is the 25th studio album

Album

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 by Japanese

Japanese people

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 singer-songwriter

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 Miyuki Nakajima

Miyuki Nakajima

is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...

. The album came out a month after a single "Another Name for Life", which was featured as a theme song for TV drama Seija no Koushin aired on TBS and became a smash hit on the charts.

Be Like My Child features the new recording of "Another Name for Life", and "An Affectionate Tale" which was released as a lead single in November 1997. The album also includes three remake versions of the songs that she wrote for other artists in 1997; "Streams of Hearts" recorded by Faye Wong

Faye Wong

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 (appeared on her eponymous album

Faye Wong (1997 album)

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), "You Don't Know" by Satoko Ishimine, and "Sea of Night Lights" by Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.-Director:*Munō no Hito *119...

 (appeared on his Siesta? album).

Be Like My Child peaked at #11 on the Japanese Oricon, and became her studio album that failed to enter the top-ten on the chart for the first time since Minna Itte Shimatta

Minna Itte Shimatta

is the second studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1976. -Track listing:All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.#"" -2:56#"" - 4:07#"" 3:49#"" - 5:01#"" - 3:57#"" -3:32#"" - 2:41...

released in 1976.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima

Miyuki Nakajima

is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...

, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "Be Like My Child" and "You Don't Know" co-arranged by David Campbell).

1. "" – 4:47
2. "" – 5:05
3. "" [Album Version] – 5:29
4. "" – 5:16
5. "" – 4:16
6. "" – 4:46
7. "You Don't Know" – 5:42
8. "" – 5:15
9. "" – 6:24
10. "4.2.3." – 12:19

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima - Lead and harmony vocals
• Gregg Bissonette
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   - Drums
• Kenny Aronoff
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   - Drums
• Hideo Yamaki - Drums
• Neil Stubenhaus
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   - Electric bass
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• Meggen Hagiwara - Electric bass
• Bob Glaub
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   - Electric bass
• Dean Parks
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   - Acoustic guitar
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  , electric guitar
• Michael Thompson - Electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , acoustic guitar, slide guitar
• Nozomi Furukawa - Electric guitar
• Susumu Nishikawa - Electric guitar
• Yoshiaki Kanoh - Electric guitar
• Hirokazu Ogura - Electric guitar
• Jon Gilutin - Keyboards, acoustic piano, hammond organ,
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - Keyboards, acoustic piano
• Shingo Kobayashi - Keyboards
• Elton Nagata - Keyboards
• Joe Sublett - Tenor sax
• Keishi Urata - Computer programming
• Larry Corbett - Cello
  Cello
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• David Campbell - Strings arrangement & conductor
• Ichizo Seo - Strings arrangement, keyboards
• Suzie Katayama - Strings conductor
• Julia Waters - Backing vocals
• Maxine Waters - Backing vocals
• Oren Waters - Backing vocals
• Keiko Wada - Backing vocals
• Yuiko Tsubokura - Backing vocals
• Mai Yamane - Backing vocals

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales	RIAJ Cetification
1998	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)	11 (CDDA CDDA CDDA may refer to:* Circularly Disposed Dipole Array - a large circular antenna used by the military* Compact Disc Digital Audio - an audio recording format... )	7	103,000+	Gold
		26 (APO-CD)	3