Manifesto (Miho Nakayama album)

Manifesto
Studio album by
Miho Nakayama
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1999 (1999-09-16)
Recorded1997
Studio
  • Alive Recording Studio
  • Onkio Haus
Genre
Length41:21
LanguageJapanese
LabelKing Records
Producer
  • Miho Nakayama
  • Little Creatures
Miho Nakayama chronology
Olive
(1998) 		Manifesto
(1999) 		Your Selection
(2001)

Manifesto (マニフェスト, Manifesuto) is the 21st studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on September 16, 1999, it is the seventh studio release (after One and Only, Mind Game, Merry Merry, Dé eaya, Wagamama na Actress, and Olive) to not feature a single. Manifesto features the three-member musical unit Little Creatures. This was Nakayama's last studio album until Neuf Neuf in 2019.[1][2][3]

The album peaked at No. 29 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 12,000 copies.[4][5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Miho Nakayama, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Little Creatures.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Espresso 'n' Milk" Yoshiko Goshima4:37
2."Akirumade" ((あきるまで, "Until You Get Bored")) Mika Watanabe5:57
3."Vichyssoise Flower" (Bishisowāzu Furawā (ビシソワーズ フラワー)) Watanabe5:10
4."Sevillana" Haruhiko Kawakumi6:52
5."Sweetest Lover"Mizuho KitayamaCindy5:47
6."Mark" Watanabe6:43
7."Simple Things #22" Shunji Mori6:15
Total length:41:21

Personnel

  • Miho Nakayama – vocals
  • Little Creatures
  • Takuji Aoyagi – guitar, bass, percussion
  • Masato Suzuki – synthesizer programming, keyboards, bass, percussion
  • Tsutomu Kurihara – drums, percussion, guitar
  • Chieko Kimbara – violin (4)
  • Tatsuya Murayama – viola (4)
  • Tatsuya Shimogami – flugelhorn (4)
  • Taqur Francia – backing vocals (4)

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 29

References

  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / manifesto [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ "manifesto | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. ^ a b "manifesto | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-08.