''Dress'' (stylized as "DRESS") is the twelfth

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by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on March 19, 1997, through

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. The album features a

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and

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-infused

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sound. Musicians

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and Tsuyoshi Kon performed instruments on the album as part of the recording band.

Commercial performance

''Dress'' debuted at number 18 on the

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, with 18,000 units sold in its first week. It charted in the top 100 for three weeks and sold a reported total of 31,000 copies during its run.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums Shizuka Kudo albums Pony Canyon albums