Expose (Shizuka Kudo album)

Expose is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on September 7, 1994, through Pony Canyon. The album was recorded and mastered in Los Angeles. Expose is Kudo's first self-produced album. It yielded the two singles, "Blue Rose" and "Jaguar Line".

Expose
Studio album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1994 (1994-09-07)
Genre
Length53:39
LabelPony Canyon
Producer
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Super Best
(1993)		 Expose
(1994)		 Purple
(1995)
Singles from Expose
  1. "Blue Rose"
    Released: March 18, 1994
  2. "Jaguar Line"
    Released: July 21, 1994

Critical reception

Kudo was praised for her "headstrong" approach to the new "hard" sound of the album.[1] CDJournal critics positively noted Kudo's "exhilarated" vocal performance, describing it as a mix between a traditionally Japanese singing technique and a more Western influenced one. She received acclaim for tackling the "tightrope act of balancing these two opposite styles".[1]

Commercial performance

Expose debuted at number five on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 53,000 units sold in its first week.[2] The album dropped eight positions to number thirteen on its second week, with 29,000 copies sold.[3] It charted in the top 100 for eight consecutive weeks, selling a reported total of 124,000 copies during its run.[4][5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Aeri.

No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Blue Rose"
  • Takashi Tsushimi
  • Taisuke Sawachika
4:38
2."Sameteku Oto" (冷めてく音, "Cooled Sound")
  • Ichirō Hada
  • Hada
4:59
3."Yume" (夢, "Dream")
  • Sawachika
5:44
4."Boku Yoru Ii Hito to..." (僕よりいい人と…, "With Someone Better Than Me...")
  • Tsushimi
  • Sawachika
5:06
5."Naked Love"
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
  • Sawachika
4:54
6."Jazzy na Koneko" (Jazzyな子猫, "Jazzy Kitten")
  • Hada
3:58
7."Adamas (Seifuku Sarezaru Mono)" (Adamas～征服されざる者, "Adamas (The Unconquerable)")
  • Hada
  • Hada
4:01
8."I'm Nothing to You"
  • Matsumoto
  • Hada
6:29
9."Step"
  • Asuka
  • Sawachika
4:29
10."Pain"
  • Suzuki
  • Sawachika
5:15
11."Jaguar Line"
  • Masaya Ozeki
  • Hada
4:06
Total length:53:39

Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[6] 5

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[7] Gold 124,000[4]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan August 2, 1994 (1994-08-02)
  • CD
  • cassette
 Pony Canyon [8]
Various January 1, 2013 (2013-01-01)
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References
  1. "工藤静香 / エクスポーズ". CDJournal. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. "オリコン アルバム 1994.9.19". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. "オリコン アルバム 1994.9.26". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Expose 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  7. ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 1994. Retrieved January 11, 2018. Select 1994年9月 on the drop-down menu
  8. "Release group "Expose" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  9. "Expose／工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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