is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer Chara, which was released on July 18, 2001. It debuted at #8 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 8 weeks.
The first and most successful single from Madrigal was . While Chara wrote the song entirely herself, the arrangement was split between six people: Chara, rock musician Yasuyuki Okamura, Shinichi Igarashi (who formerly collaborated on Duca with Chara, two members of the band Great3 (Kiyoshi Takakuwa, Ken'ichi Shirane) and the guitarist for Kiyoshi Takakuwa's solo project, Curly Giraffe, Yukio Nagoshi. It reached #32, and sold over 25,000 copies.
Skirt was released a few weeks before the album's release, and was used in a Pocari Sweat commercial. It was a collaboration between Chara and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha. Iha also worked with Chara on an album track, Boku ni Utsushite, which was later released as a recut single in October.
The album track was used as the second ending theme for the anime series PaRappa the Rapper.
Artist Ed Tsuwaki created the cover and booklet for Madrigal, along with the singles Skirt and Boku ni Utsushite.
Track listing
Singles DateTitlePeak positionWeeksSalesApril 25, 2001"Lemon Candy"32 (Oricon)426,430July 4, 2001"Skirt"37 (Oricon)313,360October 11, 2001"Boku ni Utsushite"78 (Oricon)12,460
Japan sales rankings ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales totalJuly 18, 2001Oricon Weekly Albums Chart852,470116,580
Various charts Chart PeakpositionFirst week salesSoundscan Album Top 20週間CDソフトTOP 20 アルバム総合 ランキングTOP20 2001年7月16日 ～ 2001年7月22日 調査分753,144
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