Rise Me

Rise Me (stylized as Rise me) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on April 1, 1993, through Pony Canyon. Rise Me is Kudo's last album to be produced by Tsugutoshi Gotō. It yielded Kudo's best-selling single, "Dōkoku".

Rise Me
Studio album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedApril 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)
Genre
Length47:53
LabelPony Canyon
Producer
  • Yūzō Watanabe
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Best of Ballade: Empathy
(1992)		 Rise Me
(1993)		 Super Best
(1993)
Singles from Rise Me
  1. "Dōkoku"
    Released: February 3, 1993

Commercial performance

Rise Me debuted at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 58,000 units sold in its first week.[1] The album dropped four positions to number seven on its second week, with 41,000 copies sold.[2] It stayed at number seven the following week, selling 24,000 copies.[3] Rise Me charted in the top 100 for ten weeks, selling a reported total of 183,000 copies during its run.[4][5] It ranked at number 99 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.[6]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tsugutoshi Gotō.

No.TitleLyricsArranger(s)Length
1."Sayonara Lonely Korekkiri Lonely" (さよならLONELY これっきりLONELY, "Goodbye, Lonely, This Once, Lonely")
  • Tsugutoshi Gotō
5:14
2."Do Done"
  • Gotō
4:33
3."Kawaita Hana" (渇いた花, "Parched Flower")
  • Yoshiko Miura
  • Gotō
  • Naoki Takao
4:06
4."Kimi ga Tsubasa o Hirogeru Toki" (きみが翼をひろげるとき, "When You Spread Your Wings")
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Takao
5:57
5."Tanin no Machi" (他人の街, "Town of Strangers")
  • Gotō
4:26
6."Gong"
  • Miura
  • Gotō
4:18
7."Kanashimi no Ocean" (悲しみのOCEAN, "Ocean of Sadness")
  • Fumiko Okada
  • Gotō
  • Takao
4:50
8."Hot Body"
  • Yoshihiko Andō
  • Gotō
4:37
9."Sono Ato wa Ame no Naka" (そのあとは雨の中, "Afterwards, in the Rain")
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Takao
5:07
10."Dōkoku"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Takao
4:45
Total length:47:53

Charts
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[7] 3
Japan Yearly Albums (Oricon)[6] 99

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[8] Gold 183,000[4]

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

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)
  • CD
  • cassette
 Pony Canyon [9]
December 1, 1993 (1993-12-01)
  • APO-CD
 [9]
Various March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
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References
  1. "オリコン アルバム 1993.4.12". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. "オリコン アルバム 1993.4.19". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. "オリコン アルバム 1993.4.26". 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. "オリコン アルバム 1993年TOP100". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  7. "Rise me 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  8. ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. April 1993. Retrieved January 11, 2018. Select 1993年4月 on the drop-down menu
  9. "Release group "Rise me" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  10. "Rise me／工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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