is the 26th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima.
In November 1999, it was simultaneously released with another album Moon: Wings which has a similar concept. Both albums contain the songs written for the series of Yakai, which had been her conventional plays performed over each December from 1989 through 1998.
Nakajima had a duet with Fumikazu Miyashita on the third track "Into a Dream Someday", a song arranged by David Campbell who also worked on most of Nakajima's albums recorded in the 1990s. Likewise, on the sixth track "I Don't Know Your Language", Campbell's spouse Raven Kane was featured on vocals.
To promote the album, a music video of the lead-off track was filmed. However, along with its follow-up, Sun became one of Nakajima's least successful albums in terms of sales. After those albums were released, she left Pony Canyon which she had belonged to since debut.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Into a Dream Someday" arranged by David Campbell). "" – 5:53 "Never Cry over Spilt Milk" – 5:33 "" – 4:49 "" – 4:54 "" – 6:25 "" – 8:34 "" – 5:31 "" – 4:17 "Good Morning, Ms. Castaway" – 4:22 "" – 5:55
Personnel Kenny Aronoff – drums Gregg Bissonette – drums, cymbals Hideo Yamaki – cymbals Lee Sklar – bass Bob Glaub – bass Neil Stubenhaus – bass Michael Thompson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar Donald Ferrone – bass Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass Micheal Fisher – percussion Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards, synth bass Elton Nagata – keyboards Ichizo Seo – keyboards Jon Gilutin – keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, programming, pad, Indian pipe 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 David Campbell – strings conducting Suzie Katayama – strings conducting, cello, accordion Larry Corbett – cello Daniel Smith – cello Steve Richards – cello Oscar Meza – cello, bass Sid Page – violin (concertmaster), fiddle Joel Derouin – violin (concertmaster) Eve Butler – violin Berj Garabedian – violin Armen Garabedian – 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 Brian Leonard – violin Robert Peterson – violin Peter Kent – violin Ruth Bruegger – violin Virginia Frazier – violin Robert Becker – viola Matt Funes – viola Scott Haupert – viola Denyse Buffum – viola Matthew Funes – viola Renia Koven – viola David Stenske – viola Karie Prescott – viola Sheridon Stokes – recorder Earle Dumler – oboe Kazuyo Sugimoto – lead and backing vocals Fumikazu Miyashita – harmony and backing vocals Julia Waters – backing vocals Maxine Waters – backing vocals Oren Waters – backing vocals Yoko Kubota – backing vocals Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals Yoshihiko Shibata – backing vocals Midori Sakaeda – backing vocals Tatsuo Ogura – backing vocals Gen-ichiro Nakajima – backing vocals Koujiro Takizawa – backing vocals Kazuaki Anzai – backing vocals Rick Logan – backing vocals John Batdorf – backing vocals Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals Raven Kane Campbell – vocals
Chart positions YearChartPositionSales1999Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)18 (CDDA)49,000+26 (APO-CD)
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanNovember 3, 1999Pony CanyonCDPCCA-01378APO-CDPCCA-01379November 21, 2001Yamaha Music CommunicationsCDYCCW-00031November 5, 2008YCCW-10078
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