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Mite
Studio album by
Chisato Moritaka
ReleasedNovember 17, 1988 (1988-11-17)
Recorded1988
Studio
  • Warner-Pioneer Studio
  • Sound City Studio
Genre
Length42:32
LanguageJapanese
Label Warner Pioneer
Producer
Chisato Moritaka chronology
Romantic
(1988) 		Mite
(1988) 		Hijitsuryokuha Sengen
(1989)
Singles from Mite
  1. " Alone"
    Released: October 25, 1988 (1988-10-25)
  2. " The Stress"
    Released: February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)

Mite (見て, Look) is the third studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on November 17, 1988 by Warner Pioneer. After her second album Mi-ha and her EP Romantic, Moritaka wrote the lyrics for the majority of the songs in this album; a trend that continued for the rest of her career. [1] [2]

The album peaked at No. 5 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 66,000 copies, making it Moritaka's first top-five album. It was also her last album to be issued on LP. [3] [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka, except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by Hideo Saitō, except where indicated.

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Omoshiroi (Moritaka Connection)" (Omoshiroi (Moritaka Konekushon) (おもしろい（森高コネクション）, "Interesting (Moritaka Connection)"))   7:17
2."Wakareta Onna" ((別れた女, "A Parting Woman"))   4:53
3."Watashi ga Hen?" ((私が変?, "Am I Strange?"))Ekisu SuzukiTakumi YamamotoYamamoto4:11
4." Alone" (Arōn (アローン)) Shinji YasudaYasuda4:31
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1." Stress" (Sutoresu (ストレス))   4:15
2."Deta Gari" ((出たがり, "I Want to Go Out"))   4:14
3."Modorenai Natsu" ((戻れない夏, "The Summer That Can't Return"))Kanon KuwaKen ShimaShima4:47
4."Mite" ((見て, "Look"))   4:39
5."Let Me Go"
YasudaYamamoto4:03

Personnel

  • Chisato Moritaka – vocals
  • Hideo Saitō – guitar, drum and synthesizer programming (all tracks except where indicated)
  • Takumi Yamamoto – guitar, drum programming (A3, B5)
  • Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming (A3, B5)
  • Naoki Suzuki – synthesizer programming (A3, A4, B3, B5)
  • Keiji Toriyama – synthesizer programming (B3)
  • Ken Shima – keyboards (B3)
  • Kenji Takamizu – bass (B3)
  • Shingo Kanno – percussion (B3)
  • Shinji Yasuda – backing vocals (A3, A4, B5)

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [3] 5

Video album

Mite
Video by
Chisato Moritaka
ReleasedNovember 28, 1988 (1988-11-28) ( LD)
December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10) ( VHS)
Genre
LanguageJapanese
Label Warner Pioneer
Chisato Moritaka chronology
Overheat Night
(1988) 		Mite
(1988) 		The Stress
(1988)

The video album for Mite was released on 8" LaserDisc on November 28, 1988 and on VHS on December 10, 1988. [5] Its contents were compiled in the 2000 DVD Chisato Moritaka DVD Collection No. 5: Mite/The Stress/17-sai. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1." New Season" HIROSaitōSaitō 
2." The Mi-ha" (Za Mīhā (ザ・ミーハー))MoritakaSaitōSaitō 
3."Alone"MoritakaYasudaYasuda 

References

  1. ^ "見て". Kioku no Kiroku. The Federation of Music Publishers Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  2. ^ "森高千里". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  3. ^ a b "見て/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. ^ "森高千里". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  5. ^ "｢見て｣(LD/VHS)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  6. ^ "｢CHISATO MORITAKA DVD COLLECTION No.5 見て／ザ・ストレス／17才｣(DVD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

External links

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