Dress (Shizuka Kudo album)

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.

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

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.