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Angel Hearts (エンジェル・ハーツ, Enjeru Hātsu) is the eighth studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 5, 1988, the album features the No. 1 single "Witches". "Sweetest Lover", "Too Fast, Too Close", and "Try or Cry" were featured in Nakayama's 1988 short film L'Aube de mon cœur.[1][2]

Angel Hearts
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 5, 1988
Recorded1988
Studio
  • Onkio Haus
  • Vincent Studio
  • Cherry Island Studio
  • Studio Shangri-la
  • Sedic Studio
  • Ocean Way Recording
  • Smoke Tree Studio
Genre
Length44:28
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelKing Records
ProducerCindy
Miho Nakayama chronology
Makin' Dancin'
(1988) 		Angel Hearts
(1988) 		Ballads
(1989)
Singles from Angel Hearts
  1. "Witches"
    Released: November 14, 1988

The album peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 250,000 copies.[3][4]

All lyrics are written by Chinfa Kan, except where indicated

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Sweetest Lover"Mizuho KitayamaCindyIchizō Seo5:26
2."Too Fast, Too Close"Cindy
  • Cindy
  • Yūji Toriyama
Toriyama4:22
3."Bad Girl" Kunio MuramatsuToriyama4:43
4."Diamond Lights"Masami TozawaNarumi HiroshiSeo4:34
5."Tenshi no Kimochi" ((天使の気持ち, "An Angel's Feelings")) CindyToriyama4:16
Total length:23:21
Side B
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Witches"CindyToriyama4:45
2."Hitomi de Lovin' You" ((瞳でLovin' You, "Lovin' Your Eyes"))Ichirō HadaYoshinobu Kojima5:24
3."Please"CindyToriyama4:25
4."Try or Cry"CindyKojima6:33
Total length:21:07
  • Miho Nakayama – vocals
  • Yūji Toriyama – all instruments (A2, A5, B1, B3)
  • Yoshinobu Kojima – all instruments (B2, B4)
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards (A1, A4)
  • Ichirō Nagata – keyboards (A1, A4)
  • Haruo Togashi – Piano (A1, A4)
  • Tsuyoshi Kon – guitar (A1, A4)
  • David T. Walker – guitar (B4)
  • Yasuo Tomikura – bass (A1, A4)
  • Hideo Yamaki – drums (A1, A4)
  • Masato Honda – saxophone (A5, B1)
  • Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone (B2, B4)
  • Cindy – backing vocals
  • P. J. – backing vocals (A1–4)
  • Michael Wilson – backing vocals (A1, B1)
  • Mine Matsuki – backing vocals (A1, B3)
  • Kumi Sasaki – backing vocals (except A2)
  • Melody McColly – backing vocals (A2–3)
  • Terrence Forsythe – backing vocals (A2–3)

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / angel heart [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Angel Hearts | 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.