is the 27th studio album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima.
In November 1999, it was simultaneously released with another album Sun: Wings which has a similar concept. Both albums contain the songs written for the series of Yakai, which had been her conventional plays performed each December from 1989 to 1998.
Moon is Nakajima's least successful studio album in terms of sales, entering the Japanese charts for less than one month. It became the final album released by her long-term label Pony Canyon, because she moved to the 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). "" – 5:05 "" – 6:22 "Last Scene" – 6:25 "" – 4:16 "Smile, Smile" – 5:23 "Pain" – 8:04 "" – 4:54 "" – 4:16 "" – 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 saxophone Stephen Kupka – baritone saxophone 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 Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanNovember 3, 1999Pony CanyonCDPCCA-01380APO-CDPCCA-01381November 21, 2001Yamaha Music CommunicationsCDYCCW-00032November 5, 2008YCCW-10079
Chart positions YearChartPositionSales1999Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)19 (CDDA)46,000+27 (APO-CD)
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