Collection (Miho Nakayama album)

Collection (コレクション, Korekushon) is the first compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on November 15, 1987, the album compiles Nakayama's singles from 1985 to 1987. "C" and "Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne" were the album versions on initial releases of this album; they were replaced with single versions on the 2006 reissue.^[1][2]

Collection
Compilation album by Miho Nakayama
Released	November 15, 1987 (1987-11-15)
Recorded	1985–1987
Genre	J-pop kayōkyoku dance-pop teen pop
Length	42:27
Language	Japanese
Label	King Records
Miho Nakayama chronology
One and Only (1987) Collection (1987) Catch the Nite (1988)
Singles from Collection
"Be-Bop High School" Released: December 5, 1985 (1985-12-05) "Iro White Blend" Released: February 5, 1986 (1986-02-05) "Jingi Aishite Moraimasu" Released: July 15, 1986 (1986-07-15) "Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne" Released: August 21, 1986 (1986-08-21) "Hade!!!" Released: March 18, 1987 (1987-03-18) "50/50" Released: July 7, 1987 (1987-07-07)

The album became Nakayama's first to hit No. 1 on Oricon's albums chart. It sold over 542,000 copies, becoming her biggest selling album until Collection III in 1995.^[3][4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Takashi Matsumoto, except where indicated; all music is composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi, except where indicated.

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"C"			Mitsuo Hagita	3:29
2.	"Namaiki" ((生意気; "Saucy"))			Motoki Funayama	3:20
3.	"Be-Bop High School"			Hagita	3:52
4.	"Iro White Blend" (Iro Howaito Burendo (色・ホワイトブレンド; "Colored White Blend"))	Mariya Takeuchi	Takeuchi	Nobuyuki Shimizu	4:14
5.	"Close Up" (Kurōzu Appu (クローズ・アップ))		Kazuo Zaitsu	Masaaki Ōmura	4:00
6.	"Jingi Aishite Moraimasu" ((JINGI・愛してもらいます; "Jingi, I Want You to Love Me"))		Tetsuya Komuro	Ōmura	3:51
Total length:					22:46

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne" ((ツイてるね　ノッてるね; "It's Crazy, It's Knocking"))			Ōmura Funayama	3:44
2.	"Waku Waku Sasete" ((WAKU WAKUさせて; "Excite Me More"))			Funayama	3:59
3.	"Hade!!!" ((「派手!!!」; "Flashy!!!"))			Funayama	4:02
4.	"50/50"	Shun Taguchi	Komuro	Funayama	3:43
5.	"Catch Me"	Toshiki Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	4:12
Total length:					19:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	27