Ringetsu
| Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) | ||||
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| Released | March 5, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Epicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio | |||
| Genre | J-pop (folk, kayokyoku) | |||
| Length | 45:29 | |||
| Label | Canyon/AARD-VARK | |||
| Producer | Miyuki Nakajima | |||
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| Singles from Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) | ||||
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Month of Parturition (臨月, Ringetsu) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.
The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").
Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.
Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.