Yōsui Inoue discography
Discography of a Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue
Album discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP)[1] |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Danzetsu (断絶) | 8 | Polydor Japan |
| Yōsui Two: Sentimental (陽水II~センチメンタル) | 10 | ||
| 1973 | Kōri no Sekai (氷の世界) | 1 | |
| 1974 | Nishoku no Koma (二色の独楽) | 1 | |
| 1976 | Shoutaijou no Nai Show (招待状のないショー) | 1 | For Life Records |
| 1978 | White | 3 | |
| 1979 | Sneaker Dancer | 3 | |
| 1980 | Every Night | 28 | |
| 1981 | Ayashii Yoru wo Matte (あやしい夜をまって) | 11 | |
| 1982 | Lion & Pelican (ライオンとペリカン Raion to Perikan) | 13 | |
| 1983 | Ballerina | 25 | |
| 1984 | 9.5 Carats | 1 | |
| 1987 | Negative | 5 | |
| 1990 | Handsome Boy | 2 | |
| 1992 | The Night Without a Guide (ガイドのいない夜 Gaido no Inai Yoru) | 7 | |
| 1993 | Under the Sun | 1 | |
| 1994 | Eien no Sur (永遠のシュール Eien no Shūru) | 7 | |
| 1997 | Shopping (with Tamio Okuda) (credited to InoueYosuiOkudaTamio) | 4 | For Life/Sony |
| 1998 | Kudan (九段) | 23 | For Life Records |
| 2001 | United Cover | 2 | For Life Music Entertainment |
| 2002 | Cassis | 12 | |
| Blue Selection | 20 | ||
| 2006 | Love Complex | 13 | |
| 2007 | Double Drive (with Tamio Okuda) (credited to InoueYosuiOkudaTamio) | 10 | For Life/Sony |
Live albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP)[1] |
Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Yōsui Live "Modori Michi" (陽水ライヴ もどり道) | 2 | Polydor Japan | |
| 1976 | Tokyo Washington Club (東京ワシントンクラブ) | 8 | For Life |
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| 1982 | Yōsui Live "Jearousy" | 48 |
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| 1986 | Clam Chowder | 6 | ||
| Stardust Rendez-vous: Live at Jingū | 3 | For Life/Kitty |
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Charting compilation albums
This is the list of the compilations by Yōsui Inoue that entered on the Oricon Weekly Albums (LP, audio cassette, and CD) Charts. Aside from the following releases, multiple compilation albums has come out to date.
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP)[1] |
Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Good Pages | 1 | Polydor Japan | Issued on LP only |
| Best Pages | 1 | Issued on cassette only | ||
| 1976 | Good Pages 2 | 24 | Issued on LP only | |
| 1978 | Your Sweet Yosui (ユア・スイート陽水) | 63 | For Life | |
| 1982 | So | 53 | Issued on LP and cassette | |
| Much | 50 | |||
| 1984 | A-Sides Collection (A面コレクション A-men Korekushon) | 64 | Issued on cassette only | |
| 1985 | Myoujou (明星) | 30 | Polydor Japan | |
| Heibon (平凡) | 12 | For Life | Including previously unreleased material | |
| 1987 | A-Sides Collection (A面コレクション A-men Korekushon) [Version II] | 27 | Issued on cassette only | |
| Re-View | 8 | Issued on CD only | ||
| 1997 | Best Collection | 81 | Polydor Japan | |
| 1999 | Golden Best | 1 | For Life | Expanded edition was limitedly released in 2003 |
| 2000 | Golden Bad | 38 | ||
| 2003 | Platinum Best: Early Times | 65 | ||
