is the 37th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 2010.
None of the songs appeared on the album was released as a single. Instead, two of previous released materials were featured as bonus tracks; her own interpretation of the song "Snow Umbrella" originally recorded by Shizuka Kudo in 2008, and new recording of her recent single "Just Save Love" released in 2009. The song "It's a Dream" was simultaneously covered by Makichang (then-23-year-old female singer-songwriter who've contracted with Nakajima's management office). Her version was released as a double A-Side single with her original composition "Anata no Inai Heya ni Nareru Hi ga Kuru Made" by VAP Records.
Midnight Zoo debuted at No. 5 on the Japanese Oricon Weekly albums chart, making Nakajima the first female solo artist to have had the country's top-10 charting albums in five consecutive decades – three male musicians have already set this record; Eric Clapton, Eikichi Yazawa and Masashi Sada. The album has sold over 40,000 copies as of December 2010.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except M1/10 co-arranged by Satoshi Nakamura, and M11 co-arranged by Shingo Kobayashi) "" – 5:09 "" – 7:13 "" – 4:26 "" – 4:19 "" – 6:51 "" – 5:26 "" – 4:11 "" – 4:28 "" – 6:13 "" – 5:42 Bonus tracks "" – 6:00 "" (album version) – 6:26
Personnel Miyuki Nakajima – Lead and background vocals Kenny Aronoff – Drums Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums Neil Stubenhaus – Electric bass Michael Landau – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, flat mandolin Dean Parks – Acoustic guitar Nozomi Furukawa – Electric guitar Jon Gilutin – Acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboards, hammond organ Shingo Kobayashi – Acoustic piano, keyboards, synth programming Mataro Misawa – Percussion Shuichiro Terao – Percussion loop Shigeo Fuchino – Saxophone Satoshi Nakamura – Saxophone Taro Shizuoka – Trombone Shiro Sasaki – Trumpet Ittetsu Gen – Violin Maki Nagata – Violin Daisuke Kadowaki – Violin Crusher Kimura – Violin Takao Ochiai – Violin Nobuko Kaiwa – Violin Kaoru Kuroki – Violin Kenta Kuroki – Violin Yoshiko Kaneko – Violin Choi Song-il – Violin Naoko Ishibashi – Violin Makiko Murakoshi – Violin Yuichi Endo – Violin Hiroki Muto – Violin Izumiko Fujiie – Violin Soki Nagaoka – Violin Rei Yokomizo – Violin Kyoko Ishigame – Violin Asako Sugano – Violin Takayuki Oshikane – Violin Yoko Fujinawa – Violin Takuya Mori – Viola Shoko Miki – Viola Kaori Morita – Cello Tomoki Iwanaga – Cello Ichizo Seo – Background vocals Fumikazu Miyashita – Background vocals Yuiko Tsubokura – Background vocals Kazuyo Sugimoto – Background vocals Julia Waters – Background vocals Maxine Waters – Background vocals Oren Waters – Background vocals
Chart positions ChartPositionJapanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300)5
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanOctober 13, 2010Yamaha Music CommunicationsCDYCCW-10121
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