After quitting school to enter a musical contest, Shiina was quickly signed to EMI, then promptly left Japan to avoid the trappings of contract work. After returning, she quickly released a series of singles and albums, all self-penned (a relative rarity for Japanese pop artists), and all meeting with great success on the Japanese charts. A hiatus to start a family followed, itself followed (after a divorce) by both a new album and a new side project, the band 東京事変. (Tokyo Jihen - or Tokyo Incidents)
After more success with the band, Shiina returned to a solo career in 2006 as the Music Director for the film 「さくらん」(Sakuran), quickly taking the number one slot on the Oricon charts with the album Heisei Fuuzoku released in tandem with a major soundtrack project. Following was a B-sides album which peaked quickly at the number one Oricon slot. In the years proceeding this, she spent most of her time dedicated to Tokyo Jihen occasionally revisiting her solo work.
Despite being involved in the main Japanese pop scene, Shiina has created a niche for herself based on a much wider musical range than most artists. Where most pop singers develop a basic sound based on contemporary pop aesthetics and throwaway lyrical matter, Shiina builds on a base of jazz, rock, Motown, and even French chanson equally well (the chanson works especially well with her trademark nasal delivery), infusing her projects with a very different aesthetic, and gaining a fan base separate from the core constituents of the Japanese pop apparatus.
Despite the release of album 三毒史 (trivisa-itihasa) in 2019, released after a myriad of singles being majorly included in aforementioned work. In 2020, Ringo and band Tokyo Jihen turned their backs to their past, doing a major reunion, with the drop of a few projects, such as sixth studio album 音楽.
Discography
Singles
幸福論 (Koufukuron)(1998)
歌舞伎町の女王 (1998)
ここでキスして。 (Koko de kisu shite)(1999)
本能 (1999)
幸福論(1999)
ギブス (Gibs)(2000)
罪と罰 (2000)
真夜中は純潔 (2001)
絶頂集 (2000)
茎(STEM)~大名遊ビ編~ (2003)
りんごのうた (Ringo no Uta)(2003)
この世の限り (Kono Yo no Kagiri) (2007) (With Saitou Neko and her brother Shiina Junpei)
ありあまる富 (Ariamaru Tomi)(2009)
カーネーション (Carnation)(2011)
自由へ道連 (Traveling Companion to Freedom) (2012)
いろはにほへと (Les Couleurs Chantent) (2013)
孤独のあかつき (The Solitude of Dawn) (2013)
NIPPON (2014)
至上の人生 (A Life Supreme) (2015)
最果てが見たい (2015)
長く短い祭 (2015)
神様、仏様 (2015)
ジユーダム (2016)
目抜き通り (2017)
獣ゆく細道 (2018)
Albums
無罪モラトリアム (Muzai Moratorium) (1999)
勝訴ストリップ (Shouso Strip)(2000)
加爾基 精液 栗ノ花(Karuki Za-men Kuri no Hana)(2003)
平成風俗 (Heisei Fuuzoku) (2007) (with Neiko Sato)
三文ゴシップ (Sanmon Gossip) (2009)
日出処 (Hi Izuru Tokoro) (2014)
三毒史 (trivisa-itihasa) (2019)
Covers Album
唄ひ手冥利~其ノ壱~ (Utaitemyori Sonoichi)(2002)
逆輸入 ~港湾局~ (Reimports Vol.1) (2014)
逆輸入 〜航空局〜 (Reimport Vol.2 -Civil Bureau Aviation) (2017)
Compilations
私と放電 (Me & Electric Discharge) (2008) - (B-Sides)
ニュートンの林檎 (Apple of Universal Gravity) (2019) - (Overview)
名うての泥棒猫
椎名林檎 Lyrics
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人聞きの悪い事を云うじゃあないか
箆棒め言い掛りよ
あのひとは春猫さ 甘え上手
勝手に舞い込んで来たものを
不意に返せだなんて
陽炎や蜃気楼の様に
泥棒猫呼ばわりも
この頃は好い加減 馴れちまいんした
一通り言い掛りよ
あたしなら秋猫さ 寒がり屋
勝手に擦り寄って来たものは
無理に追返せないわ
不知火や宵月に同じ
何時も さむいもの
「全てを手に入れる女」と 云われちゃあ
流石に白々しくなる
なんてったって女と男の縁は
切ったって切れないたぐいか
どう足掻こうと切れる手合よ
あのひとが隠し事するなら
それが罪業じゃあないか
なにが不幸か幸せかは
だれもわかりんせん
勝手に立ち去って行くものを
なにも引き留めないわ
連れてって焼いたり煮たり
さあ お気に召すまま
泥棒猫呼ばわりか
Am I being called a thief cat?
