La Alteración

La Alteración is the sixteenth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and second studio album to be released during 1990's. It was released on 21 July 1995 under the MCA Records label. The album includes lead singles Genshi, Onna wa Taiyou Datta.[1][2]

La Alteración
Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
Released21 July 1995
4 December 2002 (as La Alteración+4)
Recorded1994-1995
StudioVictor Studio
Music Inn
Cherry Island Studio
GenrePop, Rock, Latin
Length45:53 (original)
62:06(re-printed)
LanguageJapanese
LabelMCA
ProducerAkina Nakamori
Akina Nakamori chronology
Utahime
(1994)		 La Alteración
(1995)		 Vamp
(1996)
Singles from La Alteración
  1. "Genshi, Onna wa Taiyou datta"
    Released: 21 June 1995

In 2002 was released re-printed version of the album La Alteración+4 which includes original version of Genshi, Onna wa Taiyou Datta, single Tokyo Rose and B-sides Kirei and Yasashii Kankei, which was previously unreleased in the album recordings.[3]

Promotion

Single

It consists of one previously released single.[4][5]

Genshi, Onna wa Taiyou Datta is the thirty-third single written by Masaki and Neko Oikawa. It was released on 21 June 1995, it was the first single to be released in that year. It includes renewed arrangement with the double echoes, compared to the original. The original version was included re-printed version of album, La Alteración+4 and compilation albums True Akina 96 Best Album, Utahime Densetsu: 90's Best and All Time Best: Originals under the Universal Music label.[6][7]

The single debuted at number 15 on the Oricon Single Weekly Charts.

Stage performances

The album tracks Tokyo Rose, Gaia: Chikyuu no Sasayaki, Tsurai Tsurai, Shitataru Jounestsu, Itai Koi wo Shita and Necessary has been performed in the special live Nakamori Akina True Live in 1995.

Genshi, Onna wa Taiyou Datta special live Nakamori Akina True Live, in live tour Music Fiesta in 2002 and Last Destination in 2006.

Chart performance

The album reached at number 7 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart charted for the 8 consecutive weeks with the sales of 149,100 copies.[8][9][10] It's Akina's last studio album which sold over 100,000 copies.

Until 2002 cover album Zero Album Utahime 2, none of Nakamori albums didn't debut at Top 10 in the Oricon Album Weekly Charts.

Track listing

La Alteración
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Gaia: Chikyuu no Sasayaki (地球のささやき)"Seriko NatsunoNittoku InoueShouhei Narabe (ex.Kome Kome Club)3:52
2."Sunflower"Natsumi TadanoKaoru AkimotoTakuo Sugiyama5:38
3."Genshi, Onna wa Taiyou Datta (原始、女は太陽だった)" (album version)Neko OikawaMasakiYasunori Iwasaki4:49
4."Tsurai Tsurai"Nobuko HokariAbe MakotoIwasaki5:09
5."Shitataru Jounetsu (したたる情熱)"OikawaTakayuki HattoriHattori6:15
6."Itai Koi wo Shita (痛い恋をした)"OikawaChika UedaSugiyama5:23
7."Necessary"NatsunoYoshiaki OouchiHattori5:10
8."Muku (無垢)"Mami KakuboHitoshi HabaNarabe4:35
9."Dakara Nannano (だからなんなの)"NatsunoInoueNarabe5:08

La Alteración+4
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
10."Genshi, Onna wa Taiyo Datta [原始、女は太陽だった（シングルバージョン）]"Neko OikawaMasakiYasunori Iwasaki5:36
11."Kirei (綺麗)"NatsunoChiho KiyookaIwasaki4:12
12."Tokyo Rose"Akina Nakamori, Takashi KamisawatsuMasakiBrian Setzer4:09
13."Yasashii Kankei (優しい関係)"NatsunoSetzerSetzer5:18
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References
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  2. "中森明菜 / アルテラシオン [CD] [アルバム] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
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  4. "JBOOK:アルテラシオン:中森明菜:CD". 文教堂. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  5. "Discography (中森明菜 ) - Alteranet". meix-net.jp. Archived from the original on 1999-02-23.
  6. "中森明菜 / 歌姫伝説～90's BEST～ [3CD+DVD] [限定]". cdjournal.com.
  7. "歌姫伝説~'90s BEST [初回限定盤]". UMJ.jp.
  8. Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970-2005. オリコン・マーケティング・プロモーション. 25 April 2006. pp. 3, 455–457, 883. ISBN 4871310779.
  9. "アルバムチャート". オリコンウィークリー The Ichiban. オリコン. 17: 63. 1995-08-07.
  10. "検索結果-ORICON STYLE アーティスト/CD検索". オリコン. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
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