Madrigal (album)

Madrigal (マドリガル, Madorigaru) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer Chara, which was released on July 18, 2001.

While Chara wrote the song entirely herself, the arrangement was split between six people: Chara, rock musician Yasuyuki Okamura, Shinichi Igarashi (who formerly collaborated on Duca with Chara, two members of the band Great3 (Kiyoshi Takakuwa, Ken'ichi Shirane) and the guitarist for Kiyoshi Takakuwa's solo project, Curly Giraffe, Yukio Nagoshi.

Iha also worked with Chara on an album track, Boku ni Utsushite, which was later released as a recut single in October.

The album track Yellow Balloon (イエローバルーン) was used as the second ending theme for the anime series PaRappa the Rapper.

Artist Ed Tsuwaki created the cover and booklet for Madrigal, along with the singles Skirt and Boku ni Utsushite.