Okinawa no Kaze (沖縄の風, Okinawan Wind) is a compilation album released by Rimi Natsukawa on February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25), marketed as an Okinawan song cover album.[1]
Song sources
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The album features 10 covers of songs by Okinawan artists. Eight of these are already released tracks. Of the new songs, "Umi no Kanata" is a Parsha Club cover, and "Kui nu Hajimi" is a Misako Koja cover. Both of these artists have been covered before by Natsukawa, and those songs also feature on the album ("Famureuta"/"Manten no Hoshi," "Warabigami" respectively).
Four of the songs are originally from Minamikaze, and two from Tida: Tida Kaji nu Umui and Sora no Keshiki each.
Track listing
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| Title | Writer(s) | Arranger(s) |
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| 1. | "Umi no Kanata (海の彼方, Other Side of the Sea)" | Maya Nekoda, Masaaki Uechi | Seiichi Kyōda | 4:52 |
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| 2. | "Warabigami (Yamatoguchi) (童神～ヤマトグチ～, Little God (Standard Japanese))" | Misako Koja, Kazuya Sahara | Kyōda | 4:47 |
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| 3. | "Kui nu Hajimi (恋ぬ初み, Okinawan: First Love)" | Koja, Sahara | Kyōda | 4:24 |
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| 4. | "Manten no Hoshi (満天の星, Sky Full of Stars)" | Toshiaki Arashiro, Uechi | Kyōda | 4:28 |
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| 5. | "Irayoi Tsukiyohama (イラヨイ月夜浜, Treasured Moonlit Beach)" | Yasukatsu Ōjima, Eishō Higa | Chuei Yoshikawa | 5:41 |
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| 6. | "Shimajima Kaisha (島々清しゃ, Purity of the Islands)" | Hitoshi Kume, Tsuneo Fukuhara | Kyōda | 5:02 |
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| 7. | "Famureuta (ファムレウタ（子守唄）, Lullaby)" | Yukito Ara, Uechi | Kyōda | 4:19 |
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| 8. | "Ōgon no Hana (黄金の花, Green Gold Flower)" | Osami Okamoto, Sadao China | Yoshikawa | 4:48 |
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| 9. | "Bashōfu (芭蕉布, Banana Cloth)" | Yasuichi Yoshikawa, Fukuhara | Kyōda | 4:38 |
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| 10. | "Nada Sōsō (涙そうそう, Great Tears Are Spilling)" | Begin, Ryoko Moriyama | Kyōda | 4:19 |
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Japan sales rankings
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| Release
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Chart
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Peak position
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First week sales
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Sales total
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| February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)
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Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2]
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32
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8,250
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87,800
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References
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