Lullaby for the Soul

Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌) 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.
 * 1) "Whispering Rain (囁く雨)" – 3:39
 * 2) "Sharing a Table (相席)" – 5:33
 * 3) "Even the Leaves the Tallest Tree Fall and Return to Its Root (樹高千丈 落葉帰根)" – 6:22
 * 4) "That Bus (あのバスに)" – 4:30
 * 5) "Lullaby for the Soul (心守歌)" – 5:19
 * 6) "Snow Crystals (六花)" – 5:23
 * 7) "It's a Carnival (カーニヴァルだったね)" – 4:33
 * 8) "Tundra Bird (ツンドラ・バード)" – 4:48
 * 9) "Nightwalk (夜行)" – 6:26
 * 10) "Greet the Moon (月迎え)" – 5:00
 * 11) "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
Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles
 * 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