Gradation
Compilation album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedNovember 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)
Recorded1987–88
Genre
Length46:31
LabelPony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Shizuka
(1988)		 Gradation
(1988)		 Joy
(1989)

Gradation is the first compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on November 30, 1988, through Pony Canyon. The album includes all five singles released by Kudo at the time, from "Kindan no Telepathy" through "Mugon... Iroppoi", their coupling songs, as well as one new song, entitled "X'mas ga Ippai", recorded specifically for the compilation. Gradation was re-released in gold CD format on March 21, 1989.

Commercial performance

Gradation debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 182,000 units sold.[1] The album spent fourteen weeks in the top twenty, of which nine were spent in the top ten.[1] It charted in the top 100 for twenty-one weeks, logging a reported total sales of 600,000 copies during its chart run, making Gradation Kudo's best-selling album.[2][1] The compilation ranked at number nine on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart for the year 1989, marking her first and only entry into the year-end top ten.[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Tsugutoshi Gotō.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Mugon... Iroppoi"
3:55
2."Gunshū" (群衆, "Crowd")
  • Nakajima
4:30
3."Fu-ji-tsu"
  • Nakajima
3:48
4."Natsu ga Kureta Miracle" (夏がくれたミラクル, Natsu ga Kureta Mirakuru, "A Summer Miracle")
3:57
5."Daite Kuretara Ii no ni"
  • Matsui
5:07
6."Yoake ni Miokurarete" (夜明けに見送られて, "Seen Off by the Daybreak")
4:32
7."Again"
  • Akimoto
4:16
8."If" (Remix Version)
3:47
9."Kindan no Telepathy" (Remix Version)
  • Akimoto
3:47
10."Ai ga itai Yoru" (愛が痛い夜, "Nights When Love Hurts")
  • Akimoto
4:06
11."X'mas ga Ippai" (X'masがいっぱい, "Plenty of X'mas")
  • Matsui
4:46
Total length:46:31

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan November 30, 1988 Pony Canyon [6]
March 21, 1989 [6]
Various March 9, 2016 [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "オリコン アルバム 1989年TOP100". Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "gradation 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "gradation 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Release group "gradation" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "gradation／工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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