Tensei
Studio album by
Miyuki Nakajima
ReleasedNovember 16, 2005
RecordedCello Studios, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Epicurus
GenreFolk rock
Length59:00
LabelYamaha Music Communications
ProducerIchizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Ima no Kimochi
(2004)		 Tensei
(2005)		 Lullaby Singer
(2006)

Ten-Sei (転生) is the 33rd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2005.

Like some previous albums 10 Wings, Hi -Wings- and Tsuki -Wings-, Tensei is composed of the songs Nakajima wrote for her experimental musical Yakai. All the materials appeared on the album were originally performed on Yakai Vol. 14: "24-Ji Chaku 0-Ji Hatsu" which was taken place at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon during January 2004. Except "The Mirage Hotel" which was already included on her 2003 Love Letter (Koibumi) album (Ten-Sei features newly arranged version of a song), most of the songs appeared on the studio album for the first time.

From the album, "For Those Who Can't Go Home" was later released as a single (flip side was live recording version of "Relay of the Soul" which was taken from Yakai). It was featured as a theme song for the television drama Kemonomichi (adaptation of the novel written by Seicho Matsumoto) starring Ryoko Yonekura and aired on TV Asahi in 2006.[1] "Relay of the Soul" was also used in the drama series called On'na no Ichidaiki aired on Fuji TV during autumn 2005.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo

  1. "Lost and Found (遺失物預り所, Ishitsubutsu Azukarijo)" – 4:58
  2. "For Those Who Can't Go Home (帰れない者たちへ, Kaerenai Monotachi e)" – 5:19
  3. "The Scenery Off the Beaten Path (線路の外の風景, Senro no Soto no Fūkei)" – 4:22
  4. "The Twisting Möbius Band (メビウスの輪はねじれる, Mebiusu no Wa wa Nejireru)" – 5:10
  5. "Fortune Cookies (フォーチュン・クッキー, Fōchun Kukkī)" – 4:06
  6. "Shady Midnight Table (闇夜のテーブル, Yamiyo no Tēburu)" – 5:49
  7. "My Homeland is Beyond the Wind (我が祖国は風の彼方, Waga Sokoku wa Kaze no Kanata)" – 5:52
  8. "Relay of the Soul (命のリレー, Inochi no Rirē)" – 5:34
  9. "The Mirage Hotel (ミラージュ・ホテル, Mirāju Hoteru)" – 6:04
  10. "Salmon Dance (サーモン・ダンス, Sāmon Dansu)" – 5:21
  11. "Infinite Orbit (無限・軌道, Mugen Kidou)" – 6:25

Personnel

  • Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Nozomi Furukawa – Electric guitar, bouzouki
  • Shūji Nakamura – Acoustic guitar
  • Neil Stubenhaus – Electric bass
  • Satoshi Nakamura – Soprano sax, alto sax
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
  • Gregg Bissonette – Drums
  • Matarou Misawa – Cymbals, timpani
  • DJ Masterkey – Scratch
  • Jon Gilutin – Keyboards, acoustic piano, hammond organ, strings pad
  • Ichizo Seo – Computer programming, keyboards
  • Shingo Kobayashi – Computer programming, keyboards
  • Tomō Satō – Computer programming
  • Yousuke Sugimoto – Computer programming
  • Ittetsu Gen – Violin
  • Crusher Kimura – Violin
  • Sid Page – Violin (Concertmaster)
  • Susan Chatman – Violin
  • Mario De Leon – Violin
  • Kirstin File – Violin
  • Berj Garabedian – Violin
  • Peter Kent – Violin
  • Natalie Leggett – Violin
  • Robert Matsuda – Violin
  • Alyssa Park – Violin
  • Cameron Patrick – Violin
  • Robert Peterson – Violin
  • John Wittenberg – Violin
  • Takuya Mori – Viola
  • Denyse Buffum – Viola
  • Cheryl Kohfeld – Viola
  • Carole Mukogawa – Viola
  • David Stenske – Viola
  • Masami Horisawa – Cello
  • Tomoki Iwanaga – Cello
  • Larry Corbett – Cello
  • Maurice Grants – Cello
  • Dan Smith – Cello
  • Rudy Stein – Cello
  • Suzie Katayama – Strings conducting and contracting
  • Kazuyo Sugimoto – Harmony vocals
  • Fumikazu Miyashita – Harmony vocals
  • Julia Waters – Backing vocals
  • Oren Waters – Backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters – Backing vocals
  • Tery Wood – Backing vocals
  • Angie Jaree – Backing vocals
  • Wendy Fraser – Backing vocals
  • Carmen Carter – Backing vocals
  • Jim Glistrap – Backing vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – Backing vocals
  • Jess Wilard III – Backing vocals

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Chart Position Weeks Sales
2005 Ten-Sei Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300) 12 15 65,000+[3]

Single

Year Single B-Side Chart Position Weeks Sales
2006 "For Those Who Can't Go Home" "Relay of the Soul" ['04 "Yakai" Version] Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 200) 35 7 13,000[4]

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan November 16, 2005 Yamaha Music Communications CD YCCW-10017
December 3, 2008 YCCW-10085

References

  1. ↑ "The Thursday's Drama Seicho Matsumoto: KemonoMichi". tv-asahi.co.jp (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  2. ↑ 主題歌情報. fujitv.co.jp (in Japanese). Fuji Television. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
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