Couples (Pizzicato Five album)

Couples is the debut studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on April 1, 1987 by CBS/Sony.[3]

Couples
Studio album by
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 was reissued on November 1, 1995,[4] alongside an instrumental version of the album entitled A Quiet Couple.[5] On August 24, 2016, a remastered edition of Couples was released, which peaked at number 49 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[6]

Track listing

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

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 49
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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. Larkin, Colin (2006). "Pizzicato Five". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 10. Oxford University Press. p. 562. ISBN 0195313739.
  4. "Couples | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "カップルズ | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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