Pepper Keibu (album)

Pepper Keibu
Pepper Keibu
Studio album by Pink Lady
Released	January 25, 1977
Recorded	1975
Genre	J-pop; kayōkyoku; disco; teen pop;
Language	Japanese
Label	Victor
Producer	Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady chronology
Singles from Pepper Keibu
	"Pepper Keibu"; Released: August 25, 1976; "S.O.S."; Released: November 25, 1976;

Pepper Keibu (ペッパー警部, Peppā Keibu, lit. Inspector Pepper) is the debut album by Japanese idol duo Pink Lady, released through Victor Entertainment on January 25, 1977. It contains their first two singles: the title track and "S.O.S.", as well as Japanese-language covers of Bay City Rollers songs.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The cassette and 8-track versions were released as Pink Lady wo Dōzo (ピンク・レディをどうぞ, Pinku Redī wo Dōzo, Pink Lady Please).^[5]

The album peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and sold over 135,000 copies, with the cassette/8-track releases selling an additional 5,000 copies.^[6]^[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yū Aku, except where indicated; all music is composed by Shunichi Tokura, except where indicated

Side A
No.	Title	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Pepper Keibu" (Peppā Keibu (ペッパー警部, "Inspector Pepper"))	Tokura	3:17
2.	"Inspiration" (Insupirēshon (インスピレーション) (Kei solo))	Katsunori Ishida	3:51
3.	"Kanpai Ojōsan" ((乾杯お嬢さん, "Cheers, Miss"))	Tokura	3:12
4.	"Pink no Ringo" (Pinku no Ringo (ピンクの林檎, "Pink Apple"))	Tokura	3:03
5.	"Yūutsubi" ((ゆううつ日, "Day of Depression") (Mie solo))	Ishida	3:32
6.	"S.O.S."	Tokura	2:45

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arrangement	Length
1.	"I Only Want to Be with You" (Futaridake no Dēto (二人だけのデート, "Date for Two"))	Fumiko Okada Mike Hawker Ivor Raymonde	Akano Tachio	3:49
2.	"Keep on Dancing" (Asa Made Odorō (朝まで踊ろう, "Let's Dance till the Morning"))	Okada Allen A. Jones Andrew Love Richard Shann	Ishida	2:54
3.	"Money Honey" (Manī Hanī (マネー・ハニー))	Okada Eric Faulkner Stuart Wood	Ishida	3:45
4.	"Angel Baby" (Enjeru Beibī (エンジェル・ベイビー))	Okada Faulkner Wood	Ishida	4:05
5.	"Rock and Roll Love Letter" (Rokkun Rōru Rabu Retā (ロックン・ロール・ラブレター))	Okada Tim Moore	Tachio	2:57
6.	"Bye Bye Baby" (Bai Bai Beibī (バイ・バイ・ベイビー))	Okada Bob Gaudio Bob Crewe	Ishida	2:44

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[6]^[7]	2

References

^ "ピンク・レディー". Idol.ne.jp. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ "ピンク・レディー / ペッパー警部 [紙ジャケット仕様] [限定]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ "ピンク・レディー/ペッパー警部 | PINK LADY ピンク・レディー". Disk Union. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ "Pink Lady Albums". Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
^ ピンク・レディをどうぞ at Discogs
^ ^a ^b "ペッパー警部 | ピンク・レディー". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ ^a ^b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Pink Lady" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

External links

Official website
Pepper Keibu at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Pepper Keibu at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] "ピンク・レディー". Idol.ne.jp. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[2] "ピンク・レディー / ペッパー警部 [紙ジャケット仕様] [限定]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[3] "ピンク・レディー/ペッパー警部 | PINK LADY ピンク・レディー". Disk Union. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[JPNO-4] "Pink Lady Albums". Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

[5] ピンク・レディをどうぞ at Discogs

[Oricon-6] "ペッパー警部 | ピンク・レディー". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[Yamachan-7] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Pink Lady" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

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