Peachberry

Peachberry
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 16, 1997 (1997-07-16)
Recorded1996–1997
StudioAbbey Road Studios[1]
Genre
Length54:05
LanguageJapanese
LabelOne Up Music
Producer
  • Yukio Seto
  • Shin Hashimoto
  • Yuichi Takahashi
Chisato Moritaka chronology
Taiyo
(1996)
Peachberry
(1997)
Kotoshi no Natsu wa More Better
(1998)
Singles from Peachberry
  1. "Gin'iro no Yume"
    Released: November 11, 1996 (1996-11-11)
  2. "Let's Go!"
    Released: February 25, 1997 (1997-02-25)
  3. "Sweet Candy"
    Released: June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11)

Peachberry (ピーチベリー, Pīchiberī) is the 11th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on July 16, 1997, by One Up Music. The album marked the 10th anniversary of Moritaka's music career. A limited edition release was packaged in a cardboard box and included 13 photographs; each with lyrics to a corresponding song.[2][3]

Peachberry draws inspiration from Moritaka's love of the Beatles' music, with some of the tracks recorded at Abbey Road Studios.[1] The song "Tony Slavin" is named after the Liverpool barber shop that the Beatles referenced in their 1967 song "Penny Lane".[4]

The album reached No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 322,000 copies.[5][6] It was also Moritaka's last studio album to be certified Gold by the RIAJ.[7]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka; all music is arranged by Yuichi Takahashi, except where indicated.

No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Sweet Candy (Album Version)"Yuichi Takahashi 4:52
2."My Anniversary" (Mai Anibāsarī (マイ・アニバーサリー))Takahashi 4:22
3."Oshare Fū" ((おしゃれ風(ふう), "Fashionable Wind"))MoritakaMoritaka4:14
4."Shintō Mekkyakusureba Himomata Suzushi" ((心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼し, "If You Destroy Your Heart, the Fire Will Cool Again"))Takahashi 3:33
5."Let's Go!"Hiromasa Ijichi 4:24
6."Anata wa Ninki Mono" ((あなたは人気者, "You Are a Popular Person"))Shin KōnoKōno4:57
7."Futsū no Shiawase" ((普通の幸せ, "Ordinary Happiness"))Chihiro Imai 4:47
8."Mitatōri yo Watashi" ((見たとおりよ私, "As You See Me"))MoritakaMoritaka3:34
9."Hoshi ni Negai wo" ((星に願いを, "Wish Upon a Star"))Ijichi 4:53
10."Kataomoi" ((片思い, "Unrequited Love"))KōnoKōno4:44
11."Tony Slavin"MoritakaMoritaka4:33
12."Clarinet Gensōkyoku (Instrumental)" (Kurarinetto Gensōkyoku (クラリネット幻想曲, "Clarinet Fantasy"))MoritakaMoritaka1:09
13."Gin'iro no Yume" ((銀色の夢, "The Silver Colored Dream"))Ijichi 4:03
Total length:54:05

Personnel

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  • Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums (all tracks), tambourine (2, 10), shaker (2), timbales (6), recorder (7), accordion (7), piano (8), kalimba (8), pianica (11), clarinet (12), percussion (13)
  • Yuichi Takahashi – guitar (1–2, 4–5, 7, 9–11, 13), keyboards (1–3, 5, 7–9, 11, 13)
  • Shin Hashimoto – piano (1–2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13), Fender Rhodes (1, 3, 5, 8), synthesizer (2, 5, 8–9), Wurlitzer (4), guitar (7, 11), kalimba (8), taishōgoto (13)
  • Shin Kōno – piano (6, 10), Fender Rhodes (6, 10), percussion (6), keyboards (10)
  • Yukio Seto – bass (1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 11, 13), guitar (1–7, 9–10, 13), conga (1), shaker (1, 6), bar chimes (5, 9–10), percussion (5, 13), djembe (8–9, 11), didgeridoo (8), timbales (9)
  • Masafumi Yokoyama – bass (6, 10)
  • Shuhei Miyachi – bell (4)
  • Toshio Araki – trumpet (6)
  • Kōji Nishimura – trumpet (6)
  • Masakuni Takeno – alto saxophone (6)
  • Takuo Yamamoto – tenor saxophone (6, 10), flute (6)
  • Masanori Hirohara – trombone (6)
  • Junko Yamashiro – bass trombone (6)
  • Something Else – backing vocals (2)
  • Nobutaka Okubo
  • Daisuke Itō
  • Chihiro Imai

Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 4

Certification

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[7] Gold 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b Moritaka, Chisato (2012-06-15). 森高千里LONDON未公開VideoClip ~♪出来るでしょ!!~. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ "PEACHBERRY". Kioku no Kiroku. The Federation of Music Publishers Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  3. ^ "森高千里". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. ^ Moritaka, Chisato (2012-07-14). 森高千里Liverpool未公開VideoClip ~♪Tony Slavin~. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  5. ^ a b "PEACHBERRY/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  6. ^ "森高千里". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  7. ^ a b "Japanese certifications – 森高 千里 – PEACHBERRY" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 24, 2021. Select 1997年7月 on the drop-down menu
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