人聞きの悪い事を云うじゃあないか
You say something bad about me, don't you?
箆棒め言い掛りよ
That's a sharp accusation!
あのひとは春猫さ 甘え上手
That person is like a spring cat, good at being clingy
勝手に舞い込んで来たものを
Things that come to me without permission
不意に返せだなんて
To suddenly reject them?
陽炎や蜃気楼の様に
Like a mirage or a heat haze
追えば のがすもの
If you chase after them, you lose them
泥棒猫呼ばわりも
Even being called a thief cat
この頃は好い加減 馴れちまいんした
Recently, I've gotten used to it
一通り言い掛りよ
That's enough accusations!
あたしなら秋猫さ 寒がり屋
If it's me, I'm like an autumn cat, sensitive to the cold
勝手に擦り寄って来たものは
Things that come rubbing against me without permission
無理に追返せないわ
I can't forcibly send them back
不知火や宵月に同じ
Just like will-o'-the-wisps or a moonlit night
何時も さむいもの
Always something cold
「全てを手に入れる女」と 云われちゃあ
To be called a woman who obtains everything
流石に白々しくなる
It becomes truly vain
なんてったって女と男の縁は
After all, the bond between a woman and a man
切ったって切れないたぐいか
Even if it's cut, it cannot be severed
どう足掻こうと切れる手合よ
No matter how much you struggle, the bond remains
あのひとが隠し事するなら
If that person is hiding something
それが罪業じゃあないか
Isn't that a sin?
なにが不幸か幸せかは
What is unhappiness, what is happiness
だれもわかりんせん
Nobody knows
勝手に立ち去って行くものを
Things that leave me on their own
なにも引き留めないわ
I won't hold onto anything
連れてって焼いたり煮たり
Taking them and cooking them
さあ お気に召すまま
Now, do as you please
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Ringo Shiina
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@tgikuran4321
椎名林檎のプロデュース力は半端じゃない
発想が湧き出て仕方がない能力者の作品はやはり良い。
@user-rp2ue6fv2w
さゆりさんの又違う魅力ですね。椎名林檎さんの曲を、歌い熟す、流石さゆりさんパワーすごいですい。
@kearney4953
ほんとめちゃくちゃかっこいい。さゆりさんの歌唱力の高さを改めて実感する。また林檎さんプロデュースの新作が聞きたいです
@user-fx8xh7lx7s
二人とも自分の世界観を持っているはずなのに違和感なく溶け込んでて
さらにお互いに引き立たせながらも、自分の歌声の美を見せつけてて格好いい。
@user-hb5gz9if8g
石川さんて浮いた話がないのにこんな色っぽい歌を歌いこなすところに、人生経験の厚みが感じられる。
また一人、お手本にしたい人生の先輩が見つかってとても嬉しい。
@user-hj7kg9wp4g
頭から離れない!大好きな曲です😍
@marceloeizootsubo2
EXCELENTE INTERPRETAÇÃO MUSICAL DA CANTORA SAYURI ISHIKAWA. BOA TARDE.
@user-ql3il6iz1c
紅白で、さゆりさんと林檎さんの「泥棒猫🐈⬛」を聴きたいよー!と何年も思い続けてます。
よろしくお願いします😭。
@user-zj2jt8yk5j
フルでMV嬉しい😍たしかに紅白の時のはよかつたですね~。
@AcidumAscorbinicum
Браво!