Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
Studio album by
Miyuki Nakajima
Released15 November 2000
RecordedCelIo Studios(Los Angeles)
Epicurus Studios(Tokyo)
PARADISE studio KOMAZAWA(Tokyo)
Bunkamura Studio(Tokyo)
GenreFolk rock
Length54:43
LabelYamaha Music Communications
ProducerIchizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Sun: Wings
(1999)		 Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
(2000)		 Lullaby for the Soul (Kokoromoriuta)
(2001)

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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell).

  1. "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星, Chijou no Hoshi)" – 5:11
  2. "Homecoming (帰省, Kisei)" – 5:17
  3. "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
  4. "Regret (後悔, Koukai)" – 6:15
  5. "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
  6. "The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段, Tenshi no Kaidan)" – 4:24
  7. "Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏, Sugiyuku Natsu)" – 3:43
  8. "Marriage (結婚, Kekkon)" – 2:32
  9. "Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬, Konayuki wa Wasuregusuri)" – 6:32
  10. "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
  11. "Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Teruraito)" – 4:57

Personnel

Band

  • 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

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

Additional personnel

  • David Campbell – strings arrangement, conducting
  • Suzie Katayama – conducting
  • 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 whistle, recorder

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position Sales
2000–03 Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 7[1] 188,000+

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  2. ↑ ""Nada Sousou" climbed the chart again". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
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