Miki Imai -- Arifureta Love Scene (ありふれた Love Scene)

(cover version)

It's hard for me to choose which Miki Imai（今井美樹）ballad is my very favourite. There are just too many to choose from. But this somewhat underrated one, "Arifureta Love Scene"(A Common Love Scene) from her 1989 album, "Mocha" is up there. Composed by singer-songwriter Chika Ueda（上田千華）, it has that somewhat Anita Baker Quiet Storm arrangement to it which appeals to me....it has elements of Smooth Jazz and R&B. It's definitely something to be heard at night. And in a way, it's a bit of a pity about the title....it's quite special to me, actually.

The album, by the way, went as high as No. 5 on the Oricon weekly charts, and includes one other song that has been covered in the blog, the crazily-titled "Boogie Woogie Lonesome High Heel".