From the Icy Reaches

is the 38th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2011.

The first two tracks on From the Icy Reaches were released as a lead single in October 2011. The title track was featured in the blockbuster TV drama Nankyoku Tairiku starring Takuya Kimura and aired on TBS. Over a half of the song appeared on the album were written for her musical Yakai Vol.17 2/2 played from November to December 2011 —"Wagtail", "He, I, and the Other", "Really Crazy About You", "Give and Take", "Wanderer Comeback to Me" and "Homecoming Crowd".

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Japanese Oricon Weekly chart, one rank higher than its predecessor Midnight Zoo released in 2010.

Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo (except M5 co-arranged by Shingo Kobayashi, and M7 co-arranged by Satoshi Nakamura) "" – 5:42 "" – 5:24 "Ba-Na-Na" – 4:27 "" – 4:30 "" – 5:15 "" – 5:25 "" – 4:05 "" – 5:42 "" – 6:34 "" – 5:37 "" – 6:07

Personnel Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums Neil Stubenhaus – Electric bass Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Nozomi Furukawa – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Doug Livingston – Pedal steel guitar Jon Gilutin – Acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboards, hammond organ Jia Peng Fang – Erhu Shingo Kobayashi – Acoustic piano, keyboards, synth programming Satoshi Nakamura – Saxophone Taro Shizuoka – Trombone Shuichiro Terao – Trumpet Ittetsu Gen – Violin Maki Nagata – Violin Koji Ohtake – Violin Kaoru Kuroki – Violin Kenta Kuroki – Violin Yoshiko Kaneko – Violin Takuya Mori – Violin Yuko Kajitani – Violin Yayoi Fujita – Violin Shiori Takeda – Violin Ayako Himata – Violin Shoko Miki – Viola Daisuke Kadowaki – Viola Kaori Morita – Cello Toshiyuki Muranaka – Cello Tomoki Iwanaga – Cello Fumikazu Miyashita – Background vocals Ichizo Seo – Background vocals Yuiko Tsubokura – Background vocals Yasuhiro Kido – Background vocals Kazuyo Sugimoto – Background vocals Misa Nakayama – Background vocals Naoki Takao – Background vocals Julia Waters – Background vocals Maxine Waters – Background vocals Oren Waters – Background vocals Luther N. Waters – Background vocals Terry Wood – Background vocals Terry Young – Background vocals

Chart positions ChartPositionJapanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300)4

Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanOctober 13, 2010Yamaha Music CommunicationsCDYCCW-10160

References

External links From The Icy Reaches/Made in Japan ONLY (Album Review)