Trinity (Shizuka Kudo album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Trinity

| type = studio

| artist = Shizuka Kudo

| cover = Trinity Cover Art.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1992|3|18}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop}}

| length = {{Duration|m=53|s=9}}

| label = Pony Canyon

| producer = {{hlist|Yūzō Watanabe}}

| prev_title = Intimate

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Best of Ballade: Empathy

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Trinity

| type = studio

| single1 = Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai

| single1date = January 29, 1992

}}

}}

Trinity is the seventh studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on March 18, 1992, through Pony Canyon. Trinity is Kudo's last album to be produced by Tsugutoshi Gotō. It yielded Kudo the single, "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai", which became one of Kudo's signature ballads. The album also includes one of Kudo's longest recorded songs, the album closer "Suterareta Neko Janai Kara", which runs for over seven minutes.

Commercial performance

Trinity debuted at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 99,000 units sold in its first week.{{cite web|title=オリコン アルバム 1992.3.30|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/920330a.html|accessdate=January 11, 2018}} The album dropped eight positions to number eleven on its second week, with 41,000 copies sold.{{cite web|title=オリコン アルバム 1992.4.6|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/920406a.html|accessdate=January 11, 2018}} It dropped to number nineteen the following week, selling 15,000 copies.{{cite web|title=オリコン アルバム 1992.4.13|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/920413a.html|accessdate=January 11, 2018}} Trinity spent nine consecutive weeks in the top 100, selling a reported total of 200,000 copies during its run,{{cite web|title=工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース|url=http://www.idolpopdatabase.com/custom812.html|accessdate=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web|title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」|trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju'|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp|work=Oricon|url-access=subscription |accessdate=January 11, 2018}} and ranked at number 91 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.{{cite web|title=オリコン アルバム 1992年TOP100|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1992a.html|accessdate=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106015402/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1992a.html|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Tsugutoshi Gotō, except "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai" arranged by Gotō and Satoshi Kadokura.

{{Track listing

| title1 = Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai

| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Gorō Matsui}}

| length1 = 4:59

| title2 = Moonlight no Sei Janai

| note2 = {{Nihongo2|MOONLIGHTのせいじゃない}}, "Not the Moonlight's Fault"

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Matsui}}

| length2 = 5:26

| title3 = My Eyes

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Yoshiko Miura}}

| length3 = 4:55

| title4 = Anata no Inai Keshiki

| note4 = {{Nihongo2|あなたのいない風景}}, "A View Without You"

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Yoshihiko Andō}}

| length4 = 5:28

| title5 = Magic

| note5 = {{Nihongo2|マジック}}, Majikku

| lyrics5 = Aeri

| length5 = 4:21

| title6 = News no Naka no Seishun

| note6 = {{Nihongo2|ニュースの中の青春}}, Nyūsu no Naka no Seishun, "Youth in the News"

| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Andō}}

| length6 = 5:49

| title7 = Kiri no Kanata e

| note7 = {{Nihongo2|霧の彼方へ}}, "Beyond the Fog"

| lyrics7 = {{hlist|Miura}}

| length7 = 4:16

| title8 = Futari ni Sasete

| note8 = {{Nihongo2|ふたりにさせて}}, "Make It Two"

| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Chinfa Kan}}

| length8 = 5:12

| title9 = Tasogare ga Yoru ni Naru

| note9 = {{Nihongo2|黄昏が夜になる}}, "When Dusk Turns to Night"

| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Sayako Morimoto}}

| length9 = 5:04

| title10 = Suterareta Neko Janai Kara

| note10 = {{Nihongo2|捨てられた猫じゃないから}}, "I'm Not an Abandoned Cat"

| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Matsui}}

| length10 = 7:39

| total_length = {{Duration|m=53|s=9}}

}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Chart (1992)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon){{cite web|title=Trinity 工藤静香|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/206047/products/173048/1/|work=Oricon|accessdate=January 11, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

scope="row"| Japan Yearly Albums (Oricon)

| style="text-align:center;"|91

Certification

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=工藤 静香|title=Trinity|relyear=1992|award=Gold|certyear=1992|certmonth=3|refname=riaj|domestic=true|salesamount=200,000|salesref=}}

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Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Japan

| {{Start date|1992|3|18}}

| {{hlist|CD|cassette}}

| rowspan="3" | Pony Canyon

| {{cite web|title=Release group "Trinity" by 工藤静香|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/23f0b9f5-88b4-4c86-99f4-20b932cacc0d|publisher=MusicBrainz|accessdate=January 11, 2018}}

{{Start date|1993|12|1}}

| {{hlist|APO-CD}}

|

scope="row" | Various

| {{Start date|2015|2|4}}

| {{hlist|Digital download}}

| {{cite web|title=Trinity/工藤静香|url=http://mora.jp/package/43000004/PCCA-00352/|publisher=Mora|location=JP|accessdate=January 11, 2018}}

References

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{{Shizuka Kudo}}

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Category:1992 albums

Category:Shizuka Kudo albums

Category:Pony Canyon albums