# Lullaby Singer

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***Lullaby Singer*** (ララバイSINGER ララバイシンガー, *Rarabai Shingā*) is the 34th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter [Miyuki Nakajima](/source/Miyuki_Nakajima), released in November 2006.

The album comprises 12 tracks, and 4 of them were initially composed for other artists, such as "A Key" for [Shizuka Kudo](/source/Shizuka_Kudo) and "Only for the Sake of Love" for [Hiromi Iwasaki](/source/Hiromi_Iwasaki). "Say Goodbye to That Goodbye", a song originally recorded by [Tomomi Kahala](/source/Tomomi_Kahala), became the final release for her who has semi-retired since 2007. The most well-known is "Ship in the Air" interpreted by boy band Tokio. Their recording was featured as the closing theme for *[My Boss, My Hero](/source/My_Boss,_My_Hero)*, a [television drama](/source/Japanese_television_drama) remake of Korean motion picture and starring [Tomoya Nagase](/source/Tomoya_Nagase), a lead vocalist of the band. It was released as a single in August 2007 and debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart with more than 120,000 copies sold.[1] A song remained on the country's hit parade for about a year, finally becoming one of the biggest hit singles for the group.

In December 2006, her successful contribution for Tokio was acclaimed by the Japan Composer's Association, winning the 48th [Japan Record Award](/source/Japan_Record_Award) for "Best Lyrics".[2]

Because "Ship in the Air" by Tokio became massive hit, *Lullaby Singer* also gained relatively moderate commercial success with the sales of 117,000 copies, despite it managed to enter the top-10 on the Oricon albums chart.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except M1/10 co-arranged by Nakajima, M7/11 co-arranged by Satoshi Nakamura, and M8/12 co-arranged by Nakajima and Ittetsu Gen)

1. "Sakura La La La La (桜らららら, *Sakurarararara*)" – 2:24
1. "Only for the Sake of Love (ただ・愛のためにだけ, *Tada Ai no Tame ni Dake*)" – 5:19
1. "[Ship in the Air](/source/Ship_in_the_Air) (宙船, *Sorafune*)" – 4:19
1. "Say Goodbye to That Goodbye (あのさよならにさよならを, *Ano Sayonara ni Sayonara wo*)" – 4:56
1. "A Key (Clävis ～鍵～, *Kuravisu -Kagi-*)" – 5:37
1. "Water (水, *Mizu*)" – 4:56
1. "It Has to Be You (あなたでなければ, *Anata de Nakereba*)" – 4:56
1. "In the May Sunshine (5月の陽ざし, *Gogatsu no Hizashi*)" – 5:58
1. "Too Slow! (とろ, *Toro*)" – 4:11
1. "Wishing for the Moon (お月さまほしい, *Otsukisama Hoshii*)" – 4:54
1. "Shouldering a Heavy Load (重き荷を負いて, *Omoki Ni wo Oite*)" – 7:02
1. "A Lullaby Singer (ララバイSINGER ララバイシンガー, *Rarabai Shingā*)" – 5:22

## Personnel

- Miyuki Nakajima – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Ichizo Seo – keyboards, background vocals
- [Vinnie Colaiuta](/source/Vinnie_Colaiuta) – drums
- [Gregg Bissonette](/source/Gregg_Bissonette) – drums
- [Joey Waronker](/source/Joey_Waronker) – drums
- Denny Fongheiser – drums
- Nozomi Furukawa – electric guitar, nylon strings guitar, bouzouki
- Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Michael Thompson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
- [Neil Stubenhaus](/source/Neil_Stubenhaus) – electric bass
- Shingo Kobayashi – acoustic piano, keyboards, hammond organ, computer programming, background vocals
- Jon Gilutin – acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboards, strings pad, hammond organ
- Keishi Urata – computer programming
- Chikanari Gokan – computer programming
- Ittetsu Gen – violin
- Takao Ochiai – violin
- Daisuke Kadowaki – violin
- Yoshiko Kaneko – violin
- Yayoi Fujita – violin
- Maki Nagata – violin
- Takuya Mori – violin
- Kaoru Kuroki – violin
- Yuko Kajitani – violin
- Jun Takeuchi – violin
- Crusher Kimura – violin, viola
- Shoko Miki – viola
- Kaori Morita – cello
- Tomoki Iwanaga – cello
- Kazuki Chiba – contrabass
- Yoshinobu Takeshita – contrabass
- Satoshi Nakamura – saxophone
- Taro Kiyooka – trombone
- Isao Sakuma – trumpet
- Fumikazu Miyashita – backing vocals
- Kazuyo Sugimoto – backing vocals
- Yuiko Tsubokura – backing vocals
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Etsuro Wakakonai – backing vocals
- Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals
- Hidekazu Utsumi – backing vocals
- Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals
- Kiyoshi Hiyama – backing vocals

## Production

- Producer, arranger: Ichizo Seo
- Lyricist, composer, arranger, performer, co-arranger and co-producer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Recording and mixing engineer: David Thoener
- Additional recording engineer: Kengo Kato
- Assistant mixing engineer: Wesley Seidman (at the Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles)
- Assistant mixing and recording engineer: Shuichiro Terao (at the Epicurus Studios, Tokyo)
- Mastering Engineer: Tom Baker (at the Precision Mastering, Los Angeles)
- Production director: Kentaro Fukushima
- A&R director: Ryo Yoneya
- Recording coordinators: Fumio Miyata, Tomoo Sato, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer
- Interpreter:Masako Kawahara
- Lyrics translator:Jonathan Katz, Hiroyuki Murakami
- Costume coordinator: Shikiji Hazama
- Photographer: Jin Tamura
- Artwork designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Hair, make-up artist: Noriko Izumisawa
- Artist managers: Koji Suzuki, Koichi Okazaki
- Assistant manager: Fumie Ohshima
- General affairs: Aya Ninomiya
- Disc promoters: Hisahiro Ando, Tatsuro Yamashita
- General producer: Takumi Shimizu
- DAD: Genichi Kawakami

## Chart position

Chart Position Sales Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300) 10 117,000+[3]

## Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number Japan November 22, 2006 Yamaha Music Communications CD YCCW-10030 December 3, 2008 YCCW-10086

## References

1. ["Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, in the first week of September 2006 - Sorafune/do! Do! Do!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121012084346/http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&sw=+&search_type=single&year=2006&month=9&week=1&web.x=43&web.y=6&web=Oricon+Search) (in Japanese). *oricon.co.jp*. [Oricon](/source/Oricon). Archived from [the original](http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&sw=+&search_type=single&year=2006&month=9&week=1&web.x=43&web.y=6&web=Oricon+Search) on October 12, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2009.

1. ["The 48th Japan Record Award – Best Lyricist"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081008074023/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/48th_awards/sakushisyou.html) (in Japanese). *[Japan Composer's Association](/source/Japan_Composer's_Association)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.jacompa.or.jp/48th_awards/sakushisyou.html) on October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.

1. ["Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071111033631/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html) (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html) on November 11, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.

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