Paradise Cafe

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Paradise Cafe
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	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 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

• All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima.

1. "Wanderers' Song" [album ver.] – 5:02
2. "Legend" – 4:45
3. "Lie to Me Eternally" – 6:00

   • Originally written for Takuro Yoshida's 1995 album, Long Time No See

4. "Alone, Please" – 5:10
5. "This is not Love" – 4:15
6. "Untamed Cat" – 4:42
7. "Singles Bar" – 5:54
8. "Blue Generation" – 3:47
9. "It's Only Love" – 5:45
10. "Under the Screw Pine Tree" – 6:39
11. "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
1996	Weekly Albums Chart	7
1996	Weekly Albums Chart (Another format)	20

Single

Year	Titlet	Position
1996	"It's Only Love"	32