Short Stories (Miyuki Nakajima album)

Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released November 15, 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
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Sun: Wings
(1999)
Moon: Wings
(1999)Sun: Wings1999		 Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
(2000)		 Lullaby for the Soul (Kokoromoriuta)
(2001)Lullaby for the Soul (Kokoromoriuta)2001

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

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell).

  1. "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星, Chijou no Hoshi)" – 5:11
  2. "Homecoming (帰省, Kisei)" – 5:17
  3. "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
  4. "Regret (後悔, Koukai)" – 6:15
  5. "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
  6. "The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段, Tenshi no Kaidan)" – 4:24
  7. "Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏, Sugiyuku Natsu)" – 3:43
  8. "Marriage (結婚, Kekkon)" – 2:32
  9. "Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬, Konayuki wa Wasuregusuri)" – 6:32
  10. "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
  11. "Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Teruraito)" – 4:57

Personnel

Band

Backing vocalists

  • 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

  • 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

Album

Year Chart Position Sales
2000-03 Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 7[1] 188,000+

Single

Year Country Song(s) Chart Position Weeks Sales
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

  1. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  2. ↑ ""Nada Sousou" climbed the chart again". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  3. 1 2 "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
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