Lullaby for the Soul

Lullaby for the Soul
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released October 18, 2001
Recorded Cello Studios, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Epicurus
Genre Folk rock
Length 57:20
Language Japanese
Label Yamaha Music Communications
Producer Ichizō Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
(2000)		 Lullaby for the Soul (Kokoromoriuta)
(2001)		 Singles 2000
(2002)

Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌 Kokoromoriuta) is the 29th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in September 2001.

As a follow-up to a double A-Side single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight, Taillight" that became an enduring seller, Lullaby for the Soul was greeted with relatively high anticipation. It debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart in first week (highest position since her 1996 compilation Daiginjyō which became last #1 hit), although it quickly fell off the top 100 with physical sales of less than 100,000 copies in total.[1]Music video of the opening track was produced to promote the album, and it was later issued on compilation DVD Utahime: Live in L.A. in 2004.

Track listing

All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo.

  1. "Whispering Rain (囁く雨 Sasayaku Ame)" – 3:39
  2. "Sharing a Table (相席 Aiseki)" – 5:33
  3. "Even the Leaves the Tallest Tree Fall and Return to Its Root (樹高千丈 落葉帰根 Jukou Senjou Rakuyou Kikon)" – 6:22
  4. "That Bus (あのバスに Ano Basu ni)" – 4:30
  5. "Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌 Kokoromoriuta)" – 5:19
  6. "Snow Crystals (六花 Rokka)" – 5:23
  7. "It's a Carnival (カーニヴァルだったね Kānivaru Dattane)" – 4:33
  8. "Tundra Bird (ツンドラ・バード Tsundora Bādo)" – 4:48
  9. "Nightwalk (夜行 Yakou)" – 6:26
  10. "Greet the Moon (月迎え Tsuki Mukae)" – 5:00
  11. "Lovers Only" – 5:47

Personnel

Production

Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles

Chart positions

Chart Position Weeks Sales
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 100)[2] 3 7 90,000+[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2001年10月第1週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報 "Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly　Albums Chart - 1st week of October 2001" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Lullaby for the Soul by Miyuki Nakajima" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-24.
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