is the 28th studio 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 November 2000. The album features commercially successful

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single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight, Taillight", which became the number-one hit in later years and sold more than a million copies in Japan alone.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell). #"" – 5:11 #"" – 5:17 #"" – 4:35 #"" – 6:15 #"Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54 #"" – 4:24 #"" – 3:43 #"" – 2:32 #"" – 6:32 #"Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23 #"" – 4:57

Personnel

Band

* Miyuki Nakajima – vocals * Ichizo Seo – keyboards, strings arrangement & conduct * Hideo Yamaki – tomtom,

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s *

Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Cass Elliot, Dan Fo ...

– drums *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer known for his technical mastery who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drumme ...

– drums *

Gregg Bissonette Gregg Bissonette (born June 9, 1959) is an American jazz and rock drummer and vocalist. He is the brother of bassist Matt Bissonette, with whom he frequently collaborates. Bissonette is known for playing and recording many different styles of m ...

– drums *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. In one of his early bands, The Neighbourhood in 1969, he played with future Kiss guitarist Vinnie V ...

– bass guitar * Hideki Matsubara – bass guitar *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylu ...

– bass guitar * Michael Thompson – electric and acoustic guitar * Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar, 12-strings acoustic guitar * Elton Nagata – keyboards, acoustic and electric piano * Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards, acoustic piano * Jon Gilutin – acoustic and electric piano,

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, keyboards * Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards * Keishi Urata- computer programming * Seiichi Takubo – computer programming * Yousuke Sugimoto – computer programming *

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– tenor sax

Backing vocalists

* Fumikazu Miyashita – backing and harmony vocals * Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals * Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals * Toshiro Kirigaya – backing vocals * Etsuro Wakakonai – backing vocals * Julia Waters – backing vocals * Maxine Waters – backing vocals * Carmen Twillie – backing vocals * Monalisa Young – backing vocals * Clydene Jackson Edwards – backing vocals * Oren Waters – backing vocals * Luther Waters – backing vocals * Johnny Britt – backing vocals * Joseph Powell – backing vocals * Terry Young – backing vocals * Rick Logan – backing vocals * Randy Crenshaw – backing vocals *

John Batdorf John Lee Batdorf (born March 26, 1952) is an American singer and songwriter from Yellow Springs, Ohio. Nephew of Earl Batdorf, aka Earl Scott, a Country singer who charted several hits during the mid-1960s. Early life Born in Springfield, Ohi ...

– backing vocals

Additional personnel

* David Campbell – strings arrangement, conducting * Suzie Katayama – conducting * Masatsugu Shinozaki – violin, concertmaster * Joel Derouin – violin, concertmaster * Bruce Dukov – violin * Mario De Leon – violin * Armen Garabedian – violin * Berj Garabedian – violin * Endre Grant – violin * Peter Kent – violin * Rachel Purkin – violin * Michele Richards – violin * John Wittenberg – violin *

Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat (born March 15, 1963) is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other new age jazz artists. Life and career He was born in Inglewood, California, in 1963 to Palestinian parents w ...

– violin * Brian Leonard – violin * Robert Peterson – violin * Haim Shtrim – violin * Kiyo Kido – violin * Jun Yamamoto – violin * Yumiko Hirose – violin * Osamu Inou – violin * Kei Shinozaki – violin * Yu Sugino – violin * Naoyuki Takahashi – violin * Kathrine Cash – violin * Tsunehiro Shigyo – violin * Keiko Nakamura – violin * Machia Saito – violin * Crusher Kimura – violin * Takashi Kato – violin * Masayoshi Fujiyama – violin * Hitoshi Imano – violin * Yukikane Murata – violin * Jun Takeuchi – violin * Akihiko Suzuki – violin * Takayuki Oshigane – violin * Akiko Kato – violin * Hiroki Muto – violin * Masako Mabuchi –

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* Yuji Yamada – viola * Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola * Denyse Buffum – viola * Matthew Funes – viola * Janet Lakatos – viola * Karie Prescott – viola * Joshin Toyama – viola * Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola * Kaori Naruse – viola * Masaharu Karita – cello * Tomoya Kikuchi – cello * Hiroki Kashiwagi – cello * Yoshihiko Maeda – cello * Masahiro Tanaka – cello * Susumu Miyake – cello * Steve Richards – cello * Daniel Smith – cello * Rudolph Stein – cello * Paula Hoochatter – cello * Don Markese – tin whistle,

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Track listing

Personnel

Band

Backing vocalists

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Album

Single

References