Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Gradation Production Co: Pony Canyon/Golden Pony Cat#: GPJ 3064-4 also (D32A0409 on Pony Cayon label) Release: 1991/11/30 (?) Price: 3200yen Length: 46'37" (11 tracks) Track Data: 1 Mugo-n...Iroppoi 2 Gunshu 3 Fu-Ji-Tsu 4 Natsu-ga Kureta Miracle 5 Daite kuretara ii-noni 6 Yoake-ni Miokurarete 7 Again 8 If 9 Kindan-no Telepathy 10 Ai-ga Itai Yoru 11 Xmas-ga Ippai Goodies: Picture of Shizuka on disc, Jewelbox comes in a box-sleeve. Comments: Great Music, Voice. Catchy, great for Karaoke. Best tracks, 1 and 11 but all are great. (Roman Kolek: s925962@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU) ...I might also add this is her first "best" album, containing the A & B sides of her first 5 singles, plus a Christmas song which was to be released as a single (but obviously wasn't.) (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Rosette Production Co: Pony Canyon/Golden Pony Cat#: GPJ 3004-4 also ("PCCA-000555" on Pony Canyon label.) Release: 1990/4/4 (?) Price: 2800yen Length: 38'50" (8 tracks) Track Data: 1 Dandai (?) 2 Mirage-no Ryo 3 Unbeliever 4 Shunkan-no Umi 5 Getsuyobi-no Shitsu__ (can't read one kanji) 6 Kuchibiru kara Biyaku 7 Ai-no 8 Sunao-ni Itte Goodies: Early releases come in a Cardboard box (with jewelbox inside.) Comments: Great Music, voice. Great for Karaoke. Best tracks 1,5. (Roman Kolek: s925962@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU) IMHO, the 8 is the best of best, the most moving song of Kudoh Shizuka. The next may be 6, which is a side-A song of her single. Great music and consistent style. My best favorite album. (I like sentimental mellow music) (Patrick Yip: pckyip@Athena.MIT.EDU) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: unlimited Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat #: PCCA-00170 Release: 1990/11/14 Price: 3,200 yen Length: 50'47" (12 tracks) Track Data: 1 kindan no Telepathy 2 Again 3 daite kuretara ii noni 4 FU-JI-TSU 5 MUGO'n iroppoi 6 7 arashi no sugao 8 kousa ni fukarete 9 kuchibiru kara biyaku 10 senryuu no shizuku 11 watashi ni tsuite 12 koi mo you Goodies : Comments : The above album is provided by friend and the following comments are written by my friend : This is the first of Shizuka's collection of her songs and it is also great in quantity. This collection collects most hit songs of Shizuka and also most songs in this collection were on her best 10 songs in Japan. This is a great collection compare to others. If you are interested in great music and easy listening, this is the one I recommend you to try. This collection contains her hit songs from 1987-90 including her first hit FU-JI-TSU. Again, "daite kuretara" and her first No. 1 single of Japanese charts. This collection got best selling in Japan and Hong Kong. My favourites are 2,3,4,6,7,9, 10,12 but actually all are great. Recently, Shizuka came to Hong Kong and set up her first fan club there at the end of July, 1992. (Sing Chung Chau : umchau22@ccu.umanitoba.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Empathy - Best of Ballade Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat #: PCCA-00406 Release: 1992/11/20 Price: 3200yen Length: 53'29" (11 tracks) Track Data: <translation> <comments> 1. Koe wo kikasete Let Me Hear Your Voice 2. Kanojo kara... From Her... 3. Mirai no takara Future Treasures 4. Garasu no sanku chuari Glass Sanctuary (from "Joy") 5. Kizuna Ties That Bind 6. Ki no nai RARABAI Lackluster Lullaby 7. Gunshuu Crowds (from "Gradation") 8. Mizu umi The Lake (from "Korelia") 9. Forever 10.Me chakucha ni naite shimaitai Crying Me Eyes Out (from "Trinity") 11.X'mas Night Goodies: Comes in a completely transparent jewel case. IMO, a picture of Shizuka's "cute" side is shown after removing the CD. Also, the songbook contains some nice, glossy pictures of her. Comments: As the title states, this is a collection of her best ballads. As I have only listened to "Unlimited", "Shizuka" and parts of "Mysterious", I cannot give references to which albums the songs are taken from. In general, it is a fairly mellow album and is perfect for easy listening. IMHO, tracks 2-4, 6-11 are the best, but all are good! Additionally, "Crying My Eyes Out" was sung by her in the 2nd half of this years Red & White Contest. A must for all Kudo fans. (Pak-Cheung (Stanley) Chu: stanley@io.org) Goodies: Recently, Shizuka has a long distance call interview with Hong