中森明菜* – 不思議

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Label:	Reprise Records – L-12595
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Picture Disc, Stereo
Country:	Japan
Released:	Aug 11, 1986
Genre:	Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style:	Ethereal, New Wave, Synth-pop, Ambient, Kayōkyoku

Tracklist

A1		Back Door Night
A2		ニュー・ジェネレーション Lyrics By – 竹花いち子*
A3		Labyrinth Chorus – Katsumi Fujikura
A4		マリオネット Lyrics By, Music By – 安岡孝章*
A5		幻惑されて Chorus – Minako Yoshida
B1		ガラスの心 Arranged By – 井上鑑* Bass – Chiharu Mikuzuki Drums – Hideo Yamaki Guitar – Tsuyoshi Kon Keyboards – Akira Inoue
B2		Teen-age Blue Chorus – Etsuko Yamakawa, Kiyoshi Hiyama Keyboards – Satoshi Nakamura Keyboards, Chorus – Kazuo Shiina
B3		燠火 Arranged By [Brass] – 椎名和夫* Drums – Anton Fier Keyboards – Haruo Togashi, Minako Yoshida Saxophone – Jake H. Concepcion
B4		Wait For Me Lyrics By – Show (8)
B5		Mushroom Dance Chorus – Keiko Aso Music By – 井上ケン一*

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner-Pioneer Corporation
Made By – Warner-Pioneer Corporation
Recorded At – Sedic Studio
Recorded At – Sound Inn Studio
Recorded At – Freedom Studio
Recorded At – Sound Atelier
Recorded At – Cherry Island Studio
Mixed At – Music Inn Studio
Mixed At – Sedic Studio
Mixed At – Warner-Pioneer Studio
Mastered At – Warner-Pioneer Studio

Credits

Arranged By – Eurox (tracks: A1 to A5, B4, B5), Kazuo Shiina (tracks: B2, B3)
Bass – Haruo Okano (tracks: A1 to A5, B4, B5)
Chorus – Anri Sekine (tracks: A3, B5), Eve (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Haruo Okano (tracks: A2, B5), Isamu Hasegawa (tracks: A2, A3, B4), Yoshimi Niikura (tracks: A3, B5)
Design [Cover] – Yasuo Mochida
Directed By – Katsumi Fujikura
Engineer [Assistant] – Hiroyuki Satoh*, Motonari Matsumoto, Yasu Itoh*, Mr. Kenmochi*
Guitar – Tsutomu Kurihara (tracks: A1 to A5, B4, B5)
Keyboards – Anri Sekine (tracks: A1 to A5, B4, B5)
Lyrics By – 麻生圭子* (tracks: A1, A3), 吉田美奈子* (tracks: A5, B2, B3), Sandii (tracks: B1, B5)
Management – Fusanori Nakoh*, Hiroyasu Chinone
Music By – Eurox (tracks: A1 to A3, A5), 久保田真箏* (tracks: B1, B5), 吉田美奈子* (tracks: B2, B3)
Photography By – Kazunori Tsukada
Producer – Akina Nakamori
Remix, Mastered By – Nobuo Ishizaki
Trumpet – Shin Kuzuhara (tracks: B3, B4)
Violin – Anri Sekine (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B4)

Notes

Side A is plain black, Side B is a Picture Disc.
12-Page color insert with lyrics, full-page photography, and credits (English/Japanese
and survey postcard.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: T4988014105217
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout): 1-B-21
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout): 1-B-19
Rights Society: JASRAC
Price Code (Original Retail ): ¥2,800

Other Versions (5 of 12)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	不思議 (CD, Album)	Reprise Records	32XL-155	Japan	1986
	不思議 (Cassette, Album)	WEA Records Ltd.	HLKF-8095	Hong Kong	1986
	不思議 (LP, Album)	Reprise Records	L-12595	Japan	1986
	不思議 (Cassette, Album)	Reprise Records	LKF-8095	Japan	1986
New Submission	不思議 (LP, Album, Picture Disc)	Warner-Pioneer Corporation	HL-12595	Hong Kong	1986

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Reviews

Tlayuda Oct 15, 2023
Pretty good and cheap. Side B sounds just as good as Side A.
loubergs Mar 4, 2023
I have one which is otherwise identical but has runouts L-12595-1 and 2-A-21 on the A side, and L-12595-2 and 1-E-16 on the B side.
chaylen Oct 29, 2020
I don't get the hype. The production is nice, but Akina is one of the best singers in Japanese pop history and you cant hear her. I'm definitely a fan of LP Wonder and the retooled tracks
hauntmedoitagain Feb 22, 2019
Absolutely essential and obscure blend of darkwave, early goth, and Japanese city pop; Akina Nakamori's voice is downright haunting. Also kudos to the picture disc quality, devoid of the consistent crackle of more modern examples.