Paradise Cafe
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| Paradise Cafe | ||
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| Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima | ||
| Released | October 18, 1996 | |
| Recorded | Ocean Way, Encore, Woodstock Karuizawa, and Burnish Stone | |
| Genre | Folk Rock | |
| Length | 57:20 | |
| Label | Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK | |
| Producer(s) | Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima | |
| Miyuki Nakajima chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Daiginjō (1996) |
Paradise Cafe (1996) |
Watashi no Kodomo ni Narinasai (1998) |
Paradise Cafe is the album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in 1996. (see 1996 in music).
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima.
- "Wanderers' Song" [album ver.] – 5:02
- "Legend" – 4:45
- "Lie to Me Eternally" – 6:00
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- Originally written for Takuro Yoshida's 1995 album, Long Time No See
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- "Alone, Please" – 5:10
- "This is not Love" – 4:15
- "Untamed Cat" – 4:42
- "Singles Bar" – 5:54
- "Blue Generation" – 3:47
- "It's Only Love" – 5:45
- "Under the Screw Pine Tree" – 6:39
- "Paradise Cafe " – 5:21
[edit] Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima - Vocals
- Ichizo Seo - Keyboards, Computer Programming
- Russ Kunkel - Drums
- Gregg Bissonette - Drums
- Atsuo Okubo- Drums
- Michael Thompson - Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
- Dean Parks - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Tsuyoshi Kon - Electric Guitar
- Nozomi Furukawa - Electric Guitar
- Shuji Nakamura - Gut Guitar, 12 Strings Acoustic Guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus - Electric Bass
- Abraham Laboriel - Electric Bass
- Chiharu Mikuzuki - Electric Bass
- Chuck DoManico - Upright Bass
- Keishi Urata - Computer Programming
- Nobuhiko Nakayama - Computer Programming
- Manabu Ogasawara - Computer Programming
- Jon Guiltin - Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Hammond B-3
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - Keyboards, Synth Bass, Acoustic Piano
- Elton Nagata - Keyboards
- Toshihiko Furumura - Alto Sax, Tenor Sax
- Julia Waters - Background Vocals
- Maxine Waters - Background Vocals
- Oren Waters - Background Vocals
- Walfredo Reyes Jr - Percussion
- Nobu Saito - Percussion
[edit] Additional Personnel
- Kiyoshi Hiyama - Background Vocals
- Yasuhiro Kido- Background Vocals
- Motoyoshi Iwasaki - Background Vocals
- Keiko Yamada - Background Vocals
- Mai Yamane - Background Vocals
- Akira Yamane - Background Vocals
- David Campbell - Strings Arrangement and Conduct
- Suzie Katayama - String Contractor
- Sid Page - Concertmaster
- Ryoichi Fujimori - Cello
[edit] Production
- Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Producer and Arranger: Ichizo Seo
- Arranger: David Campbell
- Recording Engineer and Mixer: David Thoener, Tad Gotoh
- Additional Engineer: Wyn Davis, Takanobu Ichikawa, Yuta Uematsu, Chizuru Yamada
- Assistant Engineer: Jennifer Monner, Jeff DeMorris, Milton Chan, Hideki Odera, Kensuke Miura, Yukiho Wada
- Mixer: Joe Chicarelli
- Assistant Mixer: Chadd Munsey, Hiroshi Tokunaga
- Digital Edit：Rieko Shimoji
- A & R：Kohichi Suzuki
- Production Superviser：Michio Suzuki
- Assistant for Producer：Tomo Satoh
- Music Coordinater：Ruriko Sakumi Duer, Kohji Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya
- Photographer: Jin Tamura, Jeffrey Bender
- Designer：Hirofumi Arai
- Costume Coordination: Takeshi Hazama
- Hair & Make-Up：Noriko Izumisawa
- Location Coordinator：Chikako DeZonia, Dean Ichiyanagi
- Artist Management：Kohji Suzuki, Kohichi Okazaki
- Management Desk：Atsuko Hayashi
- Artist Promotion：Yoshio Kan
- Disc Promotion：Tsukihiko Yoshida, Shoko Sone
- Sales Promotor：Ikuko Ishigame
- General Management：Takahiro Uno
- DAD：Genichi Kawakami
- Mastering: Tom Baker at Future Disc Systems
[edit] Charts
Album - Original Confidence (Japan)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | Weekly Albums Chart | 7 |
| 1996 | Weekly Albums Chart (Another format) | 20 |
Single
| Year | Titlet | Position |
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| 1996 | "It's Only Love" | 32 |
