Short Stories (短篇集, Tanpenshū) is the 28th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2000. The album features commercially successful double A-Side single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight, Taillight", which became the number-one hit in later years and sold more than a million copies in Japan alone.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell).
"Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星, Chijou no Hoshi)" – 5:11
"Homecoming (帰省, Kisei)" – 5:17
"I'm Walking Along the Street of Dreams (夢の通り道を僕は歩いている, Yume no Tōrimichi wo Boku wa Aruiteiru)" – 4:35
"Regret (後悔, Koukai)" – 6:15
"Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
"The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段, Tenshi no Kaidan)" – 4:24
"Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏, Sugiyuku Natsu)" – 3:43
"Marriage (結婚, Kekkon)" – 2:32
"Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬, Konayuki wa Wasuregusuri)" – 6:32
"Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
"Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Teruraito)" – 4:57
Personnel
Band
Miyuki Nakajima – vocals
Ichizo Seo – keyboards, strings arrangement & conduct
Hideo Yamaki – tomtom, cymbals
Russ Kunkel – drums
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Gregg Bissonette – drums
Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
Hideki Matsubara – bass guitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Michael Thompson – electric and acoustic guitar
Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar, 12-strings acoustic guitar
Elton Nagata – keyboards, acoustic and electric piano
Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards, acoustic piano
Jon Gilutin – acoustic and electric piano, hammond B-3, keyboards
Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
Keishi Urata- computer programming
Seiichi Takubo – computer programming
Yousuke Sugimoto – computer programming
Brandon Fields – tenor sax
Backing vocalists
Fumikazu Miyashita – backing and harmony vocals
Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals
Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals
Toshiro Kirigaya – backing vocals
Etsuro Wakakonai – backing vocals
Julia Waters – backing vocals
Maxine Waters – backing vocals
Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
Monalisa Young – backing vocals
Clydene Jackson Edwards – backing vocals
Oren Waters – backing vocals
Luther Waters – backing vocals
Johnny Britt – backing vocals
Joseph Powell – backing vocals
Terry Young – backing vocals
Rick Logan – backing vocals
Randy Crenshaw – backing vocals
John Batdorf – backing vocals
Additional personnel
David Campbell – strings arrangement, conducting
Suzie Katayama – conducting
Masatsugu Shinozaki – violin, concertmaster
Joel Derouin – violin, concertmaster
Bruce Dukov – violin
Mario De Leon – violin
Armen Garabedian – violin
Berj Garabedian – violin
Endre Grant – violin
Peter Kent – violin
Rachel Purkin – violin
Michele Richards – violin
John Wittenberg – violin
Charlie Bisharat – violin
Brian Leonard – violin
Robert Peterson – violin
Haim Shtrim – violin
Kiyo Kido – violin
Jun Yamamoto – violin
Yumiko Hirose – violin
Osamu Inou – violin
Kei Shinozaki – violin
Yu Sugino – violin
Naoyuki Takahashi – violin
Kathrine Cash – violin