[Mellow ballad]
No.54 "Treasure" by Miho Nakayama
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | Treasure |
|---|---|
| Artist | Miho Nakayama |
| Album Title | Mellow |
| Track No. | 10 |
| Duration | 5:51 |
| Released | 1992 |
| Publisher | King records |
| Lyricist | Yui Nishiwaki |
| Composer | Yui Nishiwaki & Yōko Orihara |
| Arranger | Nobuo Ariga |
About the creators
Yui Nishiwaki is a well known singer & song writer active since '90s. Quite a few of her songs are adopted for the theme music of TV varieties.
Yōko Orihara is a composer, particulary active in the animation music category.
Nobuo Ariga is a bassist, singer song writer and a music producer in the popular song area. He has provided many of songs for the other well known artists, like Fumiya Fujii or Misato Watanabe.
Cover art
- Sound impressions
Mellow ballad
This is a slow and mellow ballad in a little emotional tone.
The combination of the heavy bass drum and thick sound of the bass creates a rich background, and a passionated play of the acoustic piano sounds very dramatic.
A beautiful chorus is adding a solemn feeling and a burning tone of the saxophone gives gorgeous air to the song.
Miho Nakayama has a chrarming voice which goes straight to the listener's heart, and match with this melody.
According to the Wikipedia, this song was once selected as the "most favourite song" by the Miho Nakayama's fan club. She likes this song too, and used to sung often at the concert.
- Reference
Wikipedia page for "Miho Nakayama" is below.
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- About the artist
Top idol star in the '80s and '90s
Miho Nakayama debuted in 1985 with single "C". Since then, 43 singles, and 21 original, 3 live and 22 best albums have been released until now.
(Wikipedia, Miho Nakayama)
In the '80s, hundreds of young boys and girls, wish to be an idol star, were debuting every year. But surviving in such a heated competition wasn't an easy job.
Under the circumstances, Miho Nakayama was an exceptional newface.
She first debuted as a model for teen magazines, and entered the spotlight. Soon, she appeared in a TV drama series, and acted well as a naughty teen girl.
Just after the drama series, she started to release idol pop songs. The songs are well accepted in the market. And she won the plenty of music awards even the exceptional numbers of the talented new faces were competing on that year.
Since then, she had been a top idol star throughout the '80s and '90s.
Now she dialed down the level of activities in the entertainment businesses. But she is still the one of the most well known idol star, and a singer in the Japanese popular music scene.
At the beginning, she was a typical idol star singing a cute pop song mostly. But after few years, she began to change her singing style to more artistic one.
For example, the below is Miho Nakayam's debut song. This is a typical idol pop song, and actually quite nice in this category. Please feel the sound of idol pop in the '80s for your interest.
Apple Music(jp)
"C"(debut song), Miho Nakayama, 1985
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- Samples from online music stores
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Amazon JP(en)
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Apple Music(jp)
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7. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | Treasure |
|---|---|
| Artist | 中山美穂 (Miho Nakayama) |
| Album Title | メロウ (Mellow) |
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