Mignonne

Eji Ogura, a critic who had criticized her earlier albums, produced it, and Kenichi Makimura directed. Ichizo Seo arranged tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10 and Sakamoto tracks 3 and 6 to 9. Musicians include Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, Masayoshi Takanaka, Shigeru Suzuki and Shuichi Ponta Murakami. All songs are hers. She told Red Bull Music Academy Daily that she ended up feeling sick of the process, that the label wanted to sell the album, and that it sold poorly; English Wikipedia says the label wanted strong sales and gave her less creative freedom. Japanese Wikipedia reads it as focusing on inner qualities such as modesty, a departure from her earlier socially minded work. The single "Jajauma Musume" came out on September 21, 1978.

A vinyl reissue mastered by Bernie Grundman, released on May 23, 2018, peaked at 30 on Oricon, and Light in the Attic notes covers by Akiko Yano of "Umi to Shonen" and Mariya Takeuchi of "Totsuzen no Okurimono". Sputnikmusic's Naomi Lores gave 4 of 5, per Wikipedia. We found no recording dates or studio.