Short Stories (Miyuki Nakajima album)

Infobox Album | Name = Short Stories
Type = Album
Artist = Miyuki Nakajima
Released = November 15, 2000
Recorded = ???
Genre = Folk Rock
Length = 54:43
Label = Yamaha Music Communications
Producer = Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Last album = "Hi: Wings" "Tsuki: Wings"
(1999)
This album = "Short Stories (Tanpenshū)"
(2000)
Next album = "Kokoromoriuta"
(2001)|

nihongo|"Short Stories"|短篇集|Japanese title: "Tanpenshū" is the album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in 2000. (see 2000 in music).

Track listing

* All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima.
# "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" – 5:11
# "Homecoming" – 5:17
# "I'm Walking Along the Street of Dreams" – 4:35
# "Regret" – 6:15
# "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
# "The Angel's Stairway" – 4:24
# "Singles Bar" – 3:43
# "Marriage" – 2:32
# "Powdery Snow" – 6:32
# "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
# "Headlight Taillight" – 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 Guiltin - Acoustic and Electric Piano, Hammond B-3, Keyboards
* Yasuharu Nakanishi - Keyboards
* Keishi Urata- Computer Programming
* Seiichi Takubo - Computer Programming
* Yosuke Sugimoto - Computer Programming
* Brandon Fields - Tenor Sax

Backing vocalists

* Fumikazu Miyashita - Backup and Harmony Vocals
* Yasuhiro Kido - Backup Vocals
* Katsumi Maeda - Backup Vocals
* Toshiro Kirigaya - Backup Vocals
* Etsuro Wakakonai - Backup Vocals
* Julia Waters - Backup Vocals
* Maxine Waters - Backup Vocals
* Carmen Twillie - Backup Vocals
* Monalisa Young - Backup Vocals
* Clydene Jackson Edwards - Backup Vocals
* Oren Waters - Backup Vocals
* Luther Waters - Backup Vocals
* Johnny Britt - Backup Vocals
* Joseph Powell - Backup Vocals
* Terry Young - Backup Vocals
* Rick Logan - Backup Vocals
* Randy Crenshaw - Backup Vocals
* John Batdorf - Backup Vocals

Additional personnel

* David Campbell - Strings arrangement, Conduct
* Suzie Katayama - Conduct
* 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 Whitsle, Recorder

Charts

Album - Original Confidence (Japan)Single