# Short Stories (Miyuki Nakajima album)

Short Stories (短篇集, Tanpenshū) is the 28th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2000. The album features commercially successful double A-Side single "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight, Taillight", which became the number-one hit in later years and sold more than a million copies in Japan alone.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Powdery Snow" co-arranged by David Campbell).
* "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星, Chijou no Hoshi)" – 5:11
* "Homecoming (帰省, Kisei)" – 5:17
* "I'm Walking Along the Street of Dreams (夢の通り道を僕は歩いている, Yume no Tōrimichi wo Boku wa Aruiteiru)" – 4:35
* "Regret (後悔, Koukai)" – 6:15
* "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
* "The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段, Tenshi no Kaidan)" – 4:24
* "Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏, Sugiyuku Natsu)" – 3:43
* "Marriage (結婚, Kekkon)" – 2:32
* "Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬, Konayuki wa Wasuregusuri)" – 6:32
* "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
* "Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Teruraito)" – 4:57

## Personnel
### Band

* Miyuki Nakajima – vocals
* Ichizo Seo – keyboards, strings arrangement & conduct
* Hideo Yamaki – tomtom, cymbals
* Russ Kunkel – drums
* Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
* Gregg Bissonette – drums
* Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
* Hideki Matsubara – bass guitar
* Leland Sklar – bass guitar
* Michael Thompson – electric and acoustic guitar
* Masayoshi Furukawa – electric guitar, 12-strings acoustic guitar
* Elton Nagata – keyboards, acoustic and electric piano
* Shingo Kobayashi – keyboards, acoustic piano
* Jon Gilutin – acoustic and electric piano, hammond B-3, keyboards
* Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
* Keishi Urata- computer programming
* Seiichi Takubo – computer programming
* Yousuke Sugimoto – computer programming
* Brandon Fields – tenor sax

### Backing vocalists

* Fumikazu Miyashita – backing and harmony vocals
* Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals
* Katsumi Maeda – backing vocals
* Toshiro Kirigaya – backing vocals
* Etsuro Wakakonai – backing vocals
* Julia Waters – backing vocals
* Maxine Waters – backing vocals
* Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
* Monalisa Young – backing vocals
* Clydene Jackson Edwards – backing vocals
* Oren Waters – backing vocals
* Luther Waters – backing vocals
* Johnny Britt – backing vocals
* Joseph Powell – backing vocals
* Terry Young – backing vocals
* Rick Logan – backing vocals
* Randy Crenshaw – backing vocals
* John Batdorf – backing vocals

### Additional personnel

* David Campbell – strings arrangement, conducting
* Suzie Katayama – conducting
* Masatsugu Shinozaki – violin, concertmaster
* Joel Derouin – violin, concertmaster
* Bruce Dukov – violin
* Mario De Leon – violin
* Armen Garabedian – violin
* Berj Garabedian – violin
* Endre Grant – violin
* Peter Kent – violin
* Rachel Purkin – violin
* Michele Richards – violin
* John Wittenberg – violin
* Charlie Bisharat – violin
* Brian Leonard – violin
* Robert Peterson – violin
* Haim Shtrim – violin
* Kiyo Kido – violin
* Jun Yamamoto – violin
* Yumiko Hirose – violin
* Osamu Inou – violin
* Kei Shinozaki – violin
* Yu Sugino – violin
* Naoyuki Takahashi – violin
* Kathrine Cash – violin
* Tsunehiro Shigyo – violin
* Keiko Nakamura – violin
* Machia Saito – violin
* Crusher Kimura – violin
* Takashi Kato – violin
* Masayoshi Fujiyama – violin
* Hitoshi Imano – violin
* Yukikane Murata – violin
* Jun Takeuchi – violin
* Akihiko Suzuki – violin
* Takayuki Oshigane – violin
* Akiko Kato – violin
* Hiroki Muto – violin
* Masako Mabuchi – viola
* Yuji Yamada – viola
* Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola
* Denyse Buffum – viola
* Matthew Funes – viola
* Janet Lakatos – viola
* Karie Prescott – viola
* Joshin Toyama – viola
* Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola
* Kaori Naruse – viola
* Masaharu Karita – cello
* Tomoya Kikuchi – cello
* Hiroki Kashiwagi – cello
* Yoshihiko Maeda – cello
* Masahiro Tanaka – cello
* Susumu Miyake – cello
* Steve Richards – cello
* Daniel Smith – cello
* Rudolph Stein – cello
* Paula Hoochatter – cello
* Don Markese – tin whistle, recorder

## Chart positions
### Album

| Year | Chart | Position | Sales |
| 2000–03 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 7 | 188,000+ |

### Single

| Year | Country | Song(s) | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
| 2000–03 | Japan | "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" "Headlight, Taillight" | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 100) | 1 | 183 | 1.1 million+ |
| 2000–03 | Japan | "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" "Headlight, Taillight" | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (top 200) | 1 | 202 | 1.1 million+ |