Moon: Wings

Moon: Wings (月-WINGS, Tsuki -Uingusu^?) is the 27th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima.

In November 1999, it was simultaneously released with another album Sun: Wings which have similar concept. Both albums contains the songs written for the series of Yakai, which had been her conventional plays performed over each December from 1989 through 1998.

Moon is Nakajima's least successful studio album in terms of sales, entering the Japanese charts for less than 1 month. It became the final album released by her long-term label Pony Canyon, because she moved to newly-founded semi-independent record label Yamaha Music Communications in the following year.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Pain" arranged by David Campbell).

1. "Jasmine (1人で生まれて来たのだから, Hitori de Umarete Kita no Dakara^?)" – 5:05
2. "A Scarlet River (紅い河, Akai Kawa^?)" – 6:22
3. "Last Scene" – 6:25
4. "Sweet Poison (女という商売, On-na to Iu Shoubai^?)"– 4:16
5. "Smile, Smile" – 5:23
6. "Pain" – 8:04
7. "White Chrysanthemum (白菊, Shiragiku^?)" – 4:54
8. "Statute of Limitation (時効, Jikou^?)" - 4:16
9. "Far Away from Love (愛から遠く離れて, Ai kara Tōku Hanarete^?)" – 5:18

Personnel

• Kenny Aronoff - drums
• Russ Kunkel - drums, cymbals
• Hideo Yamaki - cymbals
• M.B. Gordy - percussion
• Lee Sklar - bass
• Bob Glaub - bass
• Neil Stubenhaus - bass
• Reggie Hamilton - bass
• Chiharu Mikuzuki - bass
• Oscar Meza - bass
• David Stone - bass
• Michael Thompson - electric guitar
• Chuei Yoshikawa - auto-harp
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - keyboards
• Elton Nagata - keyboards
• Ichizo Seo - keyboards
• Jon Gilutin - keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, panpipe
• Shingo Kobayashi - keyboards, programming
• Keishi Urata - programming, drum-loop, percussion loop, sound effect
• Seiichi Takubo - programming, drum-loop, percussion loop, sound effect
• Manabu Ogasawara - programming, drum-loop
• Yosuke Sugimoto - programming
• Walter Fowler - trumpet
• Brandon Fields - tenor sax
• Stephen Kupka - baritone sax
• Chris Bleth - oboe, english horn
• Sheridon Stokes - flute
• Geraldine Rotella - flute
• Robert Becker - viola
• Matt Funes - viola
• Scott Haupert - viola
• Denyse Buffum - viola
• Matthew Funes - viola
• Renia Koven - viola
• David Stenske - viola
• Karie Prescott - viola
• Larry Corbett - cello
• Stefanie Fife - cello
• Daniel Smith - cello
• Rudolph Stein - cello
• Steve Richards - cello
• Sid Page - violin (concertmaster)
• Joel Derouin - violin (concertmaster)
• Eve Butler - violin
• Berj Garabedian - violin
• Armen Garabedian - violin
• Shari Zippert - violin
• Gerrardo Hilera - violin
• Mario De Leon - violin
• Erza Kliger - violin
• Susan Charman - violin
• John Wittenberg - violin
• Murray Adler - violin
• Michele Richards - violin
• Edmund Stein - violin
• Robert Peterson - violin
• Peter Kent - violin
• Clayton Haslop - violin
• Gary Kuo - violin
• Ruth Bruegger - violin
• Barbra Porter - violin
• Virginia Frazier - violin
• David Campbell - strings conducting
• Suzie Katayama - strings conducting
• Julia Waters - backing vocals
• Maxine Waters - backing vocals
• Oren Waters - backing vocals
• Peggi Blu - backing vocals

Release history

Chart positions

References