Stop Motion (EP)

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Stop Motion
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Released24 June 1992 (EMI Music Japan)
2 February 1994 (B-Gram Records)
Recorded1991–1992
Genre Japanese pop
Length34 minutes
Label B-Gram
Producer Daiko Nagato
Maki Ohguro chronology
Stop Motion
(1992)
Da Da Da
(1993)
Singles from Stop Motion
  1. "Stop Motion"
    Released: 27 May 1992

Stop Motion is the debut EP by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro released on 24 June 1992 under EMI Music Japan. [1]

Contents

Album

The album consist of one previously released single, same titled with new arrangement and 6 newly recorded songs.

Promotion

Singles

"Stop Motion" is a Ohguro's debut single released on 27 May 1992 under EMI Music Japan. The single is a cover of the song, originally written for the japanese singer Silk released in 1991 under title Stop Motion:Eien Ni. [2] The single served as a theme song to the japanese television drama "Onna Jiken Kisha Tachibana Keiko". [3] The single has debuted very poorly, only at number 67 on the Oricon Album Weekly Charts and overall 19k copies.

Others

The song "Stay" has been originally recorded in 1991 and used as an insert theme song to the japanese television drama Hotel Woman. [3] It was previously included on its television soundtrack release. [4]

Chart performance

The album reached No. 58 rank first week and charted for two weeks and selling a 9,000 copies. [5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Maki Ohguro; all music is composed by Maki Ohguro.

No.TitleArrangersLength
1."Aitsu ni Say (あいつにSAY)" Takeshi Hayama 3:46
2."Stop Motion" (album version) Masao Akashi 5:11
3."That's Ike Ike Sengen!! (That's イケイケ宣言!!)" Daisuke Ikeda 4:19
4."Time&Time"Hayama5:25
5."Kaze ni Fukarete (風に吹かれて)"Hayama5:36
6."Futari (ふたり)"Ikeda5:26
7."Stay"Akashi4:24
Total length:34:11

Release history

YearFormat(s)Serial numberLabel(s)Ref.
1992CDTOCT-6503EMi Music Japan-
1994CDBGCH-1009 B-Gram Records -
2019digital download, streaming- B Zone [6]

References

  1. "大黒摩季 Discograohy". B Zone. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. "90年代を代表する"自立系女性アーティスト"大黒摩季". barks. January 9, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "Stop Motion (大黒摩季) 1992". B Zone. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  4. "「ホテルウーマン」オリジナル・サウンドトラック[再発]". CD Journal. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. "STOP MOTION (1992)". oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  6. "STOP MOTION (2019 Remastered)". mora.co.jp (in Japanese). December 31, 2019.