Short Stories (Miyuki Nakajima album)
| Short Stories (Tanpenshū) | ||||
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| Released | 15 November 2000 | |||
| Recorded | CelIo Studios(Los Angeles) Epicurus Studios(Tokyo) PARADISE studio KOMAZAWA(Tokyo) Bunkamura Studio(Tokyo) | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 54:43 | |||
| Label | Yamaha Music Communications | |||
| Producer | Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima | |||
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Short Stories (短篇集, Tanpenshū) is the 28th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2000. The album features commercially successful double A-Side single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight, Taillight", which became the number-one hit in later years and sold more than a million copies in Japan alone.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell).
- "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星, Chijou no Hoshi)" – 5:11
- "Homecoming (帰省, Kisei)" – 5:17
- "I'm Walking Along the Street of Dreams (夢の通り道を僕は歩いている, Yume no Tōrimichi wo Boku wa Aruiteiru)" – 4:35
- "Regret (後悔, Koukai)" – 6:15
- "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
- "The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段, Tenshi no Kaidan)" – 4:24
- "Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏, Sugiyuku Natsu)" – 3:43
- "Marriage (結婚, Kekkon)" – 2:32
- "Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬, Konayuki wa Wasuregusuri)" – 6:32
- "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
- "Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Teruraito)" – 4:57
Personnel[edit]
Band[edit]
- Miyuki Nakajima – vocals
- Ichizo Seo – keyboards, strings arrangement & conduct
- Hideo Yamaki – tomtom, cymbals
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Gregg Bissonette – drums
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
- Hideki Matsubara – bass guitar
- Leland Sklar – bass guitar
- Michael Thompson – electric and acoustic guitar
- Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar, 12-strings acoustic guitar
- Elton Nagata – keyboards, acoustic and electric piano
- Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards, acoustic piano
- Jon Gilutin – acoustic and electric piano, hammond B-3, keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
- Keishi Urata- computer programming
- Seiichi Takubo – computer programming
- Yousuke Sugimoto – computer programming
- Brandon Fields – tenor sax
Backing vocalists[edit]
- Fumikazu Miyashita – backing and harmony vocals
- Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals
- Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals
- Toshiro Kirigaya – backing vocals
- Etsuro Wakakonai – backing vocals
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
- Monalisa Young – backing vocals
- Clydene Jackson Edwards – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Luther Waters – backing vocals
- Johnny Britt – backing vocals
- Joseph Powell – backing vocals
- Terry Young – backing vocals
- Rick Logan – backing vocals
- Randy Crenshaw – backing vocals
- John Batdorf – backing vocals
Additional personnel[edit]
- David Campbell – strings arrangement, conducting
- Suzie Katayama – conducting
- Masatsugu Shinozaki – violin, concertmaster
- Joel Derouin – violin, concertmaster
- Bruce Dukov – violin
- Mario De Leon – violin
- Armen Garabedian – violin
- Berj Garabedian – violin
- Endre Grant – violin
- Peter Kent – violin
- Rachel Purkin – violin
- Michele Richards – violin
- John Wittenberg – violin
- Charlie Bisharat – violin
- Brian Leonard – violin
- Robert Peterson – violin
- Haim Shtrim – violin
- Kiyo Kido – violin
- Jun Yamamoto – violin
- Yumiko Hirose – violin
- Osamu Inou – violin
- Kei Shinozaki – violin
- Yu Sugino – violin
- Naoyuki Takahashi – violin
- Kathrine Cash – violin
- Tsunehiro Shigyo – violin
- Keiko Nakamura – violin
- Machia Saito – violin
- Crusher Kimura – violin
- Takashi Kato – violin
- Masayoshi Fujiyama – violin
- Hitoshi Imano – violin
- Yukikane Murata – violin
- Jun Takeuchi – violin
- Akihiko Suzuki – violin
- Takayuki Oshigane – violin
- Akiko Kato – violin
- Hiroki Muto – violin
- Masako Mabuchi – viola
- Yuji Yamada – viola
- Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola
- Denyse Buffum – viola
- Matthew Funes – viola
- Janet Lakatos – viola
- Karie Prescott – viola
- Joshin Toyama – viola
- Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola
- Kaori Naruse – viola
- Masaharu Karita – cello
- Tomoya Kikuchi – cello
- Hiroki Kashiwagi – cello
- Yoshihiko Maeda – cello
- Masahiro Tanaka – cello
- Susumu Miyake – cello
- Steve Richards – cello
- Daniel Smith – cello
- Rudolph Stein – cello
- Paula Hoochatter – cello
- Don Markese – tin whistle, recorder
Chart positions[edit]
Album[edit]
| Year | Chart | Position | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–03 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 7[1] | 188,000+ |
Single[edit]
| Year | Country | Song(s) | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
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| 2000–03 | Japan | "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" "Headlight, Taillight" |
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 100) | 1 | 183[2] | 1.1 million+[3] |
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 200) | 202[3] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ ""Nada Sousou" climbed the chart again". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
