Lullaby for the Soul explained
| Lullaby for the Soul |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Miyuki Nakajima |
| Cover: | LullabyfortheSoulCover.jpg |
| Released: | October 18, 2001 |
| Recorded: | Cello Studios, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Epicurus |
| Genre: | Folk rock |
| Length: | 57:20 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Yamaha Music Communications |
| Producer: | Ichizō Seo, Miyuki Nakajima |
| Prev Title: | Short Stories (Tanpenshū) |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Singles 2000 |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
is the 29th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in September 2001.
As a follow-up to a double A-Side single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight, Taillight", Lullaby for the Soul was greeted with relatively high anticipation. It debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon chart in its first week (highest position since her 1996 compilation Daiginjyō which became her last No. 1 hit), although it quickly fell off the top 100 with physical sales of less than 100,000 copies in total.[1] A music video of the opening track was produced to promote the album, and it was later issued on compilation DVD Utahime: Live in L.A. in 2004.
Track listing
All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo.
- "" – 3:39
- "" – 5:33
- "" – 6:22
- "" – 4:30
- "" – 5:19
- "" – 5:23
- "" – 4:33
- "" – 4:48
- "" – 6:26
- "" – 5:00
- "Lovers Only" – 5:47
Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima – vocals
- Ichizō Seo – keyboards
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Michael Thompson – electric guitar
- Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar
- Tomō Sato – acoustic guitar
- Tim Pierce – electric guitar, flat mandolin
- Neil Stubenhaus – electric bass
- Leland Sklar – electric bass
- Jon Gilutin – acoustic piano, electric piano, strings pad, hammond B-3
- Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards
- Elton Nagata – keyboards
- Joe Stone – oboe
- Steve Richards – cello
- Keishi Urata – computer programming
- Seiichi Takubo – computer programming
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Naoki Takao – backing vocals
- Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals
- Kiyoshi Hiyama – backing vocals
- Junko Hirotani – backing vocals
- Taeko Saitō – backing vocals
- Kayoko Wada – backing vocals
Production
- Producer and Arranger: Ichizo Seo
- Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Engineer and Mixer: David Thoener, Joe Chiccarelli
- Assistant Engineer: Robert Road, Tim Lauber, Chiaki Kudō
- Mixer: Rob Jacobs
- A&R: Yoshio Kan
- Assistant: Tim Lauber, Errin Familia, Andy Ackland
- Assistant for Producer: Tomo Satō
- Promoter: Ryuta Yonezawa
- Artist Promotor: Mio Moriwaki
- Sales Promotor: Takehiko Kudō
- Production Coordinator: Ryō Yoneya
- Recording Coordinator: Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer、Norio Yamamoto
- L.A. Studio Musicians Contractor: Suzie Katayama
- Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Costume: Takeshi Hazama
- Hair and Make-up: Noriko Izumisawa
- Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Kohichi Okazaki
- Assistant: Fumie Ohshima
- General Producer: Shosuke Hasegawa
- General Affairs: Atsuko Hayashi, Aya Ninomiya
- Special Thanks to Kiyoshi Yada, John Hisamoto Akira Hayashi
Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles
Notes and References
- Web site: 2001年10月第1週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報 Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart – 1st week of October 2001. oricon.co.jp. Japanese. Oricon. December 23, 2010.
- Web site: 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック Highest position and charting weeks of Lullaby for the Soul by Miyuki Nakajima. Japanese. oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. January 8, 2011.
- Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima . Japanese . May 24, 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html . June 19, 2007 .
