Expose_(Shizuka_Kudo_album)

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Expose (Shizuka Kudo album)

1994 studio album by Shizuka Kudo


Expose is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on September 7, 1994, through Pony Canyon. The album was recorded and mastered in Los Angeles. Expose is Kudo's first self-produced album. It yielded the two singles, "Blue Rose" and "Jaguar Line".

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Critical reception

Kudo was praised for her "headstrong" approach to the new "hard" sound of the album.[1] CDJournal critics positively noted Kudo's "exhilarated" vocal performance, describing it as a mix between a traditionally Japanese singing technique and a more Western influenced one. She received acclaim for tackling the "tightrope act of balancing these two opposite styles".[1]

Commercial performance

Expose debuted at number five on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 53,000 units sold in its first week.[2] The album dropped eight positions to number thirteen on its second week, with 29,000 copies sold.[3] It charted in the top 100 for eight consecutive weeks, selling a reported total of 124,000 copies during its run.[4][5]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Aeri

Charts

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Certification

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Release history

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References

  1. "工藤静香 / エクスポーズ". CDJournal. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. "オリコン アルバム 1994.9.19". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. "オリコン アルバム 1994.9.26". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  4. "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 11, 2018.
  5. "Expose 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  6. "Japanese album certifications – 工藤 静香 – Expose" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved January 29, 2021. Select 1994年9月 on the drop-down menu
  7. "Expose/工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

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