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.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell). "" – 5:11 "" – 5:17 "" – 4:35 "" – 6:15 "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54 "" – 4:24 "" – 3:43 "" – 2:32 "" – 6:32 "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23 "" – 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 Tsunehiro Shigyo – violin Keiko Nakamura – violin Machia Saito – violin Crusher Kimura – violin Takashi Kato – violin Masayoshi Fujiyama – violin Hitoshi Imano – violin Yukikane Murata – violin Jun Takeuchi – violin Akihiko Suzuki – violin Takayuki Oshigane – violin Akiko Kato – violin Hiroki Muto – violin Masako Mabuchi – viola Yuji Yamada – viola Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola Denyse Buffum – viola Matthew Funes – viola Janet Lakatos – viola Karie Prescott – viola Joshin Toyama – viola Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola Kaori Naruse – viola Masaharu Karita – cello Tomoya Kikuchi – cello Hiroki Kashiwagi – cello Yoshihiko Maeda – cello Masahiro Tanaka – cello Susumu Miyake – cello Steve Richards – cello Daniel Smith – cello Rudolph Stein – cello Paula Hoochatter – cello Don Markese – tin whistle, recorder
Chart positions Album YearChartPositionSales2000–03Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart7188,000+
Single YearCountrySong(s)ChartPositionWeeksSales2000–03Japan"Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)""Headlight, Taillight"Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 100)11831.1 million+Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 200)202
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