Blanket Privacy (ブランケット・プライバシー, Buranketto Puraibashī) is the sixth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on November 26, 1993, the album includes seven re-recordings of Nakayama's ballads, two new singles, and three cover songs. The initial release of the album featured a holographic image of gemstones swirling around Nakayama.[1][2]

Blanket Privacy
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1993 (1993-11-26)
Recorded1993
Genre
Length55:32
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelKing Records
Producer
  • Miho Nakayama
  • Masato Ohsumi
  • Ken Shiguma
  • Akira Fukuzumi
Miho Nakayama chronology
Wagamama na Actress
(1993)
Blanket Privacy
(1993)
Pure White
(1994)
Singles from Blanket Privacy
  1. "Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni"
    Released: April 21, 1993 (1993-04-21)
  2. "Anata ni Nara..."
    Released: July 7, 1993 (1993-07-07)

The album peaked at No. 9 on Oricon's albums chart. It sold over 89,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.[3][4][5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni" ((幸せになるために, "To Be Happy"))
Toshifumi Hinata4:17
2."Tell Me"Mika WatanabeWatanabe5:03
3."Midnight Taxi"Ryō AsukaAsuka5:19
4."Just My Lover"Toshiki KadomatsuKadomatsu5:11
5."Megamitachi no Bōken [a Cappella Version]" ((女神たちの冒険, "The Adventures of the Goddesses"))Gorō MatsuiHideo Saitō0:47
6."Yaban na Hōseki" ((野蛮な宝石, "Barbaric Jewel"))MatsuiSaitō4:57
7."Time After Time"
  • Lauper
  • Hyman
3:25
8."You're My Only Shinin' Star '93"KadomatsuKadomatsu6:09
9."In the Morning"Masumi KawamuraToshinobu Kubota5:12
10."Last Scene ni Ai wo Komete" (Rasuto Shīn ni Ai wo Komete (ラストシーンに愛をこめて, "With Love in the Last Scene"))Fumiko OkadaKisaburō Suzuki5:45
11."The Rose"Amanda McBroomMcBroom3:59
12."Anata ni Nara..." ((あなたになら…, "For You..."))NakayamaJoe Hisaishi5:28
Total length:55:32

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 9

Certification

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[5] Gold 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / ブランケット・プライバシー [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  3. ^ a b "Blanket Privacy | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. ^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  5. ^ a b "Japanese certifications – 中山 美穂 – Blanket Privacy" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-07. Select 1993年12月 on the drop-down menu
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