| 2008 | Best Ballade | 10 | Including previously unreleased material |
Other albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP)[1] |
Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Yōsui Seitan (陽水生誕) | 6 | Kaleidoscope |
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| 2008 | Hikigatari Passion (弾き語りパッション) | 13 | For Life | Compilation comprising the unreleased live recordings |
| 2014 | Utada Hikaru no Uta (宇多田ヒカルのうた－13組の音楽家による13の解釈について－) | 5 | Universal Music | Sakura Drops |
Singles
| Year | A-Side | B-Side(s) / Double A-Side | Chart positions (JP)[2] |
Label | Notes
?|"Gomen (御免)" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969|"Candre Mandre (カンドレ・マンドレ)" | "Endless is Endless (終りがないのは Owari ga Nai no wa)" | — | CBS Sony | credited to Andre Candre | |
| "Beautiful Wonderful Birds (ビューティフル・ワンダフル・バーズ)" | "In the Dark (闇の中で Yami no Naka de)" | — | |||
| 1970 | "Let Our Hearts Be (花にさえ、鳥にさえ)" | "Quiet Morning (さあ、おぬぎ Sā, Onugi)" | — | ||
| 1972 | "Jinsei ga Nido Areba (人生が二度あれば)" | "Danzetsu (断絶)" | — | Polydor | Reissued in 1989 |
| "Kasa ga Nai (傘がない)" | "Kansha Shirazu no On'na (感謝知らずの女)" | 69 | |||
| 1973 | "Yume no Naka e (夢の中へ)" | "Itsunomanika Shoujo wa (いつのまにか少女は)" | 19 | Reissued in 1989 | |
| "Kokoro Moyou (心もよう)" | "Kaerenai Futari (帰れない二人)" | 7 | |||
| 1974 | "Yamiyo no Kuni kara (闇夜の国から)" | "Danzetsu (いつもと違った春)" | 11 | ||
| "Yūdachi (夕立)" | "Zenmai Jikake no Kabutomushi (ゼンマイじかけのカブト虫)" | 15 | |||
| 1975 | "Gomen (御免)" | "Tabi kara Tabi (旅から旅)" | 29 | ||
| "Aozora, Hitorikiri (青空、ひとりきり)" | "Flight" | 8 | For Life | ||
| 1976 | "Good, Good-Bye" | "Kodomo e no Uta (子供への唄)" | 13 | ||
| 1977 | "Natsu Ganbou (夏願望)" | "Aozora, Hitorikiri (青空、ひとりきり)" "Shoutaijou no Nai Show (招待状のないショー)" "Kodomo e no Uta (子供への唄)" |
— | ||
| 1978 | "Aoi Yami no Keikoku (青い闇の警告)" | "Eiga ni Ikou (映画に行こう)" | 100 | ||
| "Miss Contest" | "Hachigatsu no Kyūka (八月の休暇)" [Single Ver.] | — | |||
| 1979 | "Nazeka Shanghai (なぜか上海)" | "Musume ga Nejireru Toki (娘がねじれる時)" | 87 | ||
| 1980 | "Bright Eyes" | "Kotae wa Understand (答えはUNDERSTAND)" | — | ||
| "Crazy Love" | "Sora wa Blue Angel (空はブルーエンジェル)" "Kotae wa Understand (答えはUNDERSTAND)" (1999 Reissue) |
— | Reissued in 1999 | ||
| 1981 | "Jealousy (ジェラシー)" | "Natsu Hoshi Kuzu (夏星屑)" | 14 | Reissued in 1988 | |
| "Kaze no Elegy (風のエレジー)" | "Umi wa Douda (海はどうだ)" | 55 | |||
| 1982 | "Riverside Hotel (リバーサイド ホテル)" | "Ore no Jimusho wa Camp (俺の事務所はCAMP)" | 11 | Reissued in 1988 | |
| "Tomadou Pelican (とまどうペリカン)" | "Music High" | 69 | |||
| 1983 | "Aisarete Bakari Iru to (愛されてばかりいると)" [Single Ver.] | "Senaka Made 45-fun (背中まで45分)" | 35 | ||
| "Yūwaku (誘惑)" [Single Edit] | "Frozen Eyes" | — | |||
| 1984 | "Kanashiki Koibito (悲しき恋人)" | "Dance no Chance (ダンスのチャンス)" | — | ||
| "Isso Serenade (いっそセレナーデ)" | "Speedy Night" | 4 | Reissued in 1988 | ||
| 1986 | "Atarashii Rhapsody (新しいラプソディー)" | "Dame na Melon (ダメなメロン)" | 25 | Reissued in 1996 and 2007 | |
| "Natsu no Owari no Harmony (夏の終わりのハーモニー)" | "Ore wa Shout! (俺はシャウト!)" | 6 | Kitty | with Anzen Chitai | |
