Dress (Shizuka Kudo album)

Dress
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 1997 (1997-03-19)
Genre
Length45:52
LabelPony Canyon
Producer
Shizuka Kudo chronology
She: Best of Best
(1996)
Dress
(1997)
I'm Not
(1998)
Singles from Dress
  1. "Gekijō"
    Released: November 7, 1996

Dress (stylized as "DRESS") is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on March 19, 1997, through Pony Canyon. The album features a soul and funk-infused rock sound.[1] Musicians Chuei Yoshikawa and Tsuyoshi Kon performed instruments on the album as part of the recording band.

Commercial performance

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Dress debuted at number 18 on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 18,000 units sold in its first week. It charted in the top 100 for three weeks and sold a reported total of 31,000 copies during its run.[2][3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Aeri except "Gekijō" by Miyuki Nakajima

No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Akai Dress" (赤いドレス, Akai Doresu, "Red Dress")
  • Tsukasa Nishi
2:59
2."Gin no Tsume" (銀の爪, "Silver Claw")
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
  • Akihisa Matsūra
4:42
3."Poison Kiss"
  • Ichirō Terada
  • Chokkaku
4:44
4."Otayori" (おたより, "Correspondence")
  • Matsūra
  • Hiroshi Kakizaki
  • Matsūra
5:41
5."Binetsu" (微熱, "Slight Fever")
  • Chokkaku
4:30
6."Gekijō"
  • Ichizō Seo
4:36
7."Tatoeba" (例えば, "Let's Say")
  • Hatake
  • Chokkaku
  • Kumi Sasaki
5:14
8."Matenrō" (摩天楼, "Skyscraper")
  • Matsumoto
  • Matsūra
4:36
9."Flash Back"
  • Matsumoto
  • Taisuke Sawachika
5:38
10."Eternity"
  • Matsūra
  • Matsūra
2:56
Total length:45:36

Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Sales
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[4] 18 31,000[2]

References

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  1. ^ "工藤静香 / ドレス". CDJournal. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  3. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "DRESS 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 7, 2018.