Short Stories (Miyuki Nakajima album)

Short Stories (短篇集) 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).
 * 1) "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) (地上の星)" – 5:11
 * 2) "Homecoming (帰省)" – 5:17
 * 3) "I'm Walking Along the Street of Dreams (夢の通り道を僕は歩いている)" – 4:35
 * 4) "Regret (後悔)" – 6:15
 * 5) "Merry-Go-Round" – 5:54
 * 6) "The Angel's Stairway (天使の階段)" – 4:24
 * 7) "Passing Summer (過ぎゆく夏)" – 3:43
 * 8) "Marriage (結婚)" – 2:32
 * 9) "Powdery Snow (粉雪は忘れ薬)" – 6:32
 * 10) "Tell Me, Sister" – 5:23
 * 11) "Headlight, Taillight (ヘッドライト・テールライト)" – 4:57

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