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Maki Nomiya (ex-Pizzicato Five) has been celebrating the 40th anniversary since her debut (with album "Pink no kokoro" released in 1981), and here comes a brand new album to mark the milestone. "New Beautiful" comes as a combination of three Pizzicato Five self-covers, five brand new songs in collaboration with artists who marked her career, and two very special live performances.

The Pizzicato Five self-covers are the three of the "World Mix Tour" series that were first released digitally over the recent months, featuring collaborations with overseas artists: "The night is still young" ("Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji") with Night Tempo (from South Korea), "On the sunny side of the street" with Phum Viphurit (from Thailand), and "Sweet Soul Revue" in duet with Rainych (from Indonesia) backed by Japanese band evening cinema.

The new songs are produced by Matsuo Remi (Glim Spanky) ("CANDY MOON"), Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band) ("onaidoshi"), Keitarō Takanami (playtime rock, ex-Pizzicato Five) ("otona no koi, moshiku wa koi no Etude", with lyrics writtten by Hideki Kaji), Maki's band Portable Rock ("Portable Love", with lyrics written by Maki herself), and Suzuki Keiichi (moonriders) ("utsukushii kagami", with lyrics written by Satō Nanaco, the same pair who wrote "Twiggy Twiggy" on her first album "Pink no kokoro").

And, the two live performances are of "yume de aetara" (cover of Eiichi Ohtaki) in duet with Suzuki "Martin" Masayuki, from Maki's 60th birthday show held in 2020, and another of Pizzicato Five's "Thank You" backed by Tetsuro Yafune's trio and sung in duet with Konishi Yasuharu.

The album comes in three editions. First, there's a limited edition that includes the main CD, a Blu-ray disc of a digest of Maki's 60th birthday, plus a special booklet. There's also a regular edition of just the CD album, and a limited vinyl edition (which will be released a month later on May 25). Amazon, HMV and Tower Records give away a promo postcard (each shop's has a different design) with the limited or regular CD editions (for the limited edition with postcard at Amazon, follow this link instead of the discounted one below).

Two days of special shows celebrating Maki's 40th anniversary will be held on April 29 and 30 at Billboard Live Tokyo (each day respectively with guests Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band) and Suzuki Keiichi (moonriders)) (details), and preceded by another on April 24 at Billboard Live Osaka (this one featuring Matsuo Remi (Glim Spanky)) (details).

The album is not available digitally so far, but you can find the new song "onaidoshi" and the three "World Tour Mix" Pizzicato Five self-covers on download/streaming platforms.

Nomiya Maki "New Beautiful"
野宮真貴 「New Beautiful」

1. The night is still young (feat. Night Tempo)
2. On the sunny side of the street (feat. Phum Viphurit)
3. Sweet Soul Revue (duet with Rainych, feat. evening cinema)
4. CANDY MOON
5. onaidoshi
6. otona no koi, moshiku wa koi no Etude
7. Portable Love
8. utsukushii kagami
9. yume de aetara (duet with Suzuki Masayuki) (live from "Maki Nomiya, kanreki o utau.")
10. Thank You (live from "Maki Nomiya x Tetsuro Yafune ~ Song, Piano, Bass, Drums.")

Blu-ray (Limited edition only)
"Maki Nomiya, kanreki o utau." digest
1. Sweet Soul Revue
2. The night is still young
3. Chuo Freeway
4. Nata di marzo
5. T-jiro (Guest: Yokoyama Ken)
6. Shibuya de 5ji (Guest: Suzuki Masayuki)
7. Twiggy Twiggy
8. On the sunny side of the street

Limited edition (CD + Blu-ray + Special booklet)
Victor Entertainment VIZL-2055
Out 4/20, ¥7300 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Amazon (21% off *), HMV, Tower Records ^†, YesAsia
* Discount at time of writing
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Regular edition (CD only)
Victor Entertainment VICL-65698
Out 4/20, ¥3000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†, YesAsia, , Spotify, YouTube Music
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Limited LP edition
Victor Entertainment VIJL-60279
Out 5/25, ¥4500 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

Album digest clip

"The night is still young (feat. Night Tempo)"

"On the sunny side of the street (feat. Phum Viphurit)"

"Sweet Soul Revue (duet with Rainych, feat. evening cinema)"