| Utahime | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Akina Nakamori |
| Cover: | File:Utahime_(Akina_Nakamori_cover_album).jpg |
| Released: | 24 March 1994 4 December 2002 |
| Recorded: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Kayōkyoku |
| Length: | 45:23 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Producer: | Akina Nakamori |
| Prev Title: | Unbalance+Balance |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | La Alteración |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Utahime (歌姫) is a covers album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 24 March 1994 under MCA Records. It is Nakamori's first covers album, and her only covers album to be released in the 1990s.[1] On the same day, the promotional cover single "Kataomoi" was released.[2]
Utahime debuted at number 5 on the Oricon Album weekly chart, charted for nine weeks and sold over 140,500 copies.[6] [7]
| Year | Format(s) | Serial number | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | CT, CD | MVCC-12, MVCD-12 | MCA | [8] |
| 2004 | 2CD | UMCK-1150/1 | UMJ | [9] |
| 2017 | 2-UHQCD | UPCH-7268/9 | UMJ | [10] |
| 2023 | 2CD | UPCY-7867/8 | UMJ | [11] |
| 2024 | 2LP | UPJY-9371/2 | UMJ | [12] |
Notes:Since 2004 re-releases, it publishes as a 2-CD album under subtitle "Special Edition". Second disc includes instrumental versions of the tracks.
The calligraphy on the album cover was written by Yousui Inoue.[3]
The re-printed version includes instrumental versions of the cover tracks arranged by Akira Senju. In 2002, Nakamori returned to her Utahime cover album series under Universal Music Japan.
In December 1994, Nakamori held a one-night "Utahime Akina Nakamori Live" show in Parco Theatre, where she performed "Aizenbashi", "Watashi wa Kaze", "Shishuuki" and "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai".[4]
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