Larme de Crocodile

Larme de Crocodile
Studio album by Kahimi Karie
Released	March 25, 1997 (1997-03-25)
Genre	Shibuya-kei
Length	41:26
Label	Crue-L
Producer	Kahimi Karie Yasuharu Konishi Coba Momus Philippe Katerine Aiha Higurashi
Kahimi Karie chronology
Larme de Crocodile (1997) K.K.K.K.K. (1998)
Singles from Larme de Crocodile
"Tiny King Kong" Released: February 14, 1997[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Larme de Crocodile (クロコダイルの涙, transl. Crocodile Tears) is the debut studio album by Japanese musician Kahimi Karie. It was released on March 25, 1997 by Crue-L Records.[3]

Background

Released after a string of six EPs, Larme de Crocodile draws from several musical genres, including jazz, French chanson and electronic music. Karie explained that with the album, she "wanted to make really, really melancholic music, to be alone".[4]

Larme de Crocodile features five songs written by Scottish musician Momus, including two with music by accordionist Coba. Momus' own recording of one of these songs, "Lolitapop Dollhouse", appears on his album Ping Pong, released the same year. Larme de Crocodile also features collaborations with Yasuharu Konishi of Pizzicato Five, Aiha Higurashi of Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her and French musician Philippe Katerine.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Alcohol"	Yasuharu Konishi	5:52
2.	"Superfreak"	Coba Momus	4:36
3.	"David Hamilton"	Momus	4:15
4.	"Electrophone"	Philippe Katerine	2:36
5.	"Paris, Texas"	Aiha Higurashi	2:59
6.	"Lolitapop Dollhouse"	Momus	4:09
7.	"Tiny King Kong"	Coba Momus	5:17
8.	"Cat from the Future"	Momus	5:14
9.	"Watashi no Jinsei, Jinsei no Natsu" (私の人生、人生の夏)	Konishi	4:46
10.	"Les Leçons de français"	Katerine	1:42
Total length:			41:26

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	40

References

1. "Tiny King Kong | カヒミ・カリィ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
2. Mills, Ted. "Larme de Crocodile – Kahimi Karie". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
3. "クロコダイルの涙 | カヒミ・カリィ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
4. Lafreniere, Steve (1999). "Kahimi Karie". Index Magazine. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

External links

• Larme de Crocodile at Discogs (list of releases)