Stock (album)

Stock is the twelveth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori, released on March 3, 1988. Unlike her previous albums, it has a rock influence, much like Nakamori's idol, Momoe Yamaguchi's latter albums. The main music producer is Kenji Kitajima from the rock band Fence of Defense.

Stock
Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
ReleasedMarch 3, 1988
Recorded1988
GenreRock
Length44:28
LanguageJapanese
LabelWarner Pioneer
Akina Nakamori chronology
Cross My Palm
(1987)		 Stock
(1988)		 Wonder
(1988)

Background

In January 1988, inside the single "Al-Mauj" was included an inquiry letter with information about the prototype title of the upcoming studio album, Fire Water, with "Fire Starter" being a candidate for the single release.[1] However ,the title was changed to Stock and "Fire Starter" remained as an album track.

Like the previous studio albums, this does not include any promotional singles, and ten completely new songs were recorded. However, the production of songs had started three years before; these were planned to be released as singles.[2]

Music production consisted of pop-rock-oriented musicians Kenji Kitajima from Fence of Defense, Ryo Aska from Chage and Aska, Tsugutoshi Gotō, Satoshi Nakamura, Yūko Asano, Kisaburo Suzuki, Akira Inoue and Shinji Harada.[3][4]

Stage performances

Nakamori performed "Farewell" on the Fuji TV music program Yoru no Hit Studio, and "Yume no Fuchi" and "Farewell" on the TV Asahi music program Music Station in early 1988.

Most of the songs have been performed only once, in the live tour Femme Fatale in 1988: "Mada Juubun Janai", "Fire Starter", "Yume no Fuchi", "Nightmare Akumu" and "Crystal Heaven".

Charting performance

The album debuted at number 2 on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart and charted for 16 weeks, selling 395,000 copies. It remained at number 14 on the 1988 Yearly Album Chart.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Farewell"Eiko KyoKen SatouSatoshi Nakamura, Kenji Kitajima4:25
2."Yume no Fuchi"Ryo AskaTsugutoshi GotōGotō, Nakamura4:56
3."Crystal Heaven"YukoTakashi TsushimiMasaki Matsuhara4:46
4."Mada Jūbun ja nai"Alice SatouTetsuji HayashiMatsuhara, Kitajima4:19
5."Fire Starter"SandiiMakoto KubotaKitajima, Kunio Muramatsu4:10
6."Nightmare (Akumu)"Akira OotsuKitajimaKitajima, Fence of Defense4:23
7."I Wanna Chance"KyoKisaburo SuzukiKitajima, Akira Inoue4:33
8."Poison Lips"Reiko YukawaTsushimiKitajima, Hiroshi Shinkawa4:01
9."Shōjo Densetsu"FumikoShinji HaradaKitajima, Shingo Kobayashi4:22
10."Foggy Relation"Miyuki NagaiJun SatouKitajima, Satou4:33
Total length:44:28

Notes:

  • All English titles are stylised in all uppercase.
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References
  1. Akina Nakamori (1988). Al-Mauj (CD Single; Inquiry Letter). Akina Nakamori. Japan: Warner Pioneer. L-1751.
  2. 馬飼野元宏 (2006-07-20). Hotwax presents 歌謡曲 名曲名盤ガイド 1980's. シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント. pp. 69、220-222頁. ISBN 4-401-75106-X.
  3. "Femme Fatale (中森明菜 ) ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン - Warner Music Japan". wmg.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29.
  4. "中森明菜 Femme Fatale". cdjournal.com.
  5. 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. p. 3, 455-457, 883. ISBN 4871310779.
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