| 1987 | "Why" | "Yureru Hanazono (揺れる花園)" | 63 | For Life | |
| 1988 | "Kon'ya Watashi ni (今夜、私に)" | "Koi wa Jibun Katte ni (恋は自分勝手に)" | 43 | ||
| 1989 | "Yume Ne Mi (夢寝見)" | "Beni Suberi (紅すべり)" | 37 | ||
| "Saigo no News (最後のニュース)" | "Back Side" | 57 | |||
| 1990 | "Shounen Jidai (少年時代)" | "Ara Washi no Uta (荒ワシの歌)" | 4 | RIAJ Certification: 4x Platinum | |
| 1991 | "Tokyo" | "Yume no Senaka (夢の背中)" | 76 | ||
| 1992 | "Musubi Kotoba (結詞)" [New Recording] | "No-Ichigo (野イチゴ)" [New Recording] | 33 | ||
| 1993 | "Gogatsu no Wakare (5月の別れ)" | "Be-Pop Juggler" | 27 | RIAJ Certification: Gold | |
| "Make-up Shadow" | "Present" | 2 | RIAJ Certification: 3x Platinum Reissued in 2006 | ||
| "Canadian Accordion" | "Hikiage Mono no Uta (引き揚げ者の唄)" | 35 | |||
| 1994 | "Ai wa Kimi (愛は君)" | "Akogare (断絶)" | 45 | Polydor | |
| "Idou Denwa (移動電話)" | "Kaminari to Kaze (カミナリと風)" | 36 | For Life | ||
| 1995 | "Usotsuki Diamonds (嘘つきダイアモンド)" | "Over Time" | 32 | ||
| 1997 | "Arigatou (ありがとう)" | "Wabisuke (侘び助)" [Outtake] | 10 | For Life Sony |
with Tamio Okuda(credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio) |
| 1998 | "Teenager" | "Tsumini no Nai Fune (積み荷のない船)" "Hawaiian Love Song" |
60 | For Life | |
| 2001 | "Coffee Rumba" | "Hoshi no Flamenco (星のフラメンコ)" "Domino" "Tabibito yo (旅人よ)" |
19 | RIAJ Certification: Gold | |
| "Hana no Kubikazari (花の首飾り)" | "Oyome ni Oide (お嫁においで)" | 12 | RIAJ Certification: Gold | ||
| "Kono Yo no Sadame (この世の定め)" | "Kegani (毛ガニ)" "Kyoto Tabemono Jijou (京都食べ物事情)" |
60 | |||
| 2002 | "Final Love Song" | "Yagi no Milk (ヤギのミルク)" | 43 | ||
| "Mori Hana Shojo Rin (森花処女林)" | "Kimerareta Rhythm (決められたリズム)" [Single Ver.] | — | |||
| "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa (飾りじゃないのよ涙は)" [New Recording] | "Kimerareta Rhythm (決められたリズム)" [Album Ver.] | 93 | For Life | ||
| 2005 | "Ai wo Utaou (愛を謳おう)" | "Oshiete Jīji (教えてジイジ)" | 65 | Universal | with Kiyoshirō Imawano |
| 2006 | "Atarashii Koi (新しい恋)" | "Nagai Neko (長い猫)" | 50 | For Life | |
| "Parallel Love" | "Christmas Vanilla Shake" | 9 | For Life Sony |
with Tamio Okuda(credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio) | |
| 2009 | "Love Rainbow" | "Love Lila" | 62 | For Life | |
In the history of Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart, Yōsui Inoue has produced 41 charting singles with sales of 4.8 million copies in total. 15 of them has sold more than 100,000 copies; "Yume no Naka e", "Kokoro Moyou", "Yamiyo no Kuni kara", "Yūdachi", "Aozora, Hitorikiri", "Good, Good-Bye", "Jealousy", "Riverside Hotel", "Isso Serenade", "Natsu no Owari no Harmony", "Shounen Jidai", "Make-up Shadow", "Arigatou", "Coffee Rumba", and "Hana no Kubikazari".
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Yosui Inoue Oricon Albums Chart listings". Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Albumd Chart Daijiten - (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- ↑ "Yōsui Inoue Oricon Singles Chart listings". Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-03-19.
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