Nazo (album) explained

Nazo
Type:studio
Artist:Miho Komatsu
Cover:Nazo_(album)_jacket.jpg
Recorded:1997
Genre:Japanese pop
Label:Amemura-O-Town
Producer:ROCKAKU
Next Year:1998

is the debut studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miho Komatsu. It was released on 3 December 1997 on Amemura-O-Town Record.

Background

The album includes two previously released singles, Nazo and Kagayakeru Hoshi. Several of her songs were originally written for other bands: "Sabitsuita Machine Gun De Ima Wo Uchinukou" for Wands, "Aoi Sora Ni Deaeta" for Arisa Tsujio as the Chūka Ichiban! anime theme song, "Kono Machi De Kimi to Kurishitai" for Field of View, and "Kimi ga Inai Natsu" for Deen.[1]

Charting performance

The album reached number 5 in its first week, with 89,810 copies sold.[2] The album charted for 40 weeks and it sold 400,000 copies altogether.[3]

Track listing

All songs were arranged by Masao Akashi (#1,#2,#7~#10) and Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) (#3~#6,#11)

Use in media

Notes and References

  1. Miho Komatsu discography (in Japanese) http://miho-komatsu.com/menu/discography.html
  2. Ranking for week 1.12~7.12.1997 http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/971215a.html
  3. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/217885/products/40788/1/ | title = 謎 / 小松未歩 | newspaper = Oricon