Sun: Wings Explained
is the 26th studio album by 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 over each December from 1989 through 1998.
Nakajima had a duet with Fumikazu Miyashita on the third track "Into a Dream Someday", a song arranged by David Campbell who also worked on most of Nakajima's albums recorded in the 1990s. Likewise, on the sixth track "I Don't Know Your Language", Campbell's spouse Raven Kane was featured on vocals.
To promote the album, a music video of the lead-off track was filmed. However, along with its follow-up, Sun became one of Nakajima's least successful albums in terms of sales. After those albums were released, she left the Pony Canyon which she had belonged to since debut.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Into a Dream Someday" arranged by David Campbell).
- "" – 5:53
- "Never Cry over Spilt Milk" – 5:33
- "" – 4:49
- "" – 4:54
- "" – 6:25
- "" – 8:34
- "" – 5:31
- "" – 4:17
- "Good Morning, Ms. Castaway" – 4:22
- "" – 5:55
Personnel
- Kenny Aronoff – drums
- Gregg Bissonette – drums, cymbals
- Hideo Yamaki – cymbals
- Lee Sklar – bass
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Michael Thompson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Donald Ferrone – bass
- Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass
- Micheal Fisher – percussion
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards, synth bass
- Elton Nagata – keyboards
- Ichizo Seo – keyboards
- Jon Gilutin – keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, programming, pad, Indian pipe
- 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
- David Campbell – strings conducting
- Suzie Katayama – strings conducting, cello, accordion
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Daniel Smith – cello
- Steve Richards – cello
- Oscar Meza – cello, bass
- Sid Page – violin (concertmaster), fiddle
- Joel Derouin – violin (concertmaster)
- Eve Butler – violin
- Berj Garabedian – violin
- Armen Garabedian – 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
- Brian Leonard – violin
- Robert Peterson – violin
- Peter Kent – violin
- Ruth Bruegger – violin
- Virginia Frazier – violin
- Robert Becker – viola
- Matt Funes – viola
- Scott Haupert – viola
- Denyse Buffum – viola
- Matthew Funes – viola
- Renia Koven – viola
- David Stenske – viola
- Karie Prescott – viola
- Sheridon Stokes – recorder
- Earle Dumler – oboe
- Kazuyo Sugimoto – lead and backing vocals
- Fumikazu Miyashita – harmony and backing vocals
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Yoko Kubota – backing vocals
- Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals
- Yoshihiko Shibata – backing vocals
- Midori Sakaeda – backing vocals
- Tatsuo Ogura – backing vocals
- Gen-ichiro Nakajima – backing vocals
- Koujiro Takizawa – backing vocals
- Kazuaki Anzai – backing vocals
- Rick Logan – backing vocals
- John Batdorf – backing vocals
- Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals
- Raven Kane Campbell – vocals
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position | Sales |
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| 1999 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 18 (CDDA)[1] | 49,000+[2] |
| 26 (APO-CD)[3] |
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Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|
| Japan | November 3, 1999 | Pony Canyon | CD | PCCA-01378 |
| APO-CD | PCCA-01379 |
| November 21, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00031 |
| November 5, 2008 | YCCW-10078 |
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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 Sun: 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 Sun: Wings by Miyuki Nakajima). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. December 5, 2009.
