Lullaby for the Soul

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" that became a enduring seller, Lullaby for the Soul was greeted with relatively high anticipation. It debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart in first week (highest position since her 1996 compilation Daiginjyō which became last #1 hit), although it quickly fell off the top 100 with physical sales of less than 100,000 copies in total. ^[1]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.

1. "Whispering Rain (囁く雨, Sasayaku Ame^?)" – 3:39
2. "Sharing a Table (相席, Aiseki^?)" – 5:33
3. "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
4. "That Bus (あのバスに, Ano Basu ni^?)" – 4:30
5. "Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌, Kokoromoriuta^?)" – 5:19
6. "Snow Crystals (六花, Rokka^?)" – 5:23
7. "It's a Carnival (カーニヴァルだったね, Kānivaru Dattane^?)" – 4:33
8. "Tundra Bird (ツンドラ・バード, Tsundora Bādo^?)" – 4:48
9. "Night People (夜行, Yakou^?)" "" – 6:26
10. "Greet the Moon (月迎え, Tsuki Mukae^?)" – 5:00
11. "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 Chicarelli
• 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 Coodinater: 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

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