Mite (album)
Album by Chisato Moritaka
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Mite (見て; Look) is the third studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on November 17, 1988 by Warner Pioneer. After her second album Mi-ha and her EP Romantic, Moritaka wrote the lyrics for the majority of the songs in this album; a trend that continued for the rest of her career.[1][2]
- Warner-Pioneer Studio
- Sound City Studio
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| Released | November 17, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
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| Length | 42:32 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Warner Pioneer | |||
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The album peaked at No. 5 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 66,000 copies, making it Moritaka's first top-five album. It was also her last album to be issued on LP.[3][4]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka, except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by Hideo Saitō, except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Omoshiroi (Moritaka Connection)" (Omoshiroi (Moritaka Konekushon) (おもしろい（森高コネクション）; "Interesting (Moritaka Connection)")) | 7:17 | |||
| 2. | "Wakareta Onna" ((別れた女; "A Parting Woman")) | 4:53 | |||
| 3. | "Watashi ga Hen?" ((私が変?; "Am I Strange?")) | Ekisu Suzuki | Takumi Yamamoto | Yamamoto | 4:11 |
| 4. | "Alone" (Arōn (アローン)) | Shinji Yasuda | Yasuda | 4:31 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Stress" (Sutoresu (ストレス)) | 4:15 | |||
| 2. | "Deta Gari" ((出たがり; "I Want to Go Out")) | 4:14 | |||
| 3. | "Modorenai Natsu" ((戻れない夏; "The Summer That Can't Return")) | Kanon Kuwa | Ken Shima | Shima | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Mite" ((見て; "Look")) | 4:39 | |||
| 5. | "Let Me Go" |
| Yasuda | Yamamoto | 4:03 |
Personnel
- Chisato Moritaka – vocals
- Hideo Saitō – guitar, drum and synthesizer programming (all tracks except where indicated)
- Takumi Yamamoto – guitar, drum programming (A3, B5)
- Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming (A3, B5)
- Naoki Suzuki – synthesizer programming (A3, A4, B3, B5)
- Keiji Toriyama – synthesizer programming (B3)
- Ken Shima – keyboards (B3)
- Kenji Takamizu – bass (B3)
- Shingo Kanno – percussion (B3)
- Shinji Yasuda – backing vocals (A3, A4, B5)
Charts
Video album
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| Released | November 28, 1988 (LD) December 10, 1988 (VHS) | |||
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| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Warner Pioneer | |||
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The video album for Mite was released on 8" LaserDisc on November 28, 1988 and on VHS on December 10, 1988.[5] Its contents were compiled in the 2000 DVD Chisato Moritaka DVD Collection No. 5: Mite/The Stress/17-sai.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "New Season" | HIRO | Saitō | Saitō | |
| 2. | "The Mi-ha" (Za Mīhā (ザ・ミーハー)) | Moritaka | Saitō | Saitō | |
| 3. | "Alone" | Moritaka | Yasuda | Yasuda |