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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.
[edit] Track listing
- All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
- "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星, Chijou no Hoshi?)" – 5:11
- "Homecoming (帰省, Kisei?)" – 5:17
- "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
- "Regret (後悔, Koukai?)" – 6:15
- "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
- "The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段, Tenshi no Kaidan?)" – 4:24
- "Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏, Sugiyuku Natsu?)" – 3:43
- "Marriage (結婚, Kekkon?)" – 2:32
- "Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬, Konayuki wa Wasuregusuri?)" – 6:32
- "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
- "Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Teruraito?)" – 4:57
[edit] Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima - vocals
- Ichizo Seo - keyboards, strings arrangement & conduct
- Hideo Yamaki - tomtom, cymbals
- Russ Kunkel - drums
- Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
- Gregg Bissonette - drums
- Neil Stubenhaus - bass guitar
- Hideki Matsubara - bass guitar
- Leland Sklar - bass guitar
- Michael Thompson - electric and acoustic guitar
- Masayoshi Furukawa - electric guitar, 12-strings acoustic guitar
- Elton Nagata - keyboards, acoustic and electric piano
- Shingo Kobayashi - keyboards, acoustic piano
- Jon Gilutin - acoustic and electric piano, hammond B-3, keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - keyboards
- Keishi Urata- computer programming
- Seiichi Takubo - computer programming
- Yousuke Sugimoto - computer programming
- Brandon Fields - tenor sax
[edit] 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
[edit] Additional personnel
- David Campbell - Strings arrangement, Conduct
- Suzie Katayama - conduct
- 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 whitsle, recorder
[edit] Chart positions
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
Sales |
| 2000-03 |
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |
7[1] |
188,000+ |
[edit] 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] |
[edit] References
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Miyuki Nakajima |
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| Studio albums |
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| Live and other albums |
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| Notable compilations |
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A Film of Nakajima Miyuki · Yakai 1990 · Yakai Vol.3 Kan-Tan · Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku · Yakai Vol.5 "Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame Seshi Ma ni" · Yakai Vol.6 "Shangri-La" · Yakai Vol.7 "2/2" · Film of Nakajima Miyuki II · Yakai Vol.8 "Tou On'na" · Yakai Vol.10 "Kaishou" · The Film of Nakajima Miyuki · Yakai no Kiseki 1989-2002 · Yakai Vol.14 "24-ji Chaku 0-ji Hatsu" · Utahime: Live in L.A." · Nakajima Miyuki Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A." · Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
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