Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	April 5, 1980
Recorded	Take One Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Folk
Length	44:56
Label	AARD-VARK/Canyon
Producer	Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Okaerinasai (1979) Ikiteitemo Iidesuka (1980) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) (1981)

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka (生きていてもいいですか) 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. "Urami Masu (うらみ・ます)" – 7:27
2. "Nakitai Yoru ni (泣きたい夜に)" – 4:54
3. "Kitsune Gari no Uta (キツネ狩りの歌)" – 4:08
4. "Sobaya (蕎麦屋)" – 5:09

Side two

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

1. "Fune wo Dasu no Nara Kugatsu (船を出すのなら九月)" – 5:12
2. Untitled – 1:10
3. "Elaine (エレーン, Erēn)" – 7:44
4. "Ikoku (異国)" – 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

Release history

References