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1986 studio album by 1986 Omega Tribe
Navigator
Studio album by 1986 Omega Tribe
ReleasedJuly 23, 1986 (1986-07-23)
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.

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.

Track listing

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

  • 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

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Navigator
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Navigator
Chart (1986) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 20

References

  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. ^ "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.
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