Bellissima!

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title: "Bellissima!" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1988-albums", "pizzicato-five-albums", "sony-music-entertainment-japan-albums", "1980s-japanese-language-albums"] description: "1988 album by Pizzicato Five" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellissima!" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1988 album by Pizzicato Five ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]

Field	Value
name	Bellissima!
type	studio
artist	Pizzicato Five
cover	Bellissima cover.jpg
border	yes
released
recorded	1988
studio	Onkio Haus, LDK Studio, Zero Studio, Studio Take One, Sound Design Studio
genre	Shibuya-kei
length
label	CBS/Sony
producer
prev_title	Couples
prev_year	1987
next_title	On Her Majesty's Request
next_year	1989
misc	{{Singles
name	Bellissima!
type	studio
single1	Planets" / "This Can't Be Love
single1date	February 22, 2017
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| name = Bellissima! | type = studio | artist = Pizzicato Five | cover = Bellissima cover.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = | recorded = 1988 | venue = | studio = Onkio Haus, LDK Studio, Zero Studio, Studio Take One, Sound Design Studio | genre = Shibuya-kei | length = | label = CBS/Sony | producer = | prev_title = Couples | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = On Her Majesty's Request | next_year = 1989 | misc = {{Singles | name = Bellissima! | type = studio | single1 = Planets" / "This Can't Be Love | single1date = February 22, 2017 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = Bellissima! is the second studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on September 21, 1988, by CBS/Sony.

On initial release, Bellissima! peaked at number 86 on the Oricon Albums Chart. On August 24, 2016, a remastered edition of Bellissima! was released, which reached a new peak of number 39 on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Track listing

| all_lyrics = Yasuharu Konishi, except where noted | title1 = Planets | note1 = | music1 = Takao Tajima | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Temptation Talk | note2 = | music2 = Tajima | length2 = 4:17 | title3 = Holy Triangle | note3 = | music3 = Tajima | length3 = 5:38 | title4 = World Standard | note4 = | music4 = Keitarō Takanami | length4 = 4:18 | title5 = Couples | note5 = | music5 = Takanami | length5 = 3:56 | title6 = Sunday Impressions | note6 = | music6 = Konishi | length6 = 5:11 | title7 = The Swim | note7 = | music7 = Takanami | length7 = 4:09 | title8 = Seventeen | note8 = ; lyrics by Tajima | music8 = Tajima | length8 = 3:50 | title9 = This Can't Be Love | note9 = | music9 = Konishi | length9 = 4:48 | title10 = The Work of God | note10 = | music10 = Konishi | length10 = 4:34 | total_length = 44:47

Personnel

• Maki Nomiya: Vocals
• Tsutomu Nakayama: Keyboards
• Takao Tajima: Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica
• Keitarō Takanami: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
• Makoto Saito: Guitars
• Yasuharu Konishi: Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
• Shigeo Miyata: Drums, Percussion
• Michael Kawai: Percussion
• Yagi Nobuo: Harmonica

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1988) | Peak position | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | |---|---|---| | 86 | | | ::

::data[format=table] | Chart (2016) | Peak position | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) | |---|---|---|---| | 39 | | | | | 97 | | | | ::

References

References

1. (August 17, 2016). "渋谷系 過去を未来に". [[The Nikkei]].
2. "ベリッシマep {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ". [[Oricon]].
3. Padua, Pat. "Belissima! – Pizzicato Five".
4. "Bellissima! {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ". [[Oricon]].
5. "Bellissima! {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ". [[Oricon]].
6. Okamoto, Satoshi. (2006). "Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005". [[Oricon]].
7. "ベリッシマ {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ". [[Oricon]].
8. (September 5, 2016). "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales".

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