Couples (Pizzicato Five album)

Couples
Studio album by Pizzicato Five
Released	April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01)
Recorded	1987
Genre	Shibuya-kei[1]
Length	38:47
Label	CBS/Sony
Producer	Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five chronology
Couples (1987) Bellissima! (1988)
Singles from Couples
"Seven O'Clock News" / "They All Laughed" Released: February 22, 2017[2]

Couples (カップルズ) is the debut studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on April 1, 1987, by CBS/Sony.[3][4]

Couples was reissued on November 1, 1995,[5] along with an instrumental version of the album entitled A Quiet Couple.[6] On August 24, 2016, a remastered edition of Couples was released, which peaked at number 49 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press noted that "Couples often sounds like the soundtrack to a very corny '70s TV series, complete with tinkling bells, punchy brass and, of course, pizzicato strings."[8]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yasuharu Konishi, except where noted.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Magical Connection" (マジカル・コネクション; lyrics by John Sebastian)	Sebastian	2:46
2.	"Summertime, Summertime" (サマータイム・サマータイム)	Konishi	3:35
3.	"They All Laughed" (皆笑った)	Keitarō Takanami	3:26
4.	"Serial Stories" (連載小説)	Konishi	4:18
5.	"The Apartment" (アパートの鍵)	Takanami	3:32
6.	"What Now Our Love" (そして今でも)	Konishi	3:28
7.	"Seven O'Clock News" (七時のニュース)	Ryō Kamomiya	2:25
8.	"Odd Couple and the Others" (おかしな恋人・その他の恋人)	Kamomiya	3:38
9.	"My Blue Heaven" (憂鬱天国)	Konishi	3:36
10.	"Party Joke" (パーティー・ジョーク)	Takanami	1:54
11.	"Two Sleepy People" (眠そうな二人)	Konishi	3:05
12.	"Everytime We Say Goodbye" (いつもさようなら)	Takanami	2:44
Total length:			38:47

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	49

References

1. "渋谷系 過去を未来に". The Nikkei (in Japanese). August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
2. "カップルズep | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
3. "couples | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). "Pizzicato Five". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 10. Oxford University Press. p. 562. ISBN 0195313739.
5. "Couples | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
6. "カップルズ「インストゥルメンタル」集 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
7. "カップルズ | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
8. "Pizzicato Five". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 29, 2024.

External links

• Couples at Discogs (list of releases)