This Year's Girl (album)

This Year's Girl (女性上位時代) is the fifth studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. It was released on September 1, 1991 by the Nippon Columbia imprint Seven Gods,[2] serving as the band's first album for Nippon Columbia. This Year's Girl is the first Pizzicato Five album to feature Maki Nomiya as lead vocalist. On the album, the band augmented their Shibuya-kei sound with elements of alternative dance and began to more fully incorporate sampling into their music.[3]

This Year's Girl
Studio album by Pizzicato Five
Released	September 1, 1991
Genre	Shibuya-kei
Length	61:06
Label	Seven Gods
Pizzicato Five chronology
Readymade Recordings (1991) This Year's Girl (1991) Sweet Pizzicato Five (1992)
Alternative cover
2006 reissue

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

This Year's Girl was reissued by Readymade Records on September 30, 2000 and March 31, 2006.[4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"This Year's Girl #4" (女性上位時代#4)			1:00
2.	"I" (私のすべて)	Yasuharu Konishi	Konishi	1:51
3.	"Ohayo" (お早よう)	Konishi	Konishi	5:07
4.	"Thank You" (サンキュー)	Konishi	Konishi	5:26
5.	"Let's Be Adult" (大人になりましょう)	Konishi	Konishi	3:36
6.	"This Year's Girl #5" (女性上位時代#5)			0:14
7.	"Baby Love Child" (ベイビィ・ラブ・チャイルド)	Konishi	Keitarō Takanami	3:42
8.	"Twiggy Twiggy" (トゥイギー・トゥイギー)	Nanako Sato	Sato	2:49
9.	"Twiggy vs. James Bond" (トゥイギー対ジェイムズ・ボンド)		Konishi	1:15
10.	"Gifted" (神様がくれたもの)	Maki Nomiya	Takanami	4:50
11.	"Party" (パーティー)	Yasushi Nakayama Ryōko Suzuki	Haruomi Hosono	4:32
12.	"Shiritori O Suru Koibito Tachi" (しりとりをする恋人たち)		Nomiya Haruo Kubota	4:16
13.	"Marble Index" (マーブル・インデックス)	Takanami	Takanami	3:57
14.	"Y.O.U." (きみになりたい)	Konishi	Konishi	4:33
15.	"Xxxxxxxxxman" (むずかしい人)	Nomiya	Takanami	3:53
16.	"Tokyo's Coolest Sound"	Konishi	Takanami	4:12
17.	"Birth of Cool" (クールの誕生)	Konishi	Konishi	3:47
18.	"This Year's Girl #6" (女性上位時代#6)		Konishi Nomiya Kubota	2:06
Total length:				61:06

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6]	55

References

1. Mills, Ted. "This Year's Girl – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
2. "女性上位時代 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
3. Rosean, Samuel (December 29, 2018). "A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
4. "女性上位時代 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
5. "女性上位時代 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
6. Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.

External links

• This Year's Girl at Discogs (list of releases)