Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka explained

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
Type:	Album
Artist:	Miyuki Nakajima
Cover:	Ikiteitemo Iidesuka.jpg
Released:	April 5, 1980
Recorded:	Take One Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Folk
Length:	44:56
Label:	AARD-VARK/Canyon
Producer:	Miyuki Nakajima
Prev Title:	Okaerinasai
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
Next Year:	1981

is a seventh studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1980.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, except an untitled interlude composed by Tsugutoshi Goto.

Side one

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Sobaya" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

1. "" – 7:27
2. "" – 4:54
3. "" – 4:08
4. "" – 5:09

Side two

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Ikoku" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

1. "" – 5:12
2. Untitled – 1:10
3. "" – 7:44
4. "" – 9:12

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Takahiko Ishikawa - acoustic guitar, flat mandolin
• Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
• Tsugutoshi Goto - electric bass
• Makiko Tashiro - keyboards
• Akira Nishimoto - keyboards
• Fumihiko Kazama - accordion
• Nobuo Yagi - harmonica
• Shin Kazuhara - piccolo trumpet
• Yukio Eto - flute, alto flute, bass flute
• Minoru Muraoka - shakuhachi
• Rien Takimoto - drums
• Hiro Tsunoda - drums
• Yas-Kaz Sato - Latin percussions
• Yoshihisa Tamano - violin
• Joe Ensemble - strings

Chart positions

Year	Country	Chart	Position	Sales
1980	Japan	Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)^[1]	1	330,000
		Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)	1

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog number
Japan	April 5, 1980	LP	Canyon Records	C25A-0089
		Audio cassette	Pony	25P-7117
	March 1, 1981	LP	Canyon Records	C28A-0149
	May 21, 1981	Audio cassette	Pony	28P-6072
	September 1, 1983	CD	Canyon Records	D35A-0018
	November 5, 1986			D32A-0230
	March 21, 1989		Pony Canyon	D35A-0459
	May 21, 1990			PCCA-00076
	April 18, 2001		Yamaha Music Communications	YCCW-00010
	October 1, 2008			YCCW-10059

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima . ja . 2008-01-24 . dead . https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html . 2007-06-19 .