A singer who moved from Zabadak's rock to solo work anchored by 'Sayonara Solitaire'.
For her range, try 'Shinkokyuu shite' next to 'Ame no Violin'. They frame that mix of darker material and melodic pop she kept returning to.
Chiba's music holds up because she stuck to her own mood even when some listeners called it too dark. 'Sayonara Solitaire' became her signature, but songs like 'Hello Goodbye' and 'Koi no Kiseki' show she could write straightforward, melodic pop too. She worked with solid players like guitarist Shigeru Watanabe and kept releasing albums into the 2000s.
She started in the early '90s with the all-female rock band Zabadak before going solo in 1996. Her solo albums like 'Bless' in 1997 and 'Sakura' in 2000 mixed ballads with more upbeat tracks, and she was still putting out records like 'Portrait' in the mid-2000s.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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