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Ballads II

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Ballads II
Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 18, 1996 (1996-12-18)
Recorded1991–1996
Genre
Length76:17
LanguageJapanese
LabelKing Records
Miho Nakayama chronology
Deep Lip French
(1996)
Ballads II
(1996)
Treasury
(1997)

Ballads II (バラード・ツー, Barādo Tsū) is the eighth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 18, 1996, the album features 15 ballads selected by Nakayama from her past releases. To coincide with the release of this album, the 1989 compilation Ballads was reissued on the same day with a new matching cover art.[1][2]

The album peaked at No. 25 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 41,000 copies.[3][4]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Silent"Miho NakayamaChiho KiyookaYoshio Tsuru5:09
2."Dare ka ga Ai ni..." ((誰かが愛に…, "Someone Loves..."))NakayamaMasaya OzekiATOM5:41
3."Flash Back"NakayamaChika Ueda
  • Nittoku Inoue
  • ATOM
5:16
4."Kiss Kiss Kiss"Nakayama
  • Hiroshi Narumi
  • Makio Tada
  • Narumi
  • Tada
4:54
5."Treasure"Yui Nishiwaki
  • Nishiwaki
  • Yōko Orihara
Nobuo Ariga5:49
6."Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni" ((幸せになるために, "To Be Happy"))
  • Yuho Iwasato
  • Nakayama
Toshifumi HinataHinata4:17
7."Konna Hi no Ame nara Daisuki (The Rain Came Down)" ((こんな日の雨なら好き -The Rain Came Down-, "I Like the Rain on Such a Day ~The Rain Came Down~"))
  • Nakayama
  • Amie
Ken Shiguma5:57
8."Anata wo Sora e Todoketai" ((あなたを宇宙(そら)へ届けたい, "I Want to Deliver You to the Stars"))NakayamaKNACKKNACK5:28
9."16 Blanco" (16 Buranko (16ブランコ))NakayamaMariaHajime Mizoguchi5:30
10."Love"
  • Nakayama
  • Masato Odake
  • Cindy
CindyKenny Harris5:18
11."Sweet n' Sour Soup"OdakeMariaJai Widing3:42
12."Rain Ring [Fade Out Version]"NakayamaMariaMizoguchi5:13
13."Fui no Kiss" ((不意のKiss, "Sudden Kiss"))MariaMariaMizoguchi4:41
14."Angel"
  • Nakayama
  • Odake
MariaMizoguchi4:32
15."Thinking About You (Anata no Yoru wo Tsutsumitai)" ((Thinking About You〜あなたの夜を包みたい〜, "Thinking About You ~I Want to Wrap Your Night~"))OdakeMariaKazuo Ōtani4:50

Charts

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Chart (1996) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 25

References

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  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / バラッズ2 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  3. ^ a b "Ballads II | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. ^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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