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Groovin' Blue
Studio album by
Miho Nakayama
ReleasedJune 21, 1997 (1997-06-21)
Recorded1997
StudioHitokuchizaka Studio
Genre
Length61:39
LanguageJapanese
LabelKing Records
Producer
  • Miho Nakayama
  • Akira Fukuzumi
Miho Nakayama chronology
Treasury
(1997) 		Groovin' Blue
(1997) 		The Remixes: Miho Nakayama Meets New York Groove
(1997)
Singles from Groovin' Blue
  1. "March Color"
    Released: June 4, 1997 (1997-06-04)

Groovin' Blue (グルービン・ブルー, Gurūbin Burū) is the 19th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 21, 1997, it features the single "March Color". It is the first album to have all songs written by Nakayama.[1][2][3]

The album peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 22,000 copies.[4][5]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Miho Nakayama, except where indicated

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Sympathy" Chika UedaSatoshi Takebe3:59
2."Angel Soul" Shinya NaitōNaitō5:18
3."Chīsana Taiyō (Carrot Red)" ((小さな太陽 -CARROT RED, "Little Sun (Carrot Red)")) NaitōNaitō4:34
4."Yeah!" NaitōNaitō3:34
5."Precious Love"
  • Nakayama
  • Masato Odake
  • Satoshi Yamaguchi
  • Yoshimasa Inoue
Shigeo Miyata3:50
6."Shining for You" UedaNaitō3:56
7."Uso wa Yameta (Disappointed Love)" ((嘘はやめた〜Disappointed Love, "I Stopped Lying ~ Disappointed Love")) UedaYoshinobu Takeshita6:39
8."March Color" (Māchi Karā (マーチカラー))
  • Nakayama
  • Odake
Yūko ŌtakiNaitō3:52
9."Fuwaraidō (What I Do)" ((付和雷同 -WHAT↑I↓DO-, "Following Blindly -What I Do-")) MiyataMiyata5:12
10."Tsuki no Ring" (Tsuki no Ringu (月のリング, "Moon Ring")) M. RieNaitō5:10
11."Yasashii Hito" ((優しい人, "A Kind Person")) Hitomi TaniwakiSatoru Shionoya4:04
12."Ruby in Glass" Ōtaki
  • Takebe
  • Yoshinobu Takeshita (brass)
5:04
13."The Eternities" Keisuke ArakiMiyata6:27
Total length:61:39

Personnel

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  • Miho Nakayama – vocals
  • Satoshi Takebe – keyboards (1, 12)
  • Makoto Kuriya – keyboards (8)
  • Keisuke Araki – keyboards (13)
  • Tetsuo Ōtake – synthesizer programming (1, 12)
  • Shinya Naitō – synthesizer programming (2–4, 6, 10–11), backing vocals (2–4)
  • Shigeo Miyata – synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13)
  • Kenji Miyamoto – synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13)
  • Yoshinobu Takeshita – synthesizer programming (7–8)
  • Satoru Shionoya – piano (11)
  • Yoshiyuki Asano – guitar (2)
  • Masayoshi Furukawa – guitar (4–6, 13), sitar (5)
  • Kazuya Takayama – guitar (7–8)
  • Jun Kajiwara – guitar (10)
  • Yoshiyuki Sahashi – guitar (11)
  • Yūji Toriyama – guitar (12)
  • Kenji Takamizu – bass (11)
  • Gen Ōgimi – percussion (2)
  • Joe Katō Group – strings (1)
  • Shirō Sasaki – trumpet (2, 4)
  • Masanori Suzuki – trumpet (2, 4)
  • Yōichirō Mizue – trumpet (12)
  • Mitsukuni Kohata – trumpet (12)
  • Hideaki Nakaji – trombone (2, 4)
  • Hajime Yamamoto – saxophone (3), flute (3)
  • Yoshinari Takegami – saxophone (7, 12)
  • Akira Fujiyama – flute (11)
  • Masaharu Ishibashi – flute (11)
  • Masatsugu Shinozaki Group – strings (11)
  • Junko Hirotani – backing vocals (2–3, 6–7)
  • Seishirō Kusunose – backing vocals (5)
  • Yūko Ōtaki – backing vocals (8, 12)
  • Toshinori Yonekura – backing vocals (9)

Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 28

References

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  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / グルーヴィン・ブルー [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  3. ^ "Groovin' Blue | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. ^ a b "Groovin' Blue | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  5. ^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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