Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)

Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)
Fixer (Akina Nakamori album)
Studio album by Akina Nakamori
Released	30 December 2015
Recorded	2014-2015 (United States)
Genre	J-pop; EDM;
Length	63:20
Language	Japanese; English;
Label	Universal Music Japan
Producer	Don Flamingo; Naoshi Fujikura; Masahiko Kazumoto;
Akina Nakamori chronology
Singles from Fixer
	"Rojo (Tierra)"; Released: 21 January 2015; "Unfixable"; Released: 30 September 2015; "Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)"; Released: 24 February 2016;

Fixer (stylized as FIXER) is the 24th studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and first studio album to be released during the 2010s. It was released on 30 December 2015 under the Universal Music Japan label. It's Nakamori's first original albums after a hiatus of six years.

The album includes Akina's original written songs: "Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)" 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[edit]

Singles[edit]

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 Women Are Sleeping)" was released as a single. The single version was used as a theme song to the film While the Women Are Sleeping.^[11]^[12]

Chart performance[edit]

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

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)"	Miran:Miran Dream Productions Brian Lee	Miran:Miran Dream Productions Lee	Miran:Miran Dream Productions Lee	3:04
2.	"Rojo (Tierra)"	Minako Kawae Miran:Miran	Daisuke Asakura	Asakura Yūji 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" ((雨月, "Rainy Moon"))	Yutaka Shinya	Shinya	Shinya	4:11
7.	"Todoketai: Voice" ((とどけたい〜voice〜, "I Want to Reach You ~Voice~"))	Risa Nakamura	Her0ism SHIROSE from WHITE JAM	Daisuke Kahara	5:18
8.	"Yokudō" ((欲動, "Drive"))	Keiya Mizuki	Jeff Miyahara Kuraaki Hori	Miyahara Hori	3:23
9.	"Kodou"	Nakajima	Kōhei 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)"	Kawae Miran:Miran	Asakura	Asakura Toriyama	8:15
13.	"Unfixable (Album Version)"	Wahl Lipsky Berre Constantinou	Wahl Lipsky Berre Constantinou	Wahl Lipsky Berre Constantinou	7:00
Total length:					63:20

Release history[edit]

Year	Format(s)	Serial number	Label(s)	Ref.
2015	CD, CD+DVD	UPCH-2068, UPCH-7095	UMJ	^[14]
2017	UHQCD	UPCH-7287	UMJ	^[15]
2023	LP, CD	UPCY-7843, UPJY-9352/3	UMJ	^[16]

References[edit]

^ "中森明菜 / FIXER [CD] [Album] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^ "「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. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
^ "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.
^ "中森明菜 / Rojo Tierra [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^ "中森明菜、アメリカより『NHK 紅白歌合戦』出演へ". barks.jp.
^ "中森明菜「紅白」出演！アメリカから生中継で新曲披露". natalie.mu.
^ "中森明菜、12年ぶり紅白出場は「ガチガチでした」". Oricon News.
^ "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.
^ "中森明菜 / unfixable [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "中森明菜 / FIXER-WHILE THE WOMEN ARE SLEEPING- [CD] [Single] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^ "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.
^ "Fixer" (in Japanese). UMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
^ "Fixer [UHQCD]" (in Japanese). UMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
^ "中森明菜 / Fixer" (in Japanese). cdjournal. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

[fixer.cd.journal-1] "中森明菜 / FIXER [CD] [Album] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

[sound-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. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. 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.

[rojo_tierra.journal-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.

[oricon_single_Rojo-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.

[unifxable.cd.journal-9] "中森明菜 / unfixable [CD] [シングル] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

[oricon_single_Unfixable-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.

[movie-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.

[diva.single.version.cd.journal-12] "中森明菜 / FIXER-WHILE THE WOMEN ARE SLEEPING- [CD] [Single] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

[oricon_album_ranking-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.

[14] "Fixer" (in Japanese). UMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

[15] "Fixer [UHQCD]" (in Japanese). UMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

[16] "中森明菜 / Fixer" (in Japanese). cdjournal. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

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v t e Akina Nakamori
Albums Singles Videos
Studio albums	Prologue (Jomaku) Variation (Hensoukyoku) Fantasy (Gensoukyoku) New Akina Etranger Anniversary Possibility Bitter and Sweet D404ME Fushigi Crimson Cross My Palm Stock Femme Fatale Cruise Unbalance+Balance La Alteración Shaker Spoon Will Resonancia I Hope So Destination Diva Fixer Akina
Cover albums	Utahime Zero Album: Utahime 2 Utahime 3: Shūmaku Enka Folk Song: Utahime Jojouka Mood Kayō: Utahime Shōwa Meikyoku Shū Folk Song 2: Utahime Aishouka Utahime 4: My Eggs Benedict Belie Vampire Cage
Extended plays	Silent Love Wonder Vamp
Compilation albums	Best Akina Memoires Best CD'87 Best II Best III True Album Akina 95 Best Utahime Double Decade Best Finger 25th Anniversary Selection Utahime Best 25th Anniversary Selection Ballad Best 25th Anniversary Selection All Time Best Original Cover Original & Cover
Singles	"Slow Motion" "Shōjo A" "Second Love" "½ no Shinwa" "Twilight (Yūgure Dayori)" "Kinku" "Kita Wing" "Southern Wind" "Jukkai (1984)" "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" "Meu amor é..." "Akaitori Nigeta" "Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" "Solitude" "Desire (Jōnetsu)" "Gypsy Queen" "Fin" "Nonfiction Ecstasy" "Tango Noir" "Blonde" "Nanpasen" "Al-Mauj" "Tattoo" "I Missed the Shock" "Liar" "Dear Friend" "Mizu ni Sashita Hana" "Futari Shizuka: Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken yori" "Everlasting Love"/"Not Crazy to Me" "Kataomoi"/"Aibu" "Yoru no Doko ka de (Night Shift)" "Gekka" "Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta" "Tokyo Rose" "Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero" "Appetite" "Kisei (Never Forget)" "Kon'ya, Nagareboshi" "Tomadoi" "Ophelia" "Trust Me" "It's Brand New Day" "The Heat (Musica Fiesta)" "Days" "Akai Hana" "Hajimete Deatta Hi no Yō ni" "Rakka Ryūsui" "Hana yo Odore" "Diva Single Version" "Crazy Love" "Rojo (Tierra)" "Unfixable" "Fixer (While the Women Are Sleeping)"
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