| Ballads II | ||||
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| Released | December 18, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–1996 | |||
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| Length | 76:17 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | King Records | |||
| Miho Nakayama chronology | ||||
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Ballads II (バラード・ツー, Barādo Tsū) is the eighth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 18, 1996, the album features 15 ballads selected by Nakayama from her past releases. To coincide with the release of this album, the 1989 compilation Ballads was reissued on the same day with a new matching cover art.[1][2]
The album peaked at No. 25 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 41,000 copies.[3][4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Silent" | Miho Nakayama | Chiho Kiyooka | Yoshio Tsuru | 5:09 |
| 2. | "Dare ka ga Ai ni..." ((誰かが愛に…; "Someone Loves...")) | Nakayama | Masaya Ozeki | ATOM | 5:41 |
| 3. | "Flash Back" | Nakayama | Chika Ueda |
| 5:16 |
| 4. | "Kiss Kiss Kiss" | Nakayama |
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| 4:54 |
| 5. | "Treasure" | Yui Nishiwaki |
| Nobuo Ariga | 5:49 |
| 6. | "Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni" ((幸せになるために; "To Be Happy")) |
| Toshifumi Hinata | Hinata | 4:17 |
| 7. | "Konna Hi no Ame nara Daisuki (The Rain Came Down)" ((こんな日の雨なら好き -The Rain Came Down-; "I Like the Rain on Such a Day ~The Rain Came Down~")) |
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| Ken Shiguma | 5:57 |
| 8. | "Anata wo Sora e Todoketai" ((あなたを宇宙（そら）へ届けたい; "I Want to Deliver You to the Stars")) | Nakayama | KNACK | KNACK | 5:28 |
| 9. | "16 Blanco" (16 Buranko (16ブランコ)) | Nakayama | Maria | Hajime Mizoguchi | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Love" |
| Cindy | Kenny Harris | 5:18 |
| 11. | "Sweet n' Sour Soup" | Odake | Maria | Jai Widing | 3:42 |
| 12. | "Rain Ring [Fade Out Version]" | Nakayama | Maria | Mizoguchi | 5:13 |
| 13. | "Fui no Kiss" ((不意のKiss; "Sudden Kiss")) | Maria | Maria | Mizoguchi | 4:41 |
| 14. | "Angel" |
| Maria | Mizoguchi | 4:32 |
| 15. | "Thinking About You (Anata no Yoru wo Tsutsumitai)" ((Thinking About You〜あなたの夜を包みたい〜; "Thinking About You ~I Want to Wrap Your Night~")) | Odake | Maria | Kazuo Ōtani | 4:50 |
