{{Infobox album | name = Angel Hearts | type = studio | artist = Miho Nakayama | cover = Miho Nakayama - Angel Hearts.jpg | alt = | language = {{hlist|Japanese|English}} | released = {{Start date|1988|12|05}} | recorded = 1988 | studio = {{hlist|Onkio Haus|Vincent Studio|Cherry Island Studio|Studio Shangri-la|Sedic Studio|Ocean Way Recording|Smoke Tree Studio}} | genre = {{hlist|J-pop|dance-pop|city pop}} | length = 44:28 | label = King Records | producer = Cindy | prev_title = Makin' Dancin' | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Ballads | next_year = 1989 | misc = {{Singles | name = Angel Hearts | type = studio | single1 = Witches | single1date = {{Start date|1988|11|14}} }} }} {{nihongo4|'''''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''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://idol.ne.jp/nakayamamiho |title=中山美穂 |website=Idol.ne.jp |date=2019-01-03 |access-date=2021-08-04 |archive-date=2021-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802071727/https://idol.ne.jp/nakayamamiho |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1140004967 |title=中山美穂 / angel heart [廃盤] |website=CDJournal |access-date=2021-08-04}}</ref>
The album peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 250,000 copies.<ref name="Oricon">{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/235308/products/130846/2/ |title=Angel Hearts {{!}} 中山美穂 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=2021-08-04 |archive-date=2021-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804075506/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/235308/products/130846/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Yamachan">{{cite web |url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_miho.html |title=中山美穂 |website=Yamachan Land |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814070230/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_miho.html |language=Japanese |access-date=2021-08-04|archive-date=2011-08-14 }}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = Side A | extra_column = Arrangement | all_lyrics = Chinfa Kan, except where indicated | total_length = 23:21 | title1 = Sweetest Lover | lyrics1 = Mizuho Kitayama | music1 = Cindy | extra1 = Ichizō Seo | length1 = 5:26 | title2 = Too Fast, Too Close | lyrics2 = Cindy | music2 = {{hlist|Cindy|Yūji Toriyama}} | extra2 = Toriyama | length2 = 4:22 | title3 = Bad Girl | music3 = Kunio Muramatsu | extra3 = Toriyama | length3 = 4:43 | title4 = Diamond Lights | lyrics4 = Masami Tozawa | music4 = Narumi Hiroshi | extra4 = Seo | length4 = 4:34 | title5 = Tenshi no Kimochi | note5 = {{nihongo4||天使の気持ち||"An Angel's Feelings"}} | music5 = Cindy | extra5 = Toriyama | length5 = 4:16 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Side B | extra_column = Arrangement | total_length = 21:07 | title1 = Witches | music1 = Cindy | extra1 = Toriyama | length1 = 4:45 | title2 = Hitomi de Lovin' You | note2 = {{nihongo4||瞳でLovin' You||"Lovin' Your Eyes"}} | music2 = Ichirō Hada | extra2 = Yoshinobu Kojima | length2 = 5:24 | title3 = Please | music3 = Cindy | extra3 = Toriyama | length3 = 4:25 | title4 = Try or Cry | music4 = Cindy | extra4 = Kojima | length4 = 6:33 }}
==Personnel== * 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)
==Charts== '''Weekly charts''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1988) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="Oricon"/> | 3 |}
'''Year-end charts''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1989) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="Oricon"/> | 44 |}
==See also== *1988 in Japanese music
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://nakayamamiho.com/musics/7899}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=b5babfcc-2de2-4464-8eb6-823434272052|name=Angel Hearts}} * {{Discogs master|master=947650|name=Angel Hearts|type=album}}
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