Bellissima!

Bellissima!
Studio album by
Pizzicato Five
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1988 (1988-09-21)
Recorded1988
GenreShibuya-kei[1]
Length44:47
LabelCBS/Sony
Producer
Pizzicato Five chronology
Couples
(1987) 		Bellissima!
(1988) 		On Her Majesty's Request
(1989)
Singles from Bellissima!
  1. "Planets" / "This Can't Be Love"
    Released: February 22, 2017[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Bellissima! (ベリッシマ) is the second studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on September 21, 1988, by CBS/Sony.[4]

On initial release, Bellissima! peaked at number 86 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[5] It was reissued on November 1, 1995.[6] On August 24, 2016, a remastered edition of Bellissima! was released, which reached a new peak of number 39 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yasuharu Konishi, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Planets" (惑星)Takao Tajima4:06
2."Temptation Talk" (誘惑について)Tajima4:17
3."Holy Triangle" (聖三角形)Tajima5:38
4."World Standard" (ワールド・スタンダード)Keitarō Takanami4:18
5."Couples" (カップルズ)Takanami3:56
6."Sunday Impressions" (日曜日の印象)Konishi5:11
7."The Swim" (水泳)Takanami4:09
8."Seventeen" (セヴンティーン; lyrics by Tajima)Tajima3:50
9."This Can't Be Love" (これは恋ではない)Konishi4:48
10."The Work of God" (神の御業)Konishi4:34
Total length:44:47

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 86
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 39
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)[8] 97

References

  1. ^ "渋谷系 過去を未来に". The Nikkei (in Japanese). August 17, 2016. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "ベリッシマep | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Padua, Pat. "Belissima! – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Bellissima! | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.
  6. ^ "Bellissima! | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "ベリッシマ | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  8. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). September 5, 2016. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.