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Navigator (1986 Omega Tribe album)

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Navigator
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 1986 (1986-07-23)[1]
Studio
  • Nichion
  • Sound Inn
  • The Peninsula
  • Free Port
  • Sound Design, Tokyo
  • Sky
  • Smile Garage
  • Discomate
GenreCity pop
Length42:38
LabelVAP
ProducerKoichi Fujita
1986 Omega Tribe chronology
Navigator
(1986)
Crystal Night
(1987)
Singles from Navigator
  1. "Kimi ha 1000%"
    Released: May 1, 1986

Navigator (Japanese: ナビゲイター; Translation: Flight of the Navigator) is the debut album by 1986 Omega Tribe. The album is the most popular release of the band and charted at number 2 on the Oricon chart.[2][3]

The album includes the debut song "Kimi ha 1000%", which peaked at number 6 on the Oricon charts, but had a different mix than the single's release.[4]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Blue Reef"Asako YanoShinji TakashimaHiroshi Shinkawa4:59
2."You Belong to Him"Masako ArikawaToshitsugu NishiharaKazuo Shiina4:44
3."Aquarium in Tears"Masao UrinoTsunehiro IzumiHiroshi Shinkawa4:54
4."Navigator"Koichi Fujita, Carlos ToshikiToshitsugu NishiharaMotoki Funayama4:59
5."Night Child"Asako YanoToshitsugu NishiharaKazuo Shiina4:52
Total length:24:28
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Kimi ha 1000%"Masako ArikawaTsunehiro IzumiHiroshi Shinkawa4:10
2."21 Candles"Masako ArikawaTsunehiro IzumiHiroshi Shinkawa4:56
3."Older Girl"Koichi FujitaShinji TakashimaMotoki Funayama4:16
4."North Shore"Masao UrinoTsunehiro IzumiHiroshi Shinkawa4:48
Total length:18:10

Personnel

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  • Session co-ordinator – Velvet Line
  • Design – Masami Oh-Hara
  • Direction – Shigeru Matsuhashi
  • Digital editing – Kenji Takeda
  • Overdubbing engineer – Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
  • Second engineers – Hiroshi Shitamiya, Junichi Fujimori, Mizuo Miura
  • Executive producer – Atsushi Kitamura, Katsuhiko Endo
  • Guitar, chorus – Mitsuya Kurokawa, Shinji Takashima
  • Keyboards, chorus – Toshitsugu Nishihara
  • Lacquer cut – Osamu Shimoju
  • Mastering – Shigeru Buzawa
  • Photography – Goro Iwaoka
  • Producer – Koichi Fujita
  • Recording, mixing – Kunihiko "Jr." Shimizu
  • Vocals – Carlos Toshiki

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "ナビゲーター". Disk Union.
  2. ^ Mower, Kelly (May 10, 2019). "Omega Tribe is a Japanese act from the 80s that has Changed Faces and Forms a Number of Times". QTAQUEST.
  3. ^ a b "Hits of the World". Billboard. August 30, 1986. p. 73. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "「Navigator」 1986オメガトライブ". Technology Pops π3.14. April 26, 2012.
  5. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 6, 1986. p. 72. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 13, 1986. p. 79. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. October 18, 1986. p. 88. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 62. Retrieved July 1, 2020.