''10 Wings'' is the album by Japanese singer-songwriter

Miyuki Nakajima (born February 23, 1952, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 44 studio albums, 48 Single (music), singles, 6 live albums and multiple compilations as of January 2020. Her sales have ...

, released in October 1995. The album consists of new studio recordings of the songs which she wrote for annual experimental theatres entitled , premiered in November 1989. Some songs already appeared on her previous studio albums released in the 1990s. They were newly recorded with the different interpretations for the album. One of them, remake version of "Two of Us" features Masanori Sera, a frontman of the Twist, on lead vocals. The lead-off track "Two Boats" was used in the 1996 film ''Kiri no Shigosen''. Lengthy arrangements of all the songs featured on the album are thoroughly altered from its original versions. After release of ''10 Wings'', Nakajima has released several similar

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s to date; ''Hi -Wings-'' and ''Tsuki -Wings'' (1999), and ''Ten-Sei'' (2005).

Track listing

All songs written by

, arranged by Ichizō Seo (except "Diamond Cage" co-arranged by Keishi Urata, "Two of Us" and "You Who Will Stay to Live Forever" arranged by David Campbell) #"" ew recordingnbsp;– 8:20 #: ''a theme song of "Yakai", first performed on the premier in 1989'' #"" – 7:50 #: ''a song performed on "Yakai Vol.6 Shangri-La" (1994)'' #"" – 7:21 #: ''from "Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku" (1992)'' #"Maybe" ew recordingnbsp;– 6:51 #: ''from "Yakai 1990"'' #"" ew recordingnbsp;– 9:05 #: ''from "Yakai 1990"'' #"Diamond Cage" – 7:10 #: ''from "Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku" (1992)'' #"I Love Him" – 5:45 #: ''from "Yakai Vol.3 Kan-Tan" (1991)'' #"" – 4:15 #: ''from "Yakai Vol.6 Shangri-La" (1994)'' #"" – 10:54 #: ''from "Yakai Vol.6 Shangri-La" (1994)'' #"" – 5:00 #: ''from "Yakai Vol.5 Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame seshi ma ni" (1993)''

Personnel

*Miyuki Nakajima – vocals *Tsuyoshi Kon – electric guitar *Takahiko Ishikawa – gut guitar *

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– electric bass *

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– electric bass *Chiharu Mikuzuki – electric and stick bass *

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– drums *Hideo Yamaki – drums *John Guerin – drums *Jun Aoyama – drums *Toru Shigemi – keyboards *Jon Gilutin – acoustic piano *Shingo Kobayashi – acoustic piano, keyboards, jai winding *Yasuharu Nakanishi- acoustic piano, keyboards, and programming (drums, percussion & bass) *Keishi Urata – programming (drums, percussion & bass) *Toshihiko Furumura- alto sax *David Campbell – strings conductor *Ichizo Seo – strings conductor *Suzie Katayama – strings contractor *

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– strings concertmaster *Masatsugu Shinozaki – electric violin *Masatsugu Shinozaki Group – strings *Takashi Asahi – tin whistle *Morinoki Jidou Gasshoudan – chorus on "Two of Us" *Masanori Sera – guest vocal on "Two of Us" *Julia Waters – background vocals *Maxine Waters – background vocals *Mona Lisa Young – background vocals *Carmen Twillie – background vocals *Billie Barnum – background vocals *Luther Waters – background vocals *Oren Waters – background vocals *Terry Wood – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

: Limited edition issued on APO-CD

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Miyuki Nakajima albums 1995 albums Pony Canyon albums 1990s Japanese-language albums