Trinity (Shizuka Kudo album)

Trinity is the seventh studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on March 18, 1992, through Pony Canyon. Trinity is Kudo's last album to be produced by Tsugutoshi Gotō. It yielded Kudo the single, "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai", which became one of Kudo's signature ballads. The album also includes one of Kudo's longest recorded songs, the album closer "Suterareta Neko Janai Kara", which runs for over seven minutes.

Trinity
Studio album by Shizuka Kudo
Released	March 18, 1992 (1992-03-18)
Genre	Pop
Length	53:09
Label	Pony Canyon
Producer	Yūzō Watanabe
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Intimate (1991) Trinity (1992) Best of Ballade: Empathy (1992)
Singles from Trinity
"Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai" Released: January 29, 1992

Commercial performance

Trinity debuted at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 99,000 units sold in its first week.[1] The album dropped eight positions to number eleven on its second week, with 41,000 copies sold.[2] It dropped to number nineteen the following week, selling 15,000 copies.[3] Trinity spent nine consecutive weeks in the top 100, selling a reported total of 200,000 copies during its run,[4][5] and ranked at number 91 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Tsugutoshi Gotō, except "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai" arranged by Gotō and Satoshi Kadokura.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"	Gorō Matsui	4:59
2.	"Moonlight no Sei Janai" (MOONLIGHTのせいじゃない, "Not the Moonlight's Fault")	Matsui	5:26
3.	"My Eyes"	Yoshiko Miura	4:55
4.	"Anata no Inai Keshiki" (あなたのいない風景, "A View Without You")	Yoshihiko Andō	5:28
5.	"Magic" (マジック, Majikku)	Aeri	4:21
6.	"News no Naka no Seishun" (ニュースの中の青春, Nyūsu no Naka no Seishun, "Youth in the News")	Andō	5:49
7.	"Kiri no Kanata e" (霧の彼方へ, "Beyond the Fog")	Miura	4:16
8.	"Futari ni Sasete" (ふたりにさせて, "Make It Two")	Chinfa Kang	5:12
9.	"Tasogare ga Yoru ni Naru" (黄昏が夜になる, "When Dusk Turns to Night")	Sayako Morimoto	5:04
10.	"Suterareta Neko Janai Kara" (捨てられた猫じゃないから, "I'm Not an Abandoned Cat")	Matsui	7:39
Total length:			53:09

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[7]	3
Japan Yearly Albums (Oricon)[6]	91

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[8]	Gold	200,000[4]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	March 18, 1992 (1992-03-18)	CD cassette	Pony Canyon	[9]
	December 1, 1993 (1993-12-01)	APO-CD		[9]
Various	February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04)	Digital download		[10]

References

1. "オリコン アルバム 1992.3.30". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
2. "オリコン アルバム 1992.4.6". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
3. "オリコン アルバム 1992.4.13". 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 1992年TOP100". Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
7. "Trinity 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. March 1992. Retrieved January 11, 2018. Select 1992年3月 on the drop-down menu
9. "Release group "Trinity" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
10. "Trinity／工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 11, 2018.