Moon: Wings Explained
is the 27th studio album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima.
In November 1999, it was simultaneously released with another album which has a similar concept. Both albums contain the songs written for the series of Yakai, which had been her conventional plays performed each December from 1989 to 1998.
Moon is Nakajima's least successful studio album in terms of sales, entering the Japanese charts for less than one month. It became the final album released by her long-term label Pony Canyon, because she moved to the newly founded semi-independent record label Yamaha Music Communications in the following year.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Pain" arranged by David Campbell).
- "" – 5:05
- "" – 6:22
- "Last Scene" – 6:25
- "" – 4:16
- "Smile, Smile" – 5:23
- "Pain" – 8:04
- "" – 4:54
- "" – 4:16
- "" – 5:18
Personnel
- Kenny Aronoff – drums
- Russ Kunkel – drums, cymbals
- Hideo Yamaki – cymbals
- M.B. Gordy – percussion
- Lee Sklar – bass
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Reggie Hamilton – bass
- Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass
- Oscar Meza – bass
- David Stone – bass
- Michael Thompson – electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa – auto-harp
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
- Elton Nagata – keyboards
- Ichizo Seo – keyboards
- Jon Gilutin – keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, panpipe
- Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards, programming
- Keishi Urata – programming, drum-loop, percussion loop, sound effect
- Seiichi Takubo – programming, drum-loop, percussion loop, sound effect
- Manabu Ogasawara – programming, drum-loop
- Yosuke Sugimoto – programming
- Walter Fowler – trumpet
- Brandon Fields – tenor saxophone
- Stephen Kupka – baritone saxophone
- Chris Bleth – oboe, English horn
- Sheridon Stokes – flute
- Geraldine Rotella – flute
- Robert Becker – viola
- Matt Funes – viola
- Scott Haupert – viola
- Denyse Buffum – viola
- Matthew Funes – viola
- Renia Koven – viola
- David Stenske – viola
- Karie Prescott – viola
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Stefanie Fife – cello
- Daniel Smith – cello
- Rudolph Stein – cello
- Steve Richards – cello
- Sid Page – violin (concertmaster)
- Joel Derouin – violin (concertmaster)
- Eve Butler – violin
- Berj Garabedian – violin
- Armen Garabedian – violin
- Shari Zippert – violin
- Gerrardo Hilera – violin
- Mario De Leon – violin
- Erza Kliger – violin
- Susan Charman – violin
- John Wittenberg – violin
- Murray Adler – violin
- Michele Richards – violin
- Edmund Stein – violin
- Robert Peterson – violin
- Peter Kent – violin
- Clayton Haslop – violin
- Gary Kuo – violin
- Ruth Bruegger – violin
- Barbra Porter – violin
- Virginia Frazier – violin
- David Campbell – strings conducting
- Suzie Katayama – strings conducting
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Peggi Blu – backing vocals
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|
| Japan | November 3, 1999 | Pony Canyon | CD | PCCA-01380 |
| APO-CD | PCCA-01381 |
| November 21, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00032 |
| November 5, 2008 | YCCW-10079 |
|
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position | Sales |
|---|
| 1999 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 19 (CDDA)[1] | 46,000+[2] |
| 27 (APO-CD)[3] |
|
Notes and References
- Web site: 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック (Highest position and charting weeks for CDDA edition of Moon: Wings by Miyuki Nakajima). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. December 5, 2009.
- Web site: a-中島みゆき- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima. Japanese. December 30, 2007. December 5, 2009. dead. https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. June 19, 2007.
- Web site: 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック (Highest position and charting weeks for APO-CD edition of Moon: Wings by Miyuki Nakajima). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. December 5, 2009.
