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Wagamama na Actress
Wagamama na Actress
Studio album by Miho Nakayama
Released	June 23, 1993
Recorded	1993
Studio	Westlake Recording Studios; Carve Studio; M'Bila Studio; Studio 56; Studio 55; Ground Control; Jennie's Studio; Sedic Studio; Free Studio; Delta Studio; Nichion Studio;
Genre	J-pop; pop rock; R&B; dance-pop;
Length	50:32
Language	Japanese
Label	King Records
Producer	Miho Nakayama; Masato Ohsumi; Ken Shiguma; Akira Fukuzumi;
Miho Nakayama chronology

Wagamama na Actress (わがままなあくとれす, Wagamama na Akutoresu, lit. Selfish Actress) is the 15th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 23, 1993, it is Nakayama's fifth studio release (after One and Only, Mind Game, Merry Merry, and Dé eaya) to not feature a single. It was also Nakayama's second album (after Mellow) to be self-produced and recorded in Los Angeles.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The album peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart. It also sold over 145,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.^[4]^[5]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Miho Nakayama, except where indicated

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Gakeppuchi" ((崖っぷち, "Cliff"))	Rui Serizawa	Pfeifer Broz	Pfeifer Broz Jerry Hey (horns)	5:07
2.	"Keep Awake"		Julia	Ian Prince	4:21
3.	"A New Day"		Makoto Satō	Bruce Gaitsch	3:11
4.	"Jara Jara Switch"		M. Rie	Tom Keane Hey (horns)	4:30
5.	"Dear My Friends"		Takashi Tsushimi	Bill Meyers	4:28
6.	"Pastel in My Heart"		Julia	Prince	5:47
7.	"Mayonaka no Kitchen kara" (Mayonaka no Kitchin kara (真夜中のキッチンから, "From the Kitchen at Midnight"))		Pfeifer Broz	Pfeifer Broz	3:07
8.	"Wagamama na Actress" (Wagamama na Akutoresu (わがままなあくとれす, "Selfish Actress"))		Chiho Kiyooka	Meyers Hey (horns)	4:42
9.	"Horizon"	Masami Tozawa	Pfeifer Broz	Keane	4:55
10.	"Love for You"		Cindy	Cindy Williams Broz	4:27
11.	"Konna Hi no Ame nara Daisuki (The Rain Came Down)" ((こんな日の雨なら大好き -The Rain Came Down-, "I Love the Rain on Such a Day (The Rain Came Down)"))	Nakayama Amie	Marc Hoffman Elliot Weiss	Ken Shiguma	5:57
Total length:					50:32

Personnel edit

Miho Nakayama – vocals
Rob Pfeifer – programming (1, 7)
Ken Shiguma – programming (11)
Atsushi Umehara – programming (11)
Jeff Pfeifer – keyboards (1, 7)
Ian Prince – keyboards, programming (2, 6)
Tom Keane – keyboards, programming (4, 9)
Bill Meyers – keyboards, programming (5, 8)
Reggie Turner – keyboards, programming (10)
Hidetoshi Yamada – keyboards (11)
Randy Waldman – piano, bass (3)
Michael Landau – guitar (1–2, 5–9)
Bruce Gaitsch – guitar (3)
David Williams – guitar (4)
John Peña – bass (6)
Mike Porcaro – bass (9)
Carlos Vega – drums (9)
Andre Williams – drums (10)
Keith Williams – drums (10)
Chris Trujillo – percussion (1, 5, 7–8)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 4, 8)
Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 4, 8)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 4, 8)
Dan Higgins – saxophone (1, 4), flute (7)
Brandon Fields – saxophone (3)
Dave Koz – saxophone (6, 9)
Kim Hutcheroft – saxophone (8)
Jake H. Concepcion – saxophone (11)
Tetsuya Ochiai – strings (11)
Hiroki Kashiwagi – strings (11)
Jackie – backing vocals (1)
Misa Nakayama – backing vocals (1)
Joey Johnson – backing vocals (2)
Warnel Johns – backing vocals (2)
Yuiko Tsubokura – backing vocals (4, 8)
Keiko Wada – backing vocals (4, 8)
Junko Hirotani – backing vocals (5–6, 11)
Kiyoshi Hiyama – backing vocals (5–6)
Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals (6)
Cindy – backing vocals (10)
Jacque Mastin – backing vocals (10)
Don Jeffries – backing vocals (10)

Charts edit

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	4

Certification edit


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[6]	Gold	200,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

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^ "中山美穂 / わがままなあくとれす [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "わがままなあくとれす | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ ^a ^b "わがままなあくとれす | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "Japanese certifications – 中山美穂 – わがままなあくとれす" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-07. Select 1993年7月 on the drop-down menu