Intimate (Shizuka Kudo album)

Intimate (stylized as intimate) is the fourth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on December 11, 1991, through Pony Canyon. The album features all singles released from "Koi Hitoyo" (1988) through "Metamorphose" (1991). The opening track, "Dare mo Shiranai Blue Angel" is a re-worked solo recording of an Ushirogami Hikaretai song by the same name released as a B-side to the single "Hora ne, Haru ga Kita" in 1988. The closing track is a new song entitled "Rashikunai", written specifically for the album by Kudo herself, under the pseudonym Aeri.

Intimate
Compilation album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedDecember 11, 1991 (1991-12-11)
Recorded1988–91
Genre
Length45:06
LabelPony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Mind Universe
(1991)		 Intimate
(1991)		 Trinity
(1992)

Commercial performance

Intimate debuted at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 131,000 units sold.[1] It dropped five positions to number nine on its second week, with 48,000 copies sold.[2] With sales of 51,000,[3] Intimate fell to number eleven the following week, where it stayed for two consecutive weeks, selling 25,000 copies on its fourth charting week.[4] The album stayed in the top twenty for two more weeks, charting at number 17 then number 19 and selling 16,000 and 15,000 copies, respectively.[5][6] Intimate spent eleven weeks in the top 100, selling a reported total of 321,000 copies during its chart run,[7][8] and ranked at number 52 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart for 1992.[9]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tsugutoshi Gotō except "Rashikunai" by Aeri.

No.TitleLyricsArranger(s)Length
1."Dare mo Shiranai Blue Angel" (誰も知らないブルーエンジェル, "Blue Angel Nobody Knows")
3:58
2."Metamorphose"
  • Gotō
4:15
3."Please"
  • Yoshiko Miura
  • Gotō
4:17
4."Boya Boya Dekinai"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
3:40
5."Watashi ni Tsuite"
4:07
6."Senryū no Shizuku"
  • Draw4
4:42
7."Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku"
  • Matsui
  • Draw4
3:56
8."Kōsa ni Fukarete"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
3:49
9."Arashi no Sugao"
  • Miura
  • Gotō
3:31
10."Koi Hitoyo"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
4:31
11."Rashikunai" (らしくない, "It's Unlike You")
  • Aeri
  • Gotō
4:20
Total length:45:06

Charts
Chart (1991–92) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[10] 4
Japan Yearly Albums (Oricon)[9] 52

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[11] Platinum 400,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan December 11, 1991 (1991-12-11)
Pony Canyon [12]
Various February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04)
[13]

References
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  2. "オリコン アルバム 1991.12.30". Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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  4. "オリコン アルバム 1992.1.20". Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  5. "オリコン アルバム 1992.1.27". Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  6. "オリコン アルバム 1992.2.3". Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  7. "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  8. "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 10, 2018.
  9. "オリコン アルバム 1992年TOP100". Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  10. "intimate 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  11. "Japanese album certifications – 工藤 静香 – Intimate" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved February 1, 2021. Select 1992年2月 on the drop-down menu
  12. "Release group "intimate" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  13. "intimate／工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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