Kong top hit radio DJ and it plays it on air. The program also has a prize for the audience. If you win the prize you can get a letter which is written by Shizuka from Japan. Unbelievable!! Who will be the lucky one?!?! Comments: This is the new collection of Shizuka. There are only 4 songs appear on the former album and the other is the new songs. This album is definitely an empathy album because all songs in this album are soft and mellow. Especially good listening for relax and night, track #2 is the one she performs a solo in her concert'92. Recently, this album is reaching the platinum selling in Hong Kong. If you want to listen to a good mellow music and voice of Shizuka, this is the one you are looking for. My favourite in this album is (1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11). All are great!!! (Sing Chung Chau:umchau22@ccu.UManitoba.CA) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Shizuka Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: D22A0378 Release: 1988/09/30 Price: 2060 yen Length: <??'??"> (5 tracks) Track Data: 1. Shouko o misete 2. Sayonara no gyakusetsu 3. FU-JI-TSU 4. Buririyanto Howaito (Brilliant White) 5. Hadashi no raion Goodies: A few nice pics that I've scanned and ftp'd to ferkel. Comments: Contains her smash hit "FU-JI-TSU". IMHO, tracks 1,3 and 5 are the best but all are good. Pretty good album, but just a tad short in length. (Pak-Cheung (Stanley) Chu: stanley@io.org) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Intimate Production co: pony canyon Cat #: pcca-00330 Release: 1991-12-11 Price: 3,200 yen Length: 45'10" (11 tracks) Track Data: 1. daremo shiranai buruu enjeru 2. metamorphose 3. please 4. boya boya dekinai 5. watashi ni tsuite 6. senruu no shizuku 7. kuchibiru kara biyaku 8. koosa ni fukarete 9. arashi no sugao 10. koi hitoyo 11. ra shi ku na i Goodies: Recently, Shizuka has released a new video called "koe o kikasete". Actually, the video is the concert '92 of Shizuka. The most good news is Shizuka is planning to have a concert in Hong Kong this year. The time is not sure. Most likely will be in the spring or summer time. So, check it out, fans!!!!! Comments: This is another collection of Shizuka. This one got most of her hit songs from 1988-91. There are seven no.1 singles in this collection and the last song (ra shi ku na i) is the one she performs a solo in her concert '91. Most of the songs in this collection are good for dance and listening, and this collection is the best selling in both Japan & Hong Kong! Track #3 has another version from the Hong Kong pop singer Leon Lai, the song appears on his new album "I love you OK ?!". The name of the song is called "Let's hold together in dreams". This collection has great music, great voice & great production. All are great! (a friend of: umchau22@ccu.UManitoba.CA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Mysterious Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: D30A0347 Release: 88/03/31 Price: ?? yen Length: 37'21" (8 tracks) Track Data: 1 kanashimi no ETORANSE 2 Mysterious 3 kindan no TEREPASHI- (telepathy) 4 arashi no yoru no SERENA-DE (serenade) 5 PASSE-JI (passage) 6 WAIN hito kuchi no kyo 7 Again 8 subete ha sore kara Goodies: standard jewel box Comments: Generally a very good Cd. Out of the various Shizuka Cd's I've heard, this is my favourite. Especially songs #1 and #4. Some of the songs seems to have too much reverb for my taste, that is they dont have that rawness that you get in a live show. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Kudo Shizuka Title: Harvest Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: PCCA-00029 Release: 89/??/?? Price: ?? yen Length: (11 tracks) Track Data: 1 kousha ni fukarete 2 akiko 3 arashi no sugao 4 eien no bouhatei 5 koi ichi yoru 6 Non-Stop 7 MISUTERIASU (Mysterious) (from: Mysterious) 8 PASSE-JI (Passage) (from: Mysterious) 9 shouko wo misete (from: Shizuka) 10 kiseki no shouzou (from: Joy) 11 itsumademo futari de ... Goodies: standard jewel box, but some nice pictures inside Comments: This CD features a couple of songs from previous albums as well as some original songs. We get a softer version of "Passage", we also have less of that reverb problem I mentioned about the "Myterious" CD. My favourite song in this one is "Akiko". You can find this song romanize and translated by me, and available on ftp. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------