is the 25th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter

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. 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

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(appeared on her eponymous album), "You Don't Know" by Satoko Ishimine, and "Sea of Night Lights" by

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(appeared on his ''Siesta?'' album). Like its predecessor ''Paradise Cafe'', ''Be Like My Child'' suffered from lackluster commercial performance. The album has sold only 100,000 copies to date, although it had initially shipped over 200,000 units and received Gold accreditation by the RIAJ upon its release. It became the artist's first studio album not to reach the top-ten on the chart in 20 years.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by

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Personnel

*Miyuki Nakajima – Lead and harmony vocals *

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– Drums *

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– Drums *Hideo Yamaki – Drums *

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– Electric bass *Meggen Hagiwara – Electric bass *

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– Electric bass *

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– Acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, 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 –

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*Keishi Urata – Computer programming *Larry Corbett – Cello *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

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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