Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)

Fixer (stylized as FIXER) is the twenty fourth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and first studio album to be released during the 2010s. It was released on 26 August 2009 under the Universal Music Japan label. It's Nakamori's first original albums after a hiatus of four years.

Fixer
Studio album by Akina Nakamori
Released	30 December 2015
Recorded	2014-2015 (United States)
Genre	Electro, Pop
Length	63:20
Language	Japanese
Label	Universal Music Japan
Producer	Don Flamingo Naoshi Fujikura Masahiko Kazumoto
Akina Nakamori chronology
Utahime 4: My Eggs Benedict (2015) Fixer (2015) Belie (2015)
Singles from Fixer
"Rojo Tierra" Released: 25 January 2015 "Unfixable" Released: 30 September 2015

The album includes Akina's original written songs: "Fixer" and "Rojo Tierra". The album includes both original and renewed version of the songs.[1]

The album was released in regular and limited editions. Limited edition includes a music video clip of Fixer: While the Woman Are Sleeping.[2]

Promotion

Singles

It consists of two previously released singles.[3]

Rojo Tierra is the forty ninth single. It was released on 25 January 2015 under Universal Music Japan. It was her first single to be released in 5 years.[4] Before release, Nakamori performed it on 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen from recording studio in United States in early morning. It was also Nakamori's Kōhaku appearance for first time in 12 years.[5][6][7] The single debuted at number 8 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts.[8]

Unfixable is the fiftieth single. It was released on 30 September 2015 under Universal Music Japan. It was her second single to be released in that year.[9] The single debuted at number 20 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts.[10]

In 2016, the album track Fixer: While the Woman Are Sleeping was released as a single. The single version was used as a theme song to the theatrical movie Onna na Nemuru Toki.[11][12]

Chart performance

The album reached number 7 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart with the sales of 14,000 copies.[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	arranger	Length
1.	"FIXER: WHILE THE WOMEN ARE SLEEPING"	Miran, Dream Productions, Brian Lee	Miran, Dream Productions, Lee	Miran, Dream Productions, Lee	3:04
2.	"Rojo -Tierra-"	Minako Kawae, Miran:Miran	Daisuke Asakura	Asakura, Yuuji Toriyama	6:00
3.	"Endless Life"	Yukino Nakajima	koshin	koshin	4:30
4.	"Unfixable"	Hilde Wahl, Anita Lipsky, Tommy Berre, Marietta Constantinou	Wahl, Lipsky, Berre, Constantinou	Wahl, Lipsky, Berre, Constantinou	3:17
5.	"La Vida"	izumi	koshin	koshin, Jin Oki	4:38
6.	"Amatsuki"	Yutaka Shinya	Shinya	Shinya	4:11
7.	"Todoketai: voice"	Risa Nakamura	Her0ism, SHIROSE from WHITE JAM	Daisuke Kahara	5:18
8.	"Yokudō"	Keiya Mizuki	Jeff Miyahara, Kuraaki Hori	Miyahara, Hori	3:23
9.	"kodou"	Nakajima	Kouhei Mumemoto	Mumemoto	4:00
10.	"Lotus"	Shinya	Shinya	Shinya	4:28
11.	"Re-birth"	Kawae	Tomohiro Nakachi	Nakachi	4:54
12.	"Rojo -Tierra- (Album Version)"				8:15
13.	"unfixable (Album Version)"				7:00
Total length:					63:20

References

1. "中森明菜 / FIXER [CD] [Album] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
2. "「大ヒット盤」中森明菜『ＦＩＸＥＲ』 ６年ぶりオリジナルで答えを出した". 福井新聞. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
3. "中森明菜 UNIVERSAL MUSIC OFFICIAL WEBSITE". biography. ユニバーサルミュージック. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
4. "中森明菜 / Rojo Tierra [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
5. "中森明菜、アメリカより『NHK 紅白歌合戦』出演へ". barks.jp.
6. "中森明菜「紅白」出演！アメリカから生中継で新曲披露". natalie.mu.
7. "中森明菜、12年ぶり紅白出場は「ガチガチでした」". Oricon News.
8. "Rojo Tierra 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
9. "中森明菜 / unfixable [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
10. "Unfixable 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
11. "中森明菜、6年ぶりのオリジナルアルバム『FIXER』ジャケット写真公開". Retrieved 2015-12-25.
12. "中森明菜 / FIXER-WHILE THE WOMEN ARE SLEEPING- [CD] [Single] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
13. "Fixer 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-09-19.