Paradise Cafe

Paradise Cafe
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	October 18, 1996
Recorded	Ocean Way, Encore, Woodstock Karuizawa, and Burnish Stone
Genre	Folk rock, pop
Length	57:20
Label	Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer	Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology

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For the Paradise Café TV series, see Paradise Café (TV series).

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 a new recording of her 1995 chart-topping hit "Wanderer's Song", and also features her own interpretation of "Lie to Me Eternally" which was originally written for Long Time No See album recorded by Takuro Yoshida.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales	RIAJ Cetification
1996	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)^[1]	7 (CDDA)	9	200,000+	Gold
1996	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)^[1]	20 (APO-CD)	4	200,000+	Gold

[edit] References

^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.

[Japanese_albums_archives-0] "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.

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