Secret (Kumi Koda album)
| Secret | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Kumi Koda | ||||
| Released | February 9, 2005 April 13, 2005 (Special Editions) |
|||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 1:03:23 | |||
| Label |
Rhythm Zone RZCD-45181/B (Japan, CD+DVD) RZCD-45182 (Japan, CD) RZCD-45208/B (Japan, CD+SpecialDVD+Tank Top) RZCD-45209/B (Japan, CD+SpecialDVD+T-Shirt) RZCD-45210/B (Japan, CD+SpecialDVD) |
|||
| Producer | Max Matsuura | |||
| Kumi Koda chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Secret | ||||
|
||||
Secret (stylized as secret) is the fourth studio album released by Japanese R&B-turned-pop singer Kumi Koda released in February 2005. It charted at #3 on Oricon, giving her highest charting album at the time, and stayed on the charts for fifty-six weeks.
This album also jump-started Kumi's ero-kawaii/sexy-cute image, which she would become synonymous with. This style would later spread throughout Japan's high school community upon her release of Butterfly.
secret is the first predominately-pop album by Koda Kumi, with her first three albums, feel my mind, grow into one and affection, being R&B. Due to Kumi feeling most comfortable with the style she donned in Crazy 4 U, she created the "sexy-cute" style (known as ero-kawaii) for her a-sides used in secret. This is the style that she would become famous for and would garner both positive and negative attention.
While her sexy and cute image aided in increasing her popularity, it was met with both positive and negative reactions from the public and media. During her performance for Cutie Honey at Music Station, she donned the outfit she wore during the jazz parlor scenes in the music video. This outfit became heavily criticized, whereas revealing clothing was not worn by mainstream artists in Japan at the time.
On April 13, 2005, three "special editions" were released, which contained the music video for Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT and, depending on which "Special Edition for Live" was purchased, came with a t-shirt or a tank top.
...
Wikipedia