# Lullaby for the Soul

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", Lullaby for the Soul was greeted with relatively high anticipation. It debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon chart in its first week (highest position since her 1996 compilation Daiginjyō which became her last No. 1 hit), although it quickly fell off the top 100 with physical sales of less than 100,000 copies in total. A 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.
* "Whispering Rain (囁く雨, Sasayaku Ame)" – 3:39
* "Sharing a Table (相席, Aiseki)" – 5:33
* "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
* "That Bus (あのバスに, Ano Basu ni)" – 4:30
* "Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌, Kokoromoriuta)" – 5:19
* "Snow Crystals (六花, Rokka)" – 5:23
* "It's a Carnival (カーニヴァルだったね, Kānivaru Dattane)" – 4:33
* "Tundra Bird (ツンドラ・バード, Tsundora Bādo)" – 4:48
* "Nightwalk (夜行, Yakou)" – 6:26
* "Greet the Moon (月迎え, Tsuki Mukae)" – 5:00
* "Lovers Only" – 5:47

## Personnel

* Miyuki Nakajima – vocals
* Ichizō Seo – keyboards
* Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
* Russ Kunkel – drums
* Michael Thompson – electric guitar
* Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar
* Tomō Sato – acoustic guitar
* Tim Pierce – electric guitar, flat mandolin
* Neil Stubenhaus – electric bass
* Leland Sklar – electric bass
* Jon Gilutin – acoustic piano, electric piano, strings pad, hammond B-3
* Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards
* Elton Nagata – keyboards
* Joe Stone – oboe
* Steve Richards – cello
* Keishi Urata – computer programming
* Seiichi Takubo – computer programming
* Julia Waters – backing vocals
* Maxine Waters – backing vocals
* Oren Waters – backing vocals
* Naoki Takao – backing vocals
* Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals
* Kiyoshi Hiyama – backing vocals
* Junko Hirotani – backing vocals
* Taeko Saitō – backing vocals
* Kayoko Wada – backing vocals

## Production

* Producer and Arranger: Ichizo Seo
* Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
* Engineer and Mixer: David Thoener, Joe Chiccarelli
* Assistant Engineer: Robert Road, Tim Lauber, Chiaki Kudō
* Mixer: Rob Jacobs
* A&R: Yoshio Kan
* Assistant: Tim Lauber, Errin Familia, Andy Ackland
* Assistant for Producer: Tomo Satō
* Promoter: Ryuta Yonezawa
* Artist Promotor: Mio Moriwaki
* Sales Promotor: Takehiko Kudō
* Production Coordinator: Ryō Yoneya
* Recording Coordinator: Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer、Norio Yamamoto
* L.A. Studio Musicians Contractor: Suzie Katayama
* Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
* Designer: Hirofumi Arai
* Costume: Takeshi Hazama
* Hair and Make-up: Noriko Izumisawa
* Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Kohichi Okazaki
* Assistant: Fumie Ohshima
* General Producer: Shosuke Hasegawa
* General Affairs: Atsuko Hayashi, Aya Ninomiya
* Special Thanks to Kiyoshi Yada, John Hisamoto Akira Hayashi
Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles

## Chart positions

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