Hunch (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Hunch (Yokan)
Type = Album
Artist = Miyuki Nakajima


Released = March 5, 1983
Recorded = Epicurus Studios
Genre = Folk rock / pop
Length = 43:54
Label = Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer = Miyuki Nakajima
Last album = "Kansuigyo"
(1981)
This album = "Yokan (Hunch)"
(1983) | Next album = "How Do You Do (Hajimemashite)"
(1984) |

nihongo|"Hunch"|予感|Yokan is the tenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1983.

In addition to the songwriting and produce for the entire album, she also participated in arrangement for the first time, except five songs which were arranged by Takayuki Inoue and featured in the latter half of the LP.

The final track on "Hunch" became one of fan favorites for years, though none of the contents were released as a single when the album came out. "Fight" later appeared as a double A-Side of a chart topper single "Between the Sky and You", released in 1994 and sold over a million copies. The song which became well-known because of commercial success of a single has been covered several times, interpreted by artists such as Takuro Yoshida and Masaharu Fukuyama.cite web|url=http://www.excite.co.jp/music/news/story/6689/|title= "The Golden Oldies", soundtrack album for "Fukuyama Engineering" will be released!|language=Japanese|work=excite.co.jp|accessdate=2008-08-23]

"Hunch" debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon and retained the position for 3 weeks, but quickly fell off the chart compared to its predecessors that likewise reached the top.cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html|title= Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-01-24]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
#"nihongo|Only Two of Us|この世に二人だけ|Kono Yo ni Futari Dake" – 5:00
#"nihongo|Natsu Miyage|夏土産|" – 4:35
#"nihongo|Kami wo Arau On'na|髪を洗う女|" – 4:29
#"nihongo|Bye Bye Dock of the Bay|ばいばいどくおぶざべい|Baibaidokuobuzabei" – 6:26
#"nihongo|Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga|誰のせいでもない雨が|" – 6:30
#"nihongo|En|縁|" – 3:3
#"nihongo|Tequila wo Nomihoshite|テキーラを飲みほして|" – 3:16
#"nihongo|Kingyo|金魚|" – 3:05
#"nihongo|Fight!|ファイト!|" – 7:04

Personnel

*Yuichi Tokashiki - drums on "Only Two of Us", "Natsu Miyage", "Kami wo Arau On'na", "En"
*Hideo Yamaki - drums on "Bye Bye Dock of the Bay"
*Eiji himamura - drums on "Tequila wo Nomihoshite", "Kingyo", "Fight"
*Jun Moriya - drums on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga"
*Akira Okazawa - bass on "Only Two of Us", "Natsu Miyage", "Kami wo Arai On'na", "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga", "En"
*Yasuo Tomikura - bass on "Tequila wo Nomihoshite"
*Haruomi Hosono - bass on "Bye Bye Dock of the Bay"
*Fujimal Yoshino - electric guitar
*Ben Bridges - electric guitar on "Bye Bye Dock of the Bay"
*Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
*Nobuo Kurata - keyboards
*Nobu Saito - percussion
*Jake H Conception - tenor sax
*Eiji Arai - Trombone
*Shin Nagaoka - horn on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga"
*Koji Hashima - French horn on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga"
*Yoshikazu Kishi - French horn on "Dare no Sei demo Nai Ame ga"
*Yukio Eto - flute on "En"
*Takeru Shinohara - alto flute on "Fight!"
*Mitsuru Aiba - alto flute on "Fight!", Piccolo on "En"
*Obata - fagot on "En"
*Kenji Shiraishi - timpani on "En"
*Isao Kaneyama - malimba
*Sanae Tanaka - mandolin
*Ohno ensemble - strings on "Natsu Miyage"
*Scramble - strings on "Kami wo Arau On'na"
*Yasuhiro Kido - chorus
*Makoto Matsushita - chorus
*Miyuki Nakajima - vocals

Chart positions

*Chart - Oricon (Japan)

References