Shizuka (静香) is the second
studio album by Japanese singer
Shizuka Kudo. It was released on July 21, 1988, through
Pony Canyon. The
eponymous record is often cited as an
EP, despite being officially regarded as her second album. Shizuka is entirely written and composed by
Miyuki Nakajima and
Tsugutoshi Gotō, respectively. Nakajima recorded a cover of the fifth track, "Hadashi no Lion", for her album Otogibanashi: Fairy Ring (2002). Shizuka was re-issued in
gold CD on March 21, 1989, and later in APO-CD format on December 1, 1993.
Commercial performance
Shizuka debuted at number one on the
Oricon Albums Chart, with 69,000 units sold in its first week, making it Kudo's first album to reach the top of the chart. It spent six non-consecutive weeks in the top ten. The album charted in the top 100 for twenty weeks, selling a reported total of 265,000 copies during its run.[1][2]Shizuka was ranked number 35 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.[2]