Laputa's discography consists of 7 studio albums, 4 EPs, 12 singles, 3 compilations, 8 music videos, and 2 demos. Formed in 1993, they released their first album Memai in 1995, a year after their debut single “Watashi ga Kieru”. Their second album became their first release on a major label, EMI, titled Kagerō (1996). It was followed by Emadara (1997), which was named one of the best albums from 1989 to 1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze. The subsequent albums Jakō (1998) and Cakera (1999) reached the top 10 on the Oricon Albums Chart. The last two, Heaven (2001) and New Temptation (2002), dropped to No. 50 at Oricon, due to changes in musical style and record label. Laputa then disbanded in 2004.
Studio albums Title Release Charts peak position Sales Oricon Billboard JapanIndies Memai (眩～めまい～暈) February 24, 1995 September 23, 1998 66 (re-release) — 5,270 (re-release)EMI Kagerō (蜉～かげろう～蝣) October 23, 1996 24 — 33,340 Emadara (絵～エマダラ～斑) June 25, 1997 24 — 28,520 Jakō (麝～ジャコウ～香) March 18, 1998 10 — 54,230 Cakera (翔～カケラ～裸) June 9, 1999 10 17 49,920Nippon Crown Heaven (楽～ヘブン～園) March 16, 2001 50 — 9,120 New Temptation (誘～New Temptation～惑) July 24, 2002 50 — 6,880 "—" notes that the recording did not appear on this chart or that the position could not be found.
EPs Title Release Oriconpeak position SalesIndies Kurumeku Haijin (眩めく廃人) February 25, 1996 24 5,780Nippon Crown Glitter March 21, 2002 66 5,300 Sparks Monkey April 23, 2003 75 4,602 Material PleasuresMarch 17, 2004 89 3,587
Singles Title Release Oriconpeak position Sales AlbumIndies "Watashi ga Kieru" (私が消える) May 5, 1994 — limited to 1000 copies EMI "Glass no Shouzō" (ガラスの肖像) September 9, 1996 34 20,020 Kagerō "Eve ~Last night for you~" May 28, 1997 33 28,080 Emadara "Meet again" November 12, 1997 20 39,250 Jakō "Yurenagara..." (揺れながら...) February 4, 1998 25 29,660 "Feelin' the sky" September 23, 1998 15 34,170 Cakera "Breath" January 1, 1999 29 32,730 "Chimes" March 17, 1999 25 22,670 "Virgin cry" May 19, 1999 23 21,720Nippon Crown "Shape ~in the shape of wing~" October 25, 2000 26 17,110 Heaven "Silent on-looker"February 21, 2001 43 10,140 "Shinkai (深海) / Brand-new color" June 21, 2002 58 2,970 "—" notes that the recording did not appear on this chart.
Compilations Title Release Oricon peak position SalesNippon Crown Laputa coupling collection +xxxk [1996-1999 Singles] February 23, 2000 41 8,290 Laputa 3DISC BEST 〜1995-1999 except Coupling Collection～ October 25, 2000 43 6,320 Best AL+CLIPS 2000〜2004 July 28, 2004 — 3,571 "—" notes that the recording did not appear on this chart.
Videos Paradoxical Reality (September 4, 1994) Hakoniwa (箱庭; July 7, 1996) MOV(i)E ON DARKNESS (July 24, 1994, in VHS, May 16, 2002, in DVD, re-released on November 9, 2011) CLIPS OF CRUNCH L∞P (March 18, 1993, in VHS, May 16, 2002, in DVD, re-released on November 9, 2011) CLIPS OF CRUNCH L∞P II (June 9, 1999 in VHS, May 16, 2002, in DVD, re-released on November 9, 2011) CLIPS OF CRUNCH L∞P III (December 6, 2000, in VHS, April 24, 2002, in DVD) Heaven to Perfection (November 21, 2001, in VHS, April 24, 2002, in DVD) ALL BURST (December 15, 2004)
Demos "Saddist no Yume" (Saddistの夢, September 4, 1993) "Naraku no Soko" (奈落の底, December 20, 1993)
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