Lullaby for the Soul

Lullaby for the Soul
Lullaby for the Soul
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
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
Miyuki Nakajima chronology

Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌, Kokoromoriuta) 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.

"Whispering Rain (囁く雨, Sasayaku Ame)" – 3:39
"Sharing a Table (相席, Aiseki)" – 5:33
"Even the Leaves the Tallest Tree Fall and Return to Its Root (樹高千丈落葉帰根, Jukou Senjou Rakuyou Kikon)" – 6:22
"That Bus (あのバスに, Ano Basu ni)" – 4:30
"Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌, Kokoromoriuta)" – 5:19
"Snow Crystals (六花, Rokka)" – 5:23
"It's a Carnival (カーニヴァルだったね, Kānivaru Dattane)" – 4:33
"Tundra Bird (ツンドラ・バード, Tsundora Bādo)" – 4:48
"Nightwalk (夜行, Yakou)" – 6:26
"Greet the Moon (月迎え, Tsuki Mukae)" – 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

Chart positions

Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 100)^[2]	3	7	90,000+^[3]

References

^ 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 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 23, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ 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". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved January 8, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

[oricon890903-1] 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 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 23, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[Japanese_albums_chart-2] 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". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved January 8, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[NakajimaLP-3] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

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