it on 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen from recording studio in United States in early morning. It was also Nakamori's Kōhaku appearance for first time in 12 years.[5][6][7] The single debuted at number 8 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts.[8]

Unfixable is the fiftieth single. It was released on 30 September 2015 under Universal Music Japan. It was her second single to be released in that year.[9] The single debuted at number 20 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts.[10]

In 2016, the album track "Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)" was released as a single. The single version was used as a theme song to the film While the Women Are Sleeping.[11][12]

Chart performance

The album reached number 7 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart with the sales of 14,000 copies.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)"
  • Miran:Miran
  • Dream Productions
  • Lee
  • Miran:Miran
  • Dream Productions
  • Lee
3:04
2."Rojo (Tierra)"
  • Minako Kawae
  • Miran:Miran
Daisuke Asakura
  • Asakura
  • Yūji Toriyama
6:00
3."Endless Life"Yukino Nakajimakoshinkoshin4:30
4."Unfixable"
  • Hilde Wahl
  • Anita Lipsky
  • Tommy Berre
  • Marietta Constantinou
  • Wahl
  • Lipsky
  • Berre
  • Constantinou
  • Wahl
  • Lipsky
  • Berre
  • Constantinou
3:17
5."La Vida"izumikoshin
  • koshin
  • Jin Oki
4:38
6."Amatsuki" ((雨月, "Rainy Moon"))Yutaka ShinyaShinyaShinya4:11
7."Todoketai: Voice" ((とどけたい 〜voice〜, "I Want to Reach You ~Voice~"))Risa Nakamura
Daisuke Kahara5:18
8."Yokudō" ((欲動, "Drive"))Keiya Mizuki
  • Miyahara
  • Hori
3:23
9."Kodou"NakajimaKōhei MumemotoMumemoto4:00
10."Lotus"ShinyaShinyaShinya4:28
11."Re-birth"KawaeTomohiro NakachiNakachi4:54
12."Rojo -Tierra- (Album Version)"
  • Kawae
  • Miran:Miran
Asakura
  • Asakura
  • Toriyama
8:15
13."Unfixable (Album Version)"
  • Wahl
  • Lipsky
  • Berre
  • Constantinou
  • Wahl
  • Lipsky
  • Berre
  • Constantinou
  • Wahl
  • Lipsky
  • Berre
  • Constantinou
7:00
Total length:63:20

Release history

Year Format(s) Serial number Label(s) Ref.
2015 CD, CD+DVD UPCH-2068, UPCH-7095 UMJ [14]
2017 UHQCD UPCH-7287 UMJ [15]
2023 LP, CD UPCY-7843, UPJY-9352/3 UMJ [16]

References

  1. ^ "中森明菜 / FIXER [CD] [Album] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  2. ^ "「大ヒット盤」中森明菜『ＦＩＸＥＲ』 ６年ぶりオリジナルで答えを出した". 福井新聞. 2016-01-13. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  3. ^ "中森明菜 UNIVERSAL MUSIC OFFICIAL WEBSITE". biography. ユニバーサルミュージック. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  4. ^ "中森明菜 / Rojo Tierra [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  5. ^ "中森明菜、アメリカより『NHK 紅白歌合戦』出演へ". barks.jp.
  6. ^ "中森明菜「紅白」出演！アメリカから生中継で新曲披露". natalie.mu.
  7. ^ "中森明菜、12年ぶり紅白出場は「ガチガチでした」". Oricon News.
  8. ^ "Rojo Tierra 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  9. ^ "中森明菜 / unfixable [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  10. ^ "Unfixable 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  11. ^ "中森明菜、6年ぶりのオリジナルアルバム『FIXER』ジャケット写真公開". Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  12. ^ "中森明菜 / FIXER-WHILE THE WOMEN ARE SLEEPING- [CD] [Single] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  13. ^ "Fixer 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  14. ^ "Fixer" (in Japanese). UMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  15. ^ "Fixer [UHQCD]" (in Japanese). UMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  16. ^ "中森明菜 / Fixer" (in Japanese). cdjournal. Retrieved October 31, 2023.