Paradise Cafe

Infobox Album | Name = Paradise Cafe
Type = Album
Artist = Miyuki Nakajima


Released = October 18, 1996
Recorded = Ocean Way, Encore, Woodstock Karuizawa, and Burnish Stone
Genre = Folk Rock
Length = 57:20
Label = Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer = Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Last album = "Daiginjō"
(1996)
This album = "Paradise Cafe"
(1996) | Next album = "Be Like My Child (Watashi no Kodomo ni Narinasai)"
(1998) |

nihongo|"Paradise Cafe"|パラダイス・カフェ|Paradaisu Kafe" is the 23rd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1996. The album includes another interpretation of a million-selling single "Wanderer's Song" released in 1995.

Track listing

* All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
#"nihongo|Wanderer's Song|旅人のうた|Tabibito no Uta" [2nd ver.] – 5:02
#"nihongo|Legend|伝説|Densetsu" – 4:45
#"nihongo|Lie to Me Eternally|永遠の嘘をついてくれ|Eien no Uso wo Tsuitekure" – 6:00
#:* Originally written for Takuro Yoshida's 1995 album, "Long Time No See"
# "Alone, Please" – 5:10
#"nihongo|This is Not Love|それは愛ではない|Sore wa Ai dewa Nai" – 4:15
#"nihongo|Untamed Cat|なつかない猫|Natsukanai Neko" – 4:42
#"Singles Bar" – 5:54
#"nihongo|Blue Generaiton|蒼い時代|Aoi Jidai" – 3:47
#"nihongo|It's Only Love|たかが愛|Takaga Ai" – 5:45
#"nihongo|Under the Screw Pine Tree|阿檀の木の下で|Adan no Ki no Shita de" – 6:39
# "Paradise Cafe " – 5:21

Personnel

*Miyuki Nakajima - vocals
*Ichizo Seo - keyboards, computer programming
*Russ Kunkel - drums
*Gregg Bissonette - drums
*Atsuo Okubo- drums
*Michael Thompson - electric guitar, slide guitar
*Dean Parks - electric and acoustic guitar
*Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
*Nozomi Furukawa - electric guitar
*Shuji Nakamura - gutguitar, 12 string acoustic guitar
*Neil Stubenhaus - electric bass
*Abraham Laboriel - electric bass
*Chiharu Mikuzuki - electric bass
*Chuck Domanico - upright bass
*Keishi Urata - computer programming
*Nobuhiko Nakayama - computer programming
*Manabu Ogasawara - computer programming
*Jon Giltin - acoustic piano, keyboards, hammond organ
*Yasuharu Nakanishi - keyboards, synth bass, acoustic piano
*Elton Nagata - keyboards
*Toshihiko Furumura - alto sax, tenor sax
*Julia Waters - background vocals
*Maxine Waters - background vocals
*Oren Waters - background vocals
*Walfredo Reyes Jr - percussion
*Nobu Saito - percussion

Additional personnel

*Kiyoshi Hiyama - Background Vocals
*Yasuhiro Kido- Background Vocals
*Motoyoshi Iwasaki - Background Vocals
*Keiko Yamada - Background Vocals
*Mai Yamane - Background Vocals
*Akira Yamane - Background Vocals
*David Campbell - Strings Arrangement and Conduct
*Suzie Katayama - String Contractor
*Sid Page - Concertmaster
*Ryoichi Fujimori - Cello

Production

*Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
*Producer and Arranger: Ichizo Seo
*Arranger: David Campbell
*Recording Engineer and Mixer: David Thoener, Tad Gotoh
*Additional Engineer: Wyn Davis, Takanobu Ichikawa, Yuta Uematsu, Chizuru Yamada
*Assistant Engineer: Jennifer Monner, Jeff DeMorris, Milton Chan, Hideki Odera, Kensuke Miura, Yukiho Wada
*Mixer: Joe Chicarelli
*Assistant Mixer: Chadd Munsey, Hiroshi Tokunaga
*Digital Edit: Rieko Shimoji
*A & R: Kohichi Suzuki
*Production Supervisor: Michio Suzuki
*Assistant for Producer: Tomoo Satoh
*Music Coordinater: Ruriko Sakumi Duer, Kohji Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya
*Photographer: Jin Tamura, Jeffrey Bender
*Designer: Hirofumi Arai
*Costume Coordination: Takeshi Hazama
*Hair & Make-Up: Noriko Izumisawa
*Location Coordinator: Chikako DeZonia, Dean Ichiyanagi
*Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Kohichi Okazaki
*Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi
*Artist Promotion: Yoshio Kan
*Disc Promotion: Tsukihiko Yoshida, Shoko Sone
*Sales Promotor: Ikuko Ishigame
*General Management: Takahiro Uno
*DAD: Genichi Kawakami
*Mastering: Tom Baker at Future Disc Systems

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