Yes (Mika Nakashima album)
Yes is the eighth album by Mika Nakashima; it is the fourth album to be released under her own name. It also was the first of her albums to have been released in both a CD only and a CD+DVD Limited Edition format. The album boasts a slower and more gospel-orientated arrangement.
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| Released | March 14, 2007 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, jazz, blues, pop | |||
| Length | 1:07:00 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Associated Records | |||
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 CD + DVD Cover | ||||
The Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD featuring the videos for 'Cry No More,' 'Black & Blue,' 'All Hands Together,' 'My Sugar Cat,' 'Mienai Hoshi,' 'I Love You,' and a live recording of her cover of Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World.' The album and DVD are housed in a box slipcase with a different cover from the standard release of the album, and included a note with information on pre-ordering tickets to her Japan-wide concert tour, 'Yes My Joy,' before others with purchase of the album.
'Yes' debuted at #2 on the Oricon Daily Album Chart in Japan, but its weekly chart debut was at #3, selling 153,261 copies in its first week. To date it has sold close to 296,000 copies in Japan alone.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Love You" (Album Ver.) | Yutaka Ozaki | Yutaka Ozaki | Akihisa Matsuura | |
| 2. | "Mienai Hoshi" (見えない星; Invisible Star) | Hiroki Nagase | Hiroki Nagase | Takefumi Haketa | |
| 3. | "Sunao na Mama" (素直なまま; The State of Honesty) | Ryoji | Ryoji | Yanagiman | |
| 4. | "Cry No More" | Kang Jin-hwa | Lensei | Shin Kōno | |
| 5. | "All Hands Together" | Mika Nakashima, Soul of South | Lori Fine (from Coldfeet) | Shin Kōno | |
| 6. | "Dance With The Devil" | Mika Nakajima | Yasunari Okano | Toshiyuki Mori | |
| 7. | "Black & Blue" | Mika Nakajima, Lori Fine | Lori Fine | Shin Kōno | |
| 8. | "Joy" | Lori Fine | Lori Fine | Coldfeet | |
| 9. | "The Dividing Line" | Lori Fine | Lori Fine | Coldfeet | |
| 10. | "My Sugar Cat" | Mika Nakashima | Yoshiko Goshima | Shunya Mori | |
| 11. | "Yogoreta Hana" (汚れた花; Stained Flower) | Mika Nakashima | Taiji Sato | Taiji Sato | |
| 12. | "Going Back Home" | Kaori Mochida | Gajin | Shin Kōno | |
| 13. | "Kinenka" (祈念歌; Song of Prayer) | Kazufumi Miyazawa | Yasunari Okano | Shin Kōno | |
| 14. | "What a Wonderful World" | George David Weiss, Robert Thiele | George David Weiss, Robert Thiele | Dr.kyOn |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Opening" | |
| 2. | "Cry No More" (Music video) | |
| 3. | "Black & Blue" (Music video) | |
| 4. | "All Hands Together" (Music video) | |
| 5. | "My Sugar Cat" (Music video) | |
| 6. | "Mienai Hoshi" (Music video) | |
| 7. | "I Love You" (Music video) | |
| 8. | "What a Wonderful World" (live) | |
| 9. | "Ending Roll" |
Charts and sales
Oricon sales charts (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First week sales | Sales total |
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| March 14, 2007 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 2 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 3 | 153,261 | 296,175 | |
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 7 | |||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 34 |
Singles
| Date | Title | Peak position |
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| 2006-02-22 | Cry No More | 8 |
| 2006-06-07 | All Hands Together | 8 |
| 2006-07-26 | My Sugar Cat | 14 |
| 2007-02-21 | Mienai Hoshi | 4 |
| 2007-03-14 | Sunao na Mama | 18 |