is the 34th studio album

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 by Japanese

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The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 singer-songwriter

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Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 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...

, released in November 2006.

The album comprises 12 tracks, and 4 of them were initially composed for other artists, such as "A Key" for
Shizuka Kudo

Shizuka Kudo

is a Japanese singer and pop idol born in Hamura, Tokyo. She debuted as member no. 38 of the Onyanko Club in May 1986 and went on to a successful solo career with 11 no.1 hits.-Biography:...

 and "Only for the Sake of Love" for Hiromi Iwasaki. "Say Goodbye to That Goodbye", a song originally recorded by Tomomi Kahala

Tomomi Kahala

born on August 17, 1974 in Tokyo), is a Japanese J-pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first non-TK produced album, One Fine Day...

, became the final release for her who has semi-retired since 2007. The most well-known is "Ship in the Air" interpreted by boy band Tokio. Their recording was featured as the closing theme for My Boss, My Hero

My Boss, My Hero

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, a television drama

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, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

 remake of Korean motion picture and starring Tomoya Nagase

Tomoya Nagase

is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group. He is the primary vocalist, in addition to playing the guitar alongside Tokio's leader, Shigeru Joshima.- As an artist :...

, a lead vocalist of the band. It was released as a single in August 2007 and debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart with more than 120,000 copies sold. A song remained on the country's hit parade for about a year, finally becoming one of the biggest hit singles for the group.

In December 2006, her successful contribution for Tokio was acclaimed by the Japan Composer's Association, winning the 48th Japan Record Award

Japan Record Award

for outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association, is major music awards show held annually in Japan.- Categories :The Japan Record Award are four awards which are not restricted by genre....

 for "Best Lyrics".

Because "Ship in the Air" by Tokio became massive hit, Lullaby Singer also gained relatively moderate
commercial success with the sales of 110,000 copies, despite it managed to enter the top-10 on the Oricon albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except M1/10 co-arranged by Nakajima, M7/11 co-arranged by Satoshi Nakamura, and M8/12 co-arranged by Nakajima and Ittetsu Gen)

1. "" – 2:24
2. "" – 5:19
3. "" – 4:19
4. "" – 4:56
5. "" - 5:37
6. "" – 4:56
7. "" – 4:56
8. "" – 5:58
9. "" – 4:11
10. "" – 4:54
11. "" – 7:02
12. "" – 5:22

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ichizo Seo - keyboards, background vocals
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  Vinnie Colaiuta
  Vincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...
  
   - drums
• Gregg Bissonette
  Gregg Bissonette
  Gregg Bissonette, is an American drummer. Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette plays drums, his mother Phyllis plays piano and vibraphone, and brother Matt Bissonette plays bass guitar. Gregg started learning to play the drums at age 5 from his father...
  
   - drums
• Joey Waronker
  Joey Waronker
  Joseph "Joey" Waronker is an American drummer and music producer. He is the son of record producer Lenny Waronker and singer/actress Donna Loren; his younger sister is musician Anna Waronker; and his grandfather is record executive and professional violinist Simon Waronker. He has three other...
  
   - drums
• Denny Fongheiser - drums
• Nozomi Furukawa - electric guitar, nylon strings guitar, bouzouki
• Masayoshi Furukawa - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Michael Thompson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
• Neil Stubenhaus
  Neil Stubenhaus
  Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.-Career:He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975...
  
  - electric bass
• Shingo Kobayashi - acoustic piano, keyboards, hammond organ, computer programming, background vocals
• Jon Gilutin - acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboards, strings pad, hammond organ
• Keishi Urata - computer programming
• Chikanari Gokan - computer programming
• Ittetsu Gen - violin
• Takao Ochiai - violin
• Daisuke Kadowaki - violin
• Yoshiko Kaneko - violin
• Yayoi Fujita - violin
• Maki Nagata - violin
• Takuya Mori - violin
• Kaoru Kuroki - violin
• Yuko Kajitani - violin
• Jun Takeuchi - violin
• Crusher Kimura - violin, viola
• Shoko Miki - viola
• Kaori Morita - cello
• Tomoki Iwanaga - cello
• Kazuki Chiba - contrabass
• Yoshinobu Takeshita - contrabass
• Satoshi Nakamura - saxophone
• Taro Kiyooka - trombone
• Isao Sakuma - trumpet
• Fumikazu Miyashita - backing vocals
• Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals
• Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals
• Julia Waters - backing vocals
• Maxine Waters - backing vocals
• Oren Waters - backing vocals
• Etsuro Wakakonai - backing vocals
• Yasuhiro Kido - backing vocals
• Hidekazu Utsumi - backing vocals
• Katsumi Maeda - backing vocals
• Kiyoshi Hiyama - backing vocals

Production

• Producer, arranger: Ichizo Seo
• Lyricist, composer, arranger, performer, co-arranger and co-producer: Miyuki Nakajima
• Recording and mixing engineer: David Thoener
• Additional recording engineer: Kengo Kato
• Assistant mixing engineer: Wesley Seidman (at the Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles)
• Assistant mixing and recording engineer: Shuichiro Terao (at the Epicurus Studios, Tokyo)
• Mastering Engineer: Tom Baker (at the Precision Mastering, Los Angeles)
• Production director: Kentaro Fukushima
• A&R director: Ryo Yoneya
• Recording coordinators: Fumio Miyata, Tomoo Sato, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer
• Interpreter:Masako Kawahara
• Lyrics translator:Jonathan Katz, Hiroyuki Murakami
• Costume cordinator: Shikiji Hazama
• Photographer: Jin Tamura
• Artwork designer: Hirofumi Arai
• Hair,make-up artist: Noriko Izumisawa
• Artist managers: Koji Suzuki, Koichi Okazaki
• Assistant manager: Fumie Ohshima
• General affairs: Aya Ninomiya
• Disc promoters: Hisahiro Ando, Tatsuro Yamashita
• General producer: Takumi Shimizu
• DAD: Genichi Kawakami

Chart position

Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300)	10	22	117,000+

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	November 22, 2006	Yamaha Music Communications	CD	YCCW-10030
	December 3, 2008			YCCW-10086