Album dossier / 1984
Variety
Mariya Takeuchi · City Pop/Soft Rock
Recorded and self-written for the first time by Mariya Takeuchi while pregnant, and arranged/produced by her husband Tatsuro Yamashita, Variety was a comeback album whose deep cut 'Plastic Love' -- a bittersweet city-pop single about hollow, hedonistic post-heartbreak nightlife -- became a global streaming and vinyl-collecting phenomenon decades later after spreading through YouTube and vaporwave/future-funk circles.
Record facts
- Label
- Moon Records (Warner-Pioneer)
- Producer
- Tatsuro Yamashita
- Chart peak
- Top 10 Oricon LP chart (Japan)
- Notable tracks
- ★ Plastic Love
- ★ Mersey Beat de Utawasete
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
1 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Mariya Takeuchi. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 11 tracks
- もう一度
- プラスティック・ラブ
- 本気でオンリーユー (Let's Get Married)
- One Night Stand
- Broken Heart
- アンフィシアターの夜
- とどかぬ想い
- マージービートで唄わせて
- 水とあなたと太陽と
- ふたりはステディ
- シェットランドに頬をうずめて
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en.wikipedia.org, archive.org · track listing: https://www.discogs.com/release/2220409 · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-22