Navigator (1986 Omega Tribe album)

Navigator (Japanese: ナビゲイター; Translation: Flight of the Navigator) is the debut album by 1986 Omega Tribe. The album is the most popular release of the band and charted at number 2 on the Oricon chart.^[2][3]

Navigator
Studio album by 1986 Omega Tribe
Released	July 23, 1986 (1986-07-23)^[1]
Studio	Nichion Sound Inn The Peninsula Free Port Sound Design, Tokyo Sky Smile Garage Discomate
Genre	City pop
Length	42:38
Label	VAP
Producer	Koichi Fujita
1986 Omega Tribe chronology
Navigator (1986) Crystal Night (1987)
Singles from Navigator
"Kimi ha 1000%" Released: May 1, 1986

The album includes the debut song "Kimi ha 1000%", which peaked at number 6 on the Oricon charts, but had a different mix than the single's release.^[4]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Blue Reef"	Asako Yano	Shinji Takashima	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:59
2.	"You Belong to Him"	Masako Arikawa	Toshitsugu Nishihara	Kazuo Shiina	4:44
3.	"Aquarium in Tears"	Masao Urino	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:54
4.	"Navigator"	Koichi Fujita, Carlos Toshiki	Toshitsugu Nishihara	Motoki Funayama	4:59
5.	"Night Child"	Asako Yano	Toshitsugu Nishihara	Kazuo Shiina	4:52
Total length:					24:28

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Kimi ha 1000%"	Masako Arikawa	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:10
2.	"21 Candles"	Masako Arikawa	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:56
3.	"Older Girl"	Koichi Fujita	Shinji Takashima	Motoki Funayama	4:16
4.	"North Shore"	Masao Urino	Tsunehiro Izumi	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:48
Total length:					18:10

Personnel

• Session co-ordinator – Velvet Line
• Design – Masami Oh-Hara
• Direction – Shigeru Matsuhashi
• Digital editing – Kenji Takeda
• Overdubbing engineer – Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
• Second engineers – Hiroshi Shitamiya, Junichi Fujimori, Mizuo Miura
• Executive producer – Atsushi Kitamura, Katsuhiko Endo
• Guitar, chorus – Mitsuya Kurokawa, Shinji Takashima
• Keyboards, chorus – Toshitsugu Nishihara
• Lacquer cut – Osamu Shimoju
• Mastering – Shigeru Buzawa
• Photography – Goro Iwaoka
• Producer – Koichi Fujita
• Recording, mixing – Kunihiko "Jr." Shimizu
• Vocals – Carlos Toshiki

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Navigator Chart (1986) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Navigator Chart (1986) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 20

References

1. "ナビゲーター". Disk Union.
2. Mower, Kelly (May 10, 2019). "Omega Tribe is a Japanese act from the 80s that has Changed Faces and Forms a Number of Times". QTAQUEST.
3. "Hits of the World". Billboard. August 30, 1986. p. 73. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
4. "「Navigator」 1986オメガトライブ". Technology Pops π3.14. April 26, 2012.
5. "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 6, 1986. p. 72. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
6. "Hits of the World". Billboard. September 13, 1986. p. 79. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
7. "Hits of the World". Billboard. October 18, 1986. p. 88. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
8. "Hits of the World". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 62. Retrieved July 1, 2020.