Ten-Sei

Tensei
Tensei
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	November 16, 2005
Recorded	Cello Studios, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Epicurus
Genre	Folk rock
Length	59:00
Label	Yamaha Music Communications
Producer	Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology

Ten-Sei (転生) is the 33rd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2005.

Like some previous albums 10 Wings, Hi -Wings- and Tsuki -Wings-, Tensei is composed of the songs Nakajima wrote for her experimental musical Yakai. All the materials appeared on the album were originally performed on Yakai Vol. 14: "24-Ji Chaku 0-Ji Hatsu" which was taken place at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon during January 2004. Except "The Mirage Hotel" which was already included on her 2003 Love Letter (Koibumi) album (Ten-Sei features newly arranged version of a song), most of the songs appeared on the studio album for the first time.

From the album, "For Those Who Can't Go Home" was later released as a single (flip side was live recording version of "Relay of the Soul" which was taken from Yakai). It was featured as a theme song for the television drama Kemonomichi (adaptation of the novel written by Seicho Matsumoto) starring Ryoko Yonekura and aired on TV Asahi in 2006.^[1] "Relay of the Soul" was also used in the drama series called On'na no Ichidaiki aired on Fuji TV during autumn 2005.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo

"Lost and Found (遺失物預り所, Ishitsubutsu Azukarijo)" – 4:58
"For Those Who Can't Go Home (帰れない者たちへ, Kaerenai Monotachi e)" – 5:19
"The Scenery Off the Beaten Path (線路の外の風景, Senro no Soto no Fūkei)" – 4:22
"The Twisting Möbius Band (メビウスの輪はねじれる, Mebiusu no Wa wa Nejireru)" – 5:10
"Fortune Cookies (フォーチュン・クッキー, Fōchun Kukkī)" – 4:06
"Shady Midnight Table (闇夜のテーブル, Yamiyo no Tēburu)" – 5:49
"My Homeland is Beyond the Wind (我が祖国は風の彼方, Waga Sokoku wa Kaze no Kanata)" – 5:52
"Relay of the Soul (命のリレー, Inochi no Rirē)" – 5:34
"The Mirage Hotel (ミラージュ・ホテル, Mirāju Hoteru)" – 6:04
"Salmon Dance (サーモン・ダンス, Sāmon Dansu)" – 5:21
"Infinite Orbit (無限・軌道, Mugen Kidou)" – 6:25

Personnel

Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Nozomi Furukawa – Electric guitar, bouzouki
Shūji Nakamura – Acoustic guitar
Neil Stubenhaus – Electric bass
Satoshi Nakamura – Soprano sax, alto sax
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Gregg Bissonette – Drums
Matarou Misawa – Cymbals, timpani
DJ Masterkey – Scratch
Jon Gilutin – Keyboards, acoustic piano, hammond organ, strings pad
Ichizo Seo – Computer programming, keyboards
Shingo Kobayashi – Computer programming, keyboards
Tomō Satō – Computer programming
Yousuke Sugimoto – Computer programming
Ittetsu Gen – Violin
Crusher Kimura – Violin
Sid Page – Violin (Concertmaster)
Susan Chatman – Violin
Mario De Leon – Violin
Kirstin File – Violin
Berj Garabedian – Violin
Peter Kent – Violin
Natalie Leggett – Violin
Robert Matsuda – Violin
Alyssa Park – Violin
Cameron Patrick – Violin
Robert Peterson – Violin
John Wittenberg – Violin
Takuya Mori – Viola
Denyse Buffum – Viola
Cheryl Kohfeld – Viola
Carole Mukogawa – Viola
David Stenske – Viola
Masami Horisawa – Cello
Tomoki Iwanaga – Cello
Larry Corbett – Cello
Maurice Grants – Cello
Dan Smith – Cello
Rudy Stein – Cello
Suzie Katayama – Strings conducting and contracting
Kazuyo Sugimoto – Harmony vocals
Fumikazu Miyashita – Harmony vocals
Julia Waters – Backing vocals
Oren Waters – Backing vocals
Maxine Waters – Backing vocals
Tery Wood – Backing vocals
Angie Jaree – Backing vocals
Wendy Fraser – Backing vocals
Carmen Carter – Backing vocals
Jim Glistrap – Backing vocals
Carmen Twillie – Backing vocals
Jess Wilard III – Backing vocals

Chart positions

Album

Year	Album	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
2005	Ten-Sei	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300)	12	15	65,000+^[3]

Single

Year	Single	B-Side	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
2006	"For Those Who Can't Go Home"	"Relay of the Soul" ['04 "Yakai" Version]	Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 200)	35	7	13,000^[4]

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	November 16, 2005	Yamaha Music Communications	CD	YCCW-10017
Japan	December 3, 2008	Yamaha Music Communications	CD	YCCW-10085

References

^ "The Thursday's Drama Seicho Matsumoto: KemonoMichi". tv-asahi.co.jp (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
^ 主題歌情報. fujitv.co.jp (in Japanese). Fuji Television. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
^ "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.
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

[kemono-1] "The Thursday's Drama Seicho Matsumoto: KemonoMichi". tv-asahi.co.jp (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved May 21, 2009.

[ichidaiki-2] 主題歌情報. fujitv.co.jp (in Japanese). Fuji Television. Retrieved May 21, 2009.

[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.

[NakajimaEP-4] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

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