Mind Game (album)

Mind Game
Studio album by
Miho Nakayama
ReleasedJuly 11, 1988 (1988-07-11)
Recorded1988
Genre
Length47:44
LanguageJapanese
LabelKing Records
ProducerAkira Fukuzumi
Miho Nakayama chronology
Catch the Nite
(1988) 		Mind Game
(1988) 		Makin' Dancin'
(1988)

Mind Game (マインド・ゲーム, Maindo Gēmu) is the seventh studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on July 11, 1988, the album was Nakayama's second release after One and Only to not feature any singles. The album cover is a painting of Nakayama in a bikini by Robert Blue; it was also used as the jacket cover of the single "Mermaid".[1][2]

"Long Distance to the Heaven" was written by Nakayama (under her pseudonym "Mizuho Kitamura") in memory of friend Yasuko Endō, who committed suicide on March 30, 1986. The song was originally titled "Long Distance Tengoku e" (Long Distance 天国へ), but it was retitled after Endō's debut single "In the Distance" was cancelled due to her death.[3]

The album peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 252,000 copies.[4][5]

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  2. ^ "中山美穂 / MIND GAME [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. ^ Nakayama, Miho (2009). Nazenara Yasashii Machi ga Atta Kara. Shueisha. pp. 89–91. ISBN 9784087805253.
  4. ^ "Mind Game | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. ^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-03.