Variety is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Mariya Takeuchi.

[4] To international audiences, Variety is known for containing "Plastic Love" which, although only seeing moderate success in Japan when it was released as a single in 1985, saw a resurgence in popularity internationally in 2017 after a remix was uploaded to YouTube.

[2] Takeuchi's five albums released before Variety were mostly written by other songwriters which, although they featured industry stars such as Haruomi Hosono and members of Toto, left her feeling "exhausted".

[2] She went on hiatus at the end of 1981 due to a sore throat, as well as to marry Yamashita in 1982.

The version included a previously unreleased track, "Aka no Enamel" (赤のエナメル), both club remixes from the single release of "Plastic Love", and karaoke versions of four tracks.