Challenge Concert

Challenge Concert (チャレンジ・コンサート, Charenji Konsāto) is the first live album by Japanese idol duo Pink Lady, released through Victor Entertainment on June 5, 1977. It was recorded live at the duo's debut concert at Tokyo Yūbin Chokin Kaikan on March 31, 1977.[1][2][3][4]

Challenge Concert
Live album by
Pink Lady
ReleasedJune 5, 1977 (1977-06-05)
RecordedMarch 31, 1977 (1977-03-31)
VenueTokyo Yūbin Chokin Kaikan
Genre
Length74:39
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelVictor
ProducerHisahiko Iida
Pink Lady chronology
Pepper Keibu
(1976)		 Challenge Concert
(1977)		 Summer Fire '77
(1977)

The album became the duo's first No. 1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, selling over 160,000 copies.[5][6]

Track listing
CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Opening ~ Keep On Dancing" (Ōpuningu ~ Asa Made Odorō (オープニング　～朝まで踊ろう, "Opening ~ Let's Dance in the Morning"))
5:25
2."Medley I (メドレー I, Medorē Wan)
7:22
3."Pepper Keibu" (Peppā Keibu (ペッパー警部, "Inspector Pepper"))
3:19
4."Rock and Roller Coaster" (Rokkun Rōrā Kōsutā (ロックン・ローラー・コースター))
2:52
5."Nigai Namida" ((にがい涙, "Bitter Tears"))
4:52
6."Jolene" (Jorīn (ジョリーン))Dolly Parton2:53
7."Things" (Hatsukoi no Namikimichi (初恋の並木道))Bobby Darin2:14
8."Feelings" (Fīringu (フィーリング))
2:53
9."Take Me Home, Country Roads" (Kantorī Rōdo (カントリー・ロード))
3:34
10."Sir Duke" (Aisuru Deyūku (愛するデューク))Stevie Wonder5:58
11."Motown Story (モータウン・ストーリー, Mōtaun Sutōrī)
  • "Motown Overture" (モータウン・オーバチュア, Mōtaun Ōbachua)
  • "Money (That's What I Want)" (マネー, Manē)
  • "Please Mr. Postman" (プリーズ・ミスター・ポストマン, Purīzu Misutā Posutoman)
  • "I Want You Back" (アイ・ウォント・ユー・バック, Ai Uonto Yū Bakku)
  • "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (ユー・キープ・ミー・ハンギン・オン, Yū Kīpu Mī Hangin On)"
4:59
12."Kanpai Ojōsan" ((乾杯お嬢さん, "Cheers, Miss"))
  • Aku
  • Tokura
3:18
13."Yūutsubi (Mie solo)" ((ゆううつ日, "Day of Depression"))
  • Aku
  • Tokura
3:53
14."Inspiration (Kei solo)" (Insupirēshon (インスピレーション))
  • Aku
  • Tokura
2:57
15."Medley II (メドレーII, Medorē Tsū)
  • "Stop! In the Name of Love" (ストップ・イン・ザ・ネーム・オブ・ラブ, Sutoppu In za Nēmu obu Rabu)
  • "Sexy Bus Stop" (セクシー・バス・ストップ, Sekushī Basu Sutoppu)
  • "Baby Love" (ベイビー・ラブ, Beibī Rabu)
  • "Soul Korekkiri Desu ka (ソウルこれっきりですか, Souru Korekkiri Desu ka, "Is This All About Soul?")
  • "Koi no Hustle Jet" (恋のハッスル・ジェット, Koi no Hassuru Jetto, "Love Hustle Jet")
  • "Where Did Our Love Go" (愛はどこへ行った, Ai wa Doko e Itta)"
4:39
16."S.O.S."
  • Aku
  • Tokura
2:41
17."Carmen '77" (Karumen Nanajū-nana (カルメン '77))
  • Aku
  • Tokura
4:47
18."Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (Bai Bai Beibī ~Sayonara no Uta~ (バイ・バイ・ベイビー　～サヨナラの歌～))
4:34
Total length:74:39

Personnel
  • Mie & Kei - vocals
  • Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media with Strings
  • Jiro Inagaki - tenor saxophone
  • Tadayuki Harada - baritone saxophone
  • Takaki Yoshioka - trumpet
  • Takehisa Suzuki - trumpet
  • Kazuo Usui - trombone
  • Akira Inoue - keyboards
  • Shōgo Kindaichi - bass
  • Yasuhiko Tsumura - guitar
  • Haruo Sōya - drums
  • Mintz & Margaret - backing vocals
  • Norio Maeda - arrangement

Chart positions
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[5][6] 1

References
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  2. "ピンク・レディー / チャレンジ・コンサート [紙ジャケット仕様] [限定]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  3. "チャレンジ・コンサート | PINK LADY ピンク・レディー". Disk Union. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  4. "Pink Lady Albums". Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  5. "チャレンジ・コンサート | ピンク・レディー". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  6. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Pink Lady" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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