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", Lullaby for the Soul was greeted with relatively high anticipation. It debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon chart in its first week (highest position since her 1996 compilation Daiginjyō which became her last No. 1 hit), although it quickly fell off the top 100 with physical sales of less than 100,000 copies in total. A 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. "" – 3:39 "" – 5:33 "" – 6:22 "" – 4:30 "" – 5:19 "" – 5:23 "" – 4:33 "" – 4:48 "" – 6:26 "" – 5:00 "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 Chiccarelli 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 Coordinator: 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
Chart positions ChartPositionWeeksSalesJapanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 100)3790,000+
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