Vamp (Akina Nakamori album)

Vamp
EP by Akina Nakamori
Released	18 December 1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	Sound Valley; Victor Studio; Towerside Studio
Genre	Electronic; funk; soul;
Length	21:40
Language	Japanese
Label	MCA
Producer	Akina Nakamori
Akina Nakamori chronology

Vamp is the fourth mini studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 18 December 1996 under the MCA Records label and produced by Nakamori.

Background

Vamp is her only mini album which was released under MCA Records. It's also her first mini album to be released for the first time in eight years. The album consists of four new songs, which weren't released as a single neither in the original albums.

In 2008, all songs were recorded in the first press edition of compilation album of her works from the 1990s, Utahime Densetsu: 90's Best.[1][2]

The concept of the album consist of cool and sexy vibrance through the dance music.[3]

The music production team consist a music producers Hiroshi Yamada and Masanori Shimada, songwriters Gorō Matsui and Seriko Natsuno.[4][5]

Stage performances

Nakamori performed all four songs only once, on her first dinner show in Xmas Dinner Show 1996.[6]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 30 on the Oricon Album Weekly Charts, remained in top 100 chart for 5 weeks and sold over 30,100 copies.[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Pride and Joy"	Hiroshi Yamada	Hirofumi Asamoto	Asamoto	4:13
2.	"Egoist"	Kenn Kato	Ton Shoji	Masanori Shimada	4:44
3.	"Crescent Fish"	Gorō Matsui	Chika Ueda	U-ki	4:51
4.	"Metropolitan Blue"	Seriko Natsuno	Masashi Chizawa	Itaru Sakota	7:54

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References

"中森明菜 / 歌姫伝説～90's BEST～ [3CD+DVD] [限定]". cdjournal.com.
"歌姫伝説~'90s BEST [初回限定盤]". UMJ.jp.
Album notes from mini studio album VAMP (Akina Nakamori), 18 December 1996, 12cmCD. MCA Victors (MVCZ-1002).
"Discography (中森明菜 ) - Alteranet". meix-net.jp. Archived from the original on 1999-02-23.
"中森明菜 VAMP". cdjournal.com.
"明菜晴れやか、30歳の挑戦". Asahi Shimbun (4): 11. 12 December 1996.
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.

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[1] "中森明菜 / 歌姫伝説～90's BEST～ [3CD+DVD] [限定]". cdjournal.com.

[2] "歌姫伝説~'90s BEST [初回限定盤]". UMJ.jp.

[album_notes-3] Album notes from mini studio album VAMP (Akina Nakamori), 18 December 1996, 12cmCD. MCA Victors (MVCZ-1002).

[4] "Discography (中森明菜 ) - Alteranet". meix-net.jp. Archived from the original on 1999-02-23.

[5] "中森明菜 VAMP". cdjournal.com.

[6] "明菜晴れやか、30歳の挑戦". Asahi Shimbun (4): 11. 12 December 1996.

[7] 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.