Harvest (Shizuka Kudo album)

Harvest (stylized as HARVEST) is the second compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on December 6, 1989, through Pony Canyon, merely two months after the release of the album Karelia. Harvest features the singles "Koi Hitoyo", "Arashi no Sugao" and "Kōsa ni Fukarete", their B-sides, a few select tracks from Kudo's three studio albums released at the time, Mysterious, Shizuka and Joy, as well as a new song recorded and co-written by Kudo for the album.

Harvest
Compilation album by Shizuka Kudo
Released	December 6, 1989
Recorded	1988–89
Genre	Pop
Length	45:43
Label	Pony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Karelia (1989) Harvest (1989) Rosette (1990)

Commercial performance

Harvest debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 144,000 units sold.[1] It dropped three positions to number five the following week, with sales of 55,000 copies.[2] It slid next to number six, where it stayed for two consecutive weeks, selling 39,000 and 65,000 copies, respectively.[3][4] The album spent three more weeks inside the top ten and dropped out of the top twenty on its eleventh charting week. Harvest charted in the top 100 for twenty straight weeks, selling a reported total of 419,000 copies during its run.[5][6] It ranked at number 23 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart for the year 1990.[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Tsugutoshi Gotō.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Kōsa ni Fukarete"	Miyuki Nakajima	3:49
2.	"Akiko" (秋子)	Nakajima	3:56
3.	"Arashi no Sugao"	Yoshiko Miura	3:30
4.	"Eien no Bōhatei" (永遠の防波堤, "The Mole of Eternity")	Keiko Asō	4:27
5.	"Koi Hitoyo"	Gorō Matsui	4:31
6.	"Non-Stop"	Matsui	3:52
7.	"Mysterious" (ミステリアス, Misuteriasu)	Miura	4:56
8.	"Passage" (パッセージ, Passēji)	Miura	4:16
9.	"Shōko o Misete" (証拠をみせて, "Show Me Proof")	Nakajima	4:35
10.	"Kiseki no Shōzō" (奇跡の肖像, "Miraculous Portrait")	Masami Tozawa	3:30
11.	"Itsumademo Futari de..." (いつまでも 二人で…, "Always, Together...")	Aeri	4:21
Total length:			45:43

Charts

Chart (1989–90)	Peak position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[8]	2
Japan Yearly Albums (Oricon)[7]	23

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[9]	Platinum	400,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	December 6, 1989	CD cassette	Pony Canyon	[10]
Various	November 7, 2012	Digital download		[11]

References

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5. "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 12, 2018.
6. "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 12, 2018.
7. "オリコン アルバム 1990年TOP100". Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
8. "HARVEST 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
9. "Japanese album certifications – 工藤 静香 – Harvest" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved January 31, 2021. Select 1989年12月 on the drop-down menu
10. "Release group "HARVEST" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
11. "HARVEST／工藤静香". JP: Mora. Retrieved January 12, 2018.