Ringetsu

is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981¹. The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980¹ and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song"). Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records. Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.

is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981. The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song"). Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records. Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies. ==Track listing== All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima. ===Side one=== " " – 3:19 " " – 5:42 " " – 5:13 " " – 4:12 " " – 4:55 ===Side two=== " " – 4:18 " " – 6:56 " " – 4:06 " " – 6:48 ==Personnel== Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals Masaki Matsubara – electric guitar Takashi Ozaki – electric guitar Ken Yashima – electric guitar Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar Kazuo Shiina – electric guitar Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar Hiromi Yasuda – acoustic guitar Tsugutoshi Goto – bass guitar Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar Masataka Matsutoya – keyboards Haruo Togashi – keyboards Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards Maki Tashiro – keyboards Izumi Kobayashi – keyboards Nobu Saito – percussion Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion Yuki Sugawara – percussion Nobuo Yagi – harmonica Keiko Yamakawa – harp Jake H Conception – saxophone Eiji Shimamura – drums Yuichi Tokashiki – drums Tatsuo Hayashi – drums Yutaka Uehara – drums ==Production== Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), Masataka Matsutoya (Side one No. 3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1) Recording director: Yoshio Okujima Director: YūZō Watanabe Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura Designer: Hirofumi Arai Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko Executive producer: Genichi Kawakami Special Thanks to Gil House People Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan ==Awards== ==Chart positions== ===Album=== ===Singles=== ==See also== 1981 in Japanese music ==References==

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