# Angel Hearts
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{{Infobox album
| name = Angel Hearts
| type = studio
| artist = [Miho Nakayama](/source/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](/source/Ocean_Way_Recording)|Smoke Tree Studio}}
| genre = {{hlist|[J-pop](/source/J-pop)|[dance-pop](/source/dance-pop)|[city pop](/source/city_pop)}}
| length = 44:28
| label = [King Records](/source/King_Records_(Japan))
| producer = [Cindy](/source/Cindy_(singer))
| prev_title = [Makin' Dancin'](/source/Makin'_Dancin')
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [Ballads](/source/Ballads_(Miho_Nakayama_album))
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Angel Hearts
| type = studio
| single1 = [Witches](/source/Witches_(song))
| 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](/source/Miho_Nakayama). Released through [King Records](/source/King_Records_(Japan)) on December 5, 1988, the album features the No. 1 single "[Witches](/source/Witches_(song))". "Sweetest Lover", "Too Fast, Too Close", and "Try or Cry" were featured in Nakayama's 1988 short film ''L'Aube de mon cœur''.[{{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 }}][{{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}}]
The album peaked at No. 3 on [Oricon](/source/Oricon)'s albums chart and sold over 250,000 copies.[{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/235308/products/130846/2/ |title=Angel Hearts {{!}} 中山美穂 |publisher=[Oricon](/source/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 }}][{{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 }}]
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| extra_column = Arrangement
| all_lyrics = [Chinfa Kan](/source/Chinfa_Kan), except where indicated
| total_length = 23:21
| title1 = Sweetest Lover
| lyrics1 = [Mizuho Kitayama](/source/Miho_Nakayama)
| music1 = [Cindy](/source/Cindy_(singer))
| 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](/source/Witches_(song))
| 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](/source/David_T._Walker) – guitar (B4)
* Yasuo Tomikura – bass (A1, A4)
* Hideo Yamaki – drums (A1, A4)
* [Masato Honda](/source/Masato_Honda) – saxophone (A5, B1)
* Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone (B2, B4)
* [Cindy](/source/Cindy_(singer)) – 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
position
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([Oricon](/source/Oricon))
position
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([Oricon](/source/Oricon))