Strange Fruits

Strange Fruits (ストレンジ・フルーツ, Sutorenji Furūtsu) is the seventh studio album by Chara, which was released on March 17, 1999.^[1] It debuted at #3 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for 9 weeks.^[2]

Chara self-produced this album.^[3] Three singles prior to this album's release: "Duca", "Hikari to Watashi" and "70% (Yūgure no Uta)". "Duca" and "Hikari to Watashi" were both released in 1998, while "70% (Yūgure no Uta)" was released a month before the album's release. "Hikari to Watashi" was used as the commercial song for Warner-Lambert Calorio diet pills in 1998. An album track, Atashi wa Koko yo (あたしはここよ, I'm Here), was used in Snow Brand Liebender ice-cream commercials.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Atashi wa Koko yo (あたしはここよ, I'm Here)"	Chara	Chara	Towa Tei, Ayumi Obinata	3:32
2.	"Hikari to Watashi (光と私, The Light and Me)"	Chara	Chara, Tomoyuki Ishikawa	Aurora Band	5:45
3.	"Ano Ie ni Kaerō (あの家に帰ろう, Let's Go Back to That House)"	Chara, Tadanobu Asano	Chara	Yukio Nagoshi	4:04
4.	"70% (Yūgure no Uta) (70%—夕暮れのうた, 70% (Evening Song))"	Chara	Chara, Zentarō Watanabe	Zentarō Watanabe	4:11
5.	"Oblate (オブラート)"	Chara, Tadanobu Asano	Chara	Yukio Nagoshi	4:18
6.	"Duca"	Chara	Chara, Shinichi Igarashi	Aurora Band	4:00
7.	"Onna no Ko no Heya (女の子の部屋, Girl's Room)"	Chara	Chara, Yukio Nagoshi, Asa-Chang	Aurora Band	2:45
8.	"Aishiteiru to Seijitsu ni Me ni Katare (あいしていると誠実に目に語れ, Truly Tell Me You Love Me with Your Eyes)"	Chara	Chara	Takeshi Watanabe	3:34
9.	"Hanashite Tōtoi Sono Mirai no Koto o (話して尊いその未来のことを, Talk About That Precious Future)"	Chara	Chara, Tomoyuki Ishikawa	Aurora Band	6:14
10.	"Tsutawatte (つたわって, Walking Along)"	Chara	Chara	Aurora Band	3:57
11.	"Nande Sonna Koto o Saseru no? Boku ni (なんでそんなことをさせるの?僕に, Why Do You Make Me Do Such Things?)"	Chara	Chara	David Motion	3:51

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks	Sales
July 18, 1998	"Duca"	25 (Oricon)	5	43,760
October 21, 1998	"Hikari to Watashi"	17 (Oricon)	5	53,630
February 17, 1999	"70% (Yūgure no Uta)"	36 (Oricon)	3	21,630

Japan Sales Rankings

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 17, 1999	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	3
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	3	164,010	317,310	9 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	74

References

↑ "Sony Music Online Japan : Strange Fruits". Retrieved 2009-10-29.
↑ "Strange Fruits/Chara". Retrieved 2009-10-27.
↑ "Strange Fruits/Chara 音楽/CD – Tsutaya online". Retrieved 2009-10-29.

Chara

Discography

Studio albums	Sweet Soul Kiss Violet Blue Happy Toy Junior Sweet Strange Fruits Madrigal Yoake Mae Something Blue Union Honey Carol Dark Candy Cocoon

Compilation albums	Chara the Best Baby Baby Baby XXX Caramel Milk: The Best of Chara Sugar Hunter: The Best Love Songs of Chara

Extended plays	Kiss Utakata

Other albums	Montage Live 97–99 Mood A Scenery Like Me

Singles	"Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)" "Yasashii Kimochi" "70% (Yūgure no Uta)" "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange" "Let Me Know" "Sekai" "Breaking Hearts"

Related articles	Mean Machine Picnic Swallowtail

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