Your Selection

Your Selection
Compilation album by
Miho Nakayama
ReleasedMarch 7, 2001 (2001-03-07)
Recorded1986–1999
Genre
LanguageJapanese
LabelKing Records
Miho Nakayama chronology
Manifesto
(1999) 		Your Selection
(2001) 		Collection IV
(2006)
Singles from Your Selection 1
  1. "Love Clover"
    Released: April 8, 1998 (1998-04-08)
  2. "A Place Under the Sun"
    Released: May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)

Your Selection (ユア・セレクション, Yua Serekushon) is a series of four compilation albums by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama, released through King Records on March 7, 2001. Each enhanced CD uses a soap bar motif for the cover and includes a music video of the last track of the disc.[1]

Your Selection 1

Your Selection 1 compiles Nakayama's eight most popular songs, as voted on her homepage in late-2000, plus the singles "Love Clover" and "A Place Under the Sun". The album peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 9,000 copies.[2][3][4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."You're My Only Shinin' Star"Toshiki KadomatsuKadomatsu
  • Kadomatsu
  • Kazuo Ōtani (strings)
  • Shin Kazuhara (brass)
 
2."Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." ((遠い街のどこかで…, "Somewhere in a Distant City..."))Mika WatanabeHideya NakazakiNakazaki 
3."Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Miho Nakayama & Wands)" ((世界中の誰よりきっと, "Surely More Than Anyone in the World"))
Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama 
4."Anata ni Nara..." ((あなたになら…, "For You..."))NakayamaJoe Hisaishi  
5."Tada Nakitaku Naru no" ((ただ泣きたくなるの, "I Just Feel Like Crying"))
  • Yurie Kokubu
  • Nakayama
Masaki IwamotoIwamoto 
6."Hurt to Heart (Itami no Yukue)" ((Hurt to Heart〜痛みの行方〜, "Hurt to Heart ~Whereabouts of Pain"))Keiko YokoyamaYokoyamaJerry Hey 
7."Mirai e no Present (Miho Nakayama with Mayo)" (Mirai e no Purezento (未来へのプレゼント, "A Present for the Future"))
  • Mayo Okamoto
  • Nakayama
OkamotoTomoji Sogawa 
8."March Color" (Māchi Karā (マーチカラー))
  • Nakayama
  • Masato Odake
Yūko ŌtakiShinya Naitō 
9."Love Clover"
TakuroTakuro 
10."A Place Under the Sun"NakayamaYoshimasa InoueInoue 

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 28

Your Selection 2

Your Selection 2 consists of the 10 most popular B-sides, as voted by fans. The album peaked at No. 62 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 5,000 copies.[5][6][4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Heart no Switch wo Oshite" (Hāto no Suitchi wo Oshite (ハートのスイッチを押して, "Press the Heart Switch"))Takashi MatsumotoKyōhei TsutsumiMotoki Funayama 
2."Sanctuary" (Sankuchuari (サンクチュアリ〜Sanctuary〜))Yumi YoshimotoAnri
  • Ogura
  • Kazuo Ōtani (strings)
 
3."Dream"IssaqueInoueATOM 
4."Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Part II)"
  • Wesugi
  • Nakayama
OdaHayama 
5."Holiday"Mami TakuboMasaya OzekiURAN 
6."I Love You"NakayamaCindyHey 
7."Angel"
  • Nakayama
  • Odake
MariaHajime Mizoguchi 
8."Darlin'"NakayamaChika UedaEtsuko Yamakawa 
9."Empty Pocket"
  • Nakayama
  • Odake
Takuro
  • Kōichi Korenaga
  • Mizoguchi
 
10."Noon Noon"Nakayama
  • Mr. Moon
  • Inoue
Inoue 

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 62

Your Selection 3

Your Selection 3 features the 10 most popular non-single songs, as voted by fans. The album peaked at No. 67 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 4,000 copies.[7][8][4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."By-By My Sea Breeze"Shun TaguchiToshinobu KubotaFunayama 
2."Kabin" ((花瓶, "Vase"))KadomatsuKadomatsuKadomatsu 
3."Koiiro"NakayamaNakayamaSogawa 
4."Shiroi Suna no La Mer" (Shiroi Suna no Ra Mēru (白い砂のラ・メール, "La Mer in the White Sand"))Gorō MatsuiKenjirō SakiyaSakiya 
5."Treasure"Yui Nishiwaki
  • Nishiwaki
  • Yōko Orihara
Nobuo Ariga 
6."Mayonaka no Kitchen kara" (Mayonaka no Kitchin kara (真夜中のキッチンから, "From the Kitchen at Midnight"))NakayamaPfeifer BrozPfeifer Broz 
7."Futtari no Photograph" ((ふったりのphotograph, "Two Photographs"))NakayamaKNACKKNACK 
8."Itazura ni Mane Shitari..." ((いたずらに まねしたり…, "Imitate It Mischievously..."))
CharaYūsuke Asada 
9."Title"
  • Kōki Okada
  • Taka Satō
  • Yūsuke Gotō
(To Be Continued)		To Be ContinuedTo Be Continued 
10."Yossha! [Live Version]" ((ヨッシャ!, "Yeah!"))IssaqueInoue  

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 67

Your Selection 4

Your Selection 4 features select tracks from Mid Blue, Deep Lip French, Groovin' Blue, and Olive. The album peaked at No. 68 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 4,000 copies.[9][10][4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Miho Nakayama, except where indicated

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Sweet n' Sour Soup"OdakeMariaJai Widing 
2."Spiritual Kisses" Watanabe
  • Kanichirō Kubo
  • Watanabe
 
3."It's More"
  • Nakayama
  • Odake
InoueJun Irie 
4."The Eternities" Keisuke ArakiShigeo Miyata 
5."Tsuki no Ring" (Tsuki no Ringu (月のリング, "Moon Ring")) M. RieShinya Naitō 
6."Chīsana Taiyō (Carrot Red)" ((小さな太陽 -CARROT RED, "Little Sun (Carrot Red)")) NaitōNaitō 
7."Shining for You" UedaNaitō 
8."Baby Pink Moon" Yoshinobu TakeshitaTakeshita 
9."Kowareta Lime" (Kowareta Raimu (コワレタ ライム))
  • Nakayama
  • Odake
NaitōNaitō 
10."Jasmine (Shiawase na Kokoro)" ((Jasmine〜しあわせなこころ, "Jasmine ~ Happy Heart")) CindyTakefumi Haketa 

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 68

References

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  2. ^ "Miho Nakayama / Your Selection 1 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. ^ a b "YOUR SELECTION1 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. ^ a b c d "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. ^ "Miho Nakayama / Your Selection 2 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  6. ^ a b "YOUR SELECTION2 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  7. ^ "Miho Nakayama / Your Selection 3 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  8. ^ a b "YOUR SELECTION3 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  9. ^ "Miho Nakayama / Your Selection 4 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  10. ^ a b "YOUR SELECTION4 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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