I Love You, Do You Hear Me? Explained

I Love You, Do You Hear Me?
Type:	Album
Artist:	Miyuki Nakajima
Cover:	Lovekota.jpg
Released:	October 3, 2007
Genre:	Folk rock
Length:	57:21
Label:	Yamaha Music Communications
Producer:	Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Prev Title:	Lullaby Singer
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
Next Year:	2008

is the 35th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 2007.

The albums features a smash hit single "Once in a Lifetime" and its B-Side "Here Comes the Ancient Rain", both songs were used in the documentary program entitled Sekai Ururun Taizaiki; Renaissance which was aired by TBS. The lead-off track, "Today, I'm a Novice" is her second contribution for the boy band Tokio which follows an award-winning hit "Ship in the Air".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima^[1]

1. "" – 5:32
2. "" – 4:06
3. "" – 5:51
4. "" – 5:33
5. "Survival Road" – 4:46
6. "Nobody is Right" – 5:59
7. "Ice Fish" – 4:29
8. "Body Talk" – 4:22
9. "" – 5:56
10. "" – 5:32
11. "" – 5:15

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima – vocals
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Nobuo Eguchi – drums
• Matt Laug – drums
• Neil Stubenhaus – electric bass
• Yasuo Tomikura – electric bass
• Reggie Hamilton – woodbass
• Michael Landau – electric guitar
• Nozomu Furukawa – electric guitar, slide guitar
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Masayoshi Furukawa – acoustic guitar
• Randy Kerher – acoustic piano
• Jon Gilutin – acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboards, hammond organ
• Shingo Kobayashi – acoustic piano, keyboards, hammond organ, computer programming
• Ittetsu Gen – violin
• Hanako Uesato – violin
• Daisuke Kadowaki – violin
• Izumiko Fujitani – violin
• Yayoi Fujita – violin
• Maki Nagata – violin
• Kaoru Kuroki – violin
• Yoshiko Kaneko – violin
• Crusher Kimura – violin
• Yuko Kajitani – violin
• Leina Ushiyama – violin
• Aya Ito – violin
• Takao Ochiai – violin
• Maiko Hiraoka – violin
• Takuya Mori – violin
• Nobuko Kaiwa – violin
• Tami Janamoto – cello
• Masutami Endo – cello
• Seigen Tokuzawa – cello
• Masahiro Tanaka – cello
• Akina Karasawa – cello
• Kaori Morita – cello
• Masayo Inoue – cello
• Mia Minakami – cello
• Ichizo Seo – acoustic piano, backing vocals
• Satoshi Nakamura – saxophone
• Koji Nishimura – trumpet
• Taro Shizuoka – trombone
• Tomoyuki Asagawa – highland harp, grand harp
• Takashi Asahi – tin whistle
• Fumikazu Miyashita – backing vocals
• Yuiko Tsubokura – backing vocals
• Julia Waters – backing vocals
• Luther Waters – backing vocals
• Johnny Britt – backing vocals
• Eric Butler – backing vocals
• Will Wheaton – backing vocals
• Monalisa Young – backing vocals
• Kristle Murden – backing vocals
• Terry Wood – backing vocals
• Debbie Hall – backing vocals
• Karen Harper – backing vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中島みゆき オフィシャルサイト . 2023-10-06 . 中島みゆき オフィシャルサイト . ja.