Unlimited (Shizuka Kudo album)

Unlimited (stylized as unlimited) is the third compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on November 14, 1990, through Pony Canyon. The album features all original recordings of the singles released from "Koi Hitoyo" (1988) through "Watashi ni Tsuite" (1990), as well as reworked versions with new vocal takes of Kudo's first batch of singles, from "Kindan no Telepathy" through "Mugon... Iroppoi". The album also includes a new song, entitled "Koi Moyō", co-written by Kudo herself, under the pseudonym Aeri, specifically for the album.

Unlimited
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 14, 1990 (1990-11-14)
Recorded1989–91
Genre
Length50:41
LabelPony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Rosette
(1990)
Unlimited
(1990)
Mind Universe
(1991)

Commercial performance

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Unlimited debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 134,000 units sold.[1] It dropped three positions to number five on its second week, with 66,000 copies sold.[2] It slid to number six the following week, selling 39,000 copies.[3] The album held onto the top ten for another week, sliding to number nine and selling 29,000 copies.[4] Unlimited spent another six non-consecutive weeks in the top twenty. It charted for a total of eighteen weeks in the top 100, logging sales of 454,000 copies during its run.[5][6] Unlimited ranked at number 97 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart for 1990 and peaked on the chart at number 53 in 1991.[7][8]

Track listing

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All music is composed by Tsugutoshi Gotō

No.TitleLyricsArranger(s)Length
1."Kindan no Telepathy" (Vocal New Version)3:55
2."Again" (Vocal New Version)
  • Akimoto
  • Gotō
4:14
3."Daite Kuretara Ii no ni" (Vocal New Version)
  • Gotō
5:15
4."Fu-ji-tsu" (Vocal New Version)
  • Gotō
4:02
5."Mugon... Iroppoi" (Vocal New Version)
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
3:54
6."Koi Hitoyo"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
4:31
7."Arashi no Sugao"
  • Gotō
3:31
8."Kōsa ni Fukarete"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
3:49
9."Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku"
  • Matsui
3:56
10."Senryū no Shizuku"
  • Draw4
4:42
11."Watashi ni Tsuite"
  • Nakajima
  • Draw4
4:07
12."Koi Moyō" (恋模様, "Sign of Love")
  • Aeri
  • Draw4
4:45
Total length:50:41

Charts

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Chart (1990–91) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[9] 2
Japan Yearly Albums (Oricon)[8] 53

Certification

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[10] Platinum 454,000[5]

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan November 14, 1990 (1990-11-14) Pony Canyon [11]
Various March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09) [12]

References

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  1. ^ "オリコン アルバム 1990.11.26". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "オリコン アルバム 1990.12.3". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "オリコン アルバム 1990.12.10". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "オリコン アルバム 1990.12.17". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  5. ^ 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 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "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 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "オリコン アルバム 1990年TOP100". Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "オリコン アルバム 1991年TOP100". Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  9. ^ "unlimited 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "Japanese album certifications – 工藤 静香 – Unlimited" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1990年12月 on the drop-down menu
  11. ^ "Release group "unlimited" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "unlimited/工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 11, 2018.