Couples (Pizzicato Five album)

Couples
Studio album by
Pizzicato Five
ReleasedApril 1, 1987 (1987-04-01)
Recorded1987
GenreShibuya-kei[1]
Length38:47
LabelCBS/Sony
ProducerPizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five chronology
Couples
(1987) 		Bellissima!
(1988)
Singles from Couples
  1. "Seven O'Clock News" / "They All Laughed"
    Released: February 22, 2017[2]

Couples (カップルズ) is the debut studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on April 1, 1987, by CBS/Sony.[3][4]

Couples was reissued on November 1, 1995,[5] along with an instrumental version of the album entitled A Quiet Couple.[6] On August 24, 2016, a remastered edition of Couples was released, which peaked at number 49 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press noted that "Couples often sounds like the soundtrack to a very corny '70s TV series, complete with tinkling bells, punchy brass and, of course, pizzicato strings."[8]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yasuharu Konishi, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Magical Connection" (マジカル・コネクション; lyrics by John Sebastian)Sebastian2:46
2."Summertime, Summertime" (サマータイム・サマータイム)Konishi3:35
3."They All Laughed" (皆笑った)Keitarō Takanami3:26
4."Serial Stories" (連載小説)Konishi4:18
5."The Apartment" (アパートの鍵)Takanami3:32
6."What Now Our Love" (そして今でも)Konishi3:28
7."Seven O'Clock News" (七時のニュース)Ryō Kamomiya2:25
8."Odd Couple and the Others" (おかしな恋人・その他の恋人)Kamomiya3:38
9."My Blue Heaven" (憂鬱天国)Konishi3:36
10."Party Joke" (パーティー・ジョーク)Takanami1:54
11."Two Sleepy People" (眠そうな二人)Konishi3:05
12."Everytime We Say Goodbye" (いつもさようなら)Takanami2:44
Total length:38:47

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 49

References

  1. ^ "渋谷系 過去を未来に". The Nikkei (in Japanese). August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "カップルズep | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "couples | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). "Pizzicato Five". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 10. Oxford University Press. p. 562. ISBN 0195313739.
  5. ^ "Couples | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "カップルズ「インストゥルメンタル」集 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "カップルズ | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  8. ^ "Pizzicato Five". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 29, 2024.

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