Golden Best (Yōsui Inoue album)
Golden Best is the double-CD compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue. The album was released in July 1999, celebrating his 30-year career as a solo recording artist. It comprises 35 tracks spanning his works after 1972; the year he released his debut album Danzetsu under the renewed stage name.
Golden Best | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | July 28, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1998 2001–2003 (Bonus disc) | |||
Genre | Folk, rock, kayokyoku, pop | |||
Length | 74:43 (disc one) 78:23 (disc two) | |||
Label | For Life | |||
Producer | Various | |||
Yōsui Inoue chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
cover of a 2003 expanded edition entitled Golden Best Super |
Golden Best debuted at the number-six on the Japanese Oricon chart and climbed the top in September 1999.[1][2] It became one of the most successful albums for Inoue, entering the record chart for a year with sales of over 1.4 million copies.[3] The label For Life Music Entertainment stated that Golden Best album has sold more than 2.06 million copies up to late 2008.[4]
After a year from the album's release, a sequel entitled Golden Bad came out. And in 2003, when the album shipped more than 2 million units, an expanded edition called Golden Best Super was issued. It features bonus disc which includes his singles in the 2000s and previously unreleased recordings.[5]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise indicated
Disc one
- "Shounen Jidai (少年時代)" (Inoue, Natsumi Hirai) – 3:21
- "Arigatou (ありがとう)" (Inoue, Tamio Okuda) (recorded with Tamio Okuda, credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio) – 3:31
- "Make-up Shadow" (Inoue, Utsuru Ayame) – 4:09
- "Asia no Junshin (アジアの純真)" (Inoue, Okuda) (recorded with Tamio Okuda, credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio) – 3:53
- "Saigo no News (最後のニュース)" – 3:55
- "Kasa ga Nai (傘がない)" – 5:35
- "Kōri no Sekai (氷の世界)" – 4:11
- "Yume no Naka e (夢の中へ)" – 2:40
- "Riverside Hotel" – 3:54
- "Kokoro Moyou (心もよう)" – 3:27
- "Gogatsu no Wakare (5月の別れ)" – 5:06
- "Isso Serenade (いっそ セレナーデ)" – 3:16
- "Crazy Love" – 4:04
- "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa (飾りじゃないのよ涙は)" – 4:43
- "Jealousy (ジェラシー)" – 4:01
- "Aozora, Hitorikiri (青空、ひとりきり)" – 4:22
- "Atarashii Rhapsody (新しいラプソディー)" – 4:51
- "Nagai Saka no E no Frame (長い坂の絵のフレーム)" – 5:52
Disc two
- "Tomadou Pelican (とまどうペリカン)" – 4:52
- "Canary (カナリア)" – 3:56
- "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai (ダンスはうまく踊れない)" – 3:56
- "Musume ga Nejireru Toki (娘がねじれる時)" – 4:13
- "Nazeka Shanghai (なぜか上海)" – 5:32
- "Eiyū (英雄)" – 5:04
- "Wakan'nai (ワカンナイ)" – 4:59
- "Wine Red no Kokoro (ワインレッドの心)" (Inoue, Kōji Tamaki) – 5:25
- "Natsu no Owari no Harmony (夏の終わりのハーモニー)" (Inoue, Tamaki) (recorded with Anzen Chitai) – 3:53
- "Teenager" (Inoue, Hirai) – 4:34
- "Tokyo" (Inoue, Hirai) – 2:58
- "Thailand Fantasia (タイランド ファンタジア)" – 4:55
- "Kaerenai Futari (帰れない二人)" (Inoue, Kiyoshiro Imawano) – 4:21
- "Just Fit" – 4:25
- "Jinsei ga Nido Areba (人生が二度あれば)" – 4:59
- "Musubikotoba (結詞)" – 4:07
- "Tsumini no Nai Fune (積み荷のない船)" – 5:38
Bonus disc for 2003 limited edition
- "Tomadou Pelican (とまどうペリカン)" [Live version recorded at the Tokyo International Forum on March 21, 2003, previously unreleased] – 5:07
- "Coffee Rumba (コーヒー・ルンバ)" (Jose Manzo Perroni, Seiji Nakazawa) – 3:07
- "Hana no Kubikazari (花の首飾り)" (Koichi Sugiyama, Fusako Sugawara, Rei Nakanishi) – 4:11
- "Aozora, Hitorikiri (青空、ひとりきり)" [Live version recorded at the Pacifico Yokohama on December 23, 2002, previously unreleased] – 3:31
- "Kimerareta Rhythm (決められたリズム)" – 4:12
- "Mis Cast" [Live version recorded at the Tokyo International Forum on March 21, 2003, previously unreleased] – 5:10
- "L-O-V-E" [Live version recorded at the Fukuoka Convention Center on January 21, 2003, previously unreleased] – 2:58
- "Miss Contest" [Live version recorded at the Bluenote Tokyo on January 6, 2003, previously unreleased] – 4:38
- "Kōri no Sekai (氷の世界)" [Live version recorded at the Tokyo International Forum on March 21, 2003, previously unreleased] – 5:07
- "Umi e Kinasai (海へ来なさい)" (Inoue, Katz Hoshi) [Live version recorded at the Tokyo International Forum on March 21, 2003, previously unreleased] – 4:32
Chart positions
Year | Album | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
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1999–2000 | Golden Best | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 54 | 1,418,000+[3] |
2003 | Golden Best Super | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300) | 28 | 12 | 31,000[3] |
Certification
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan (RIAJ)[6] | 4× Platinum | 1,600,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number | Notes |
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Japan | July 28, 1999 | For Life Records | CD | FLCF-3761 | |
June 25, 2003 | For Life Music Entertainment | FLCF-3965 | Expanded edition with bonus disc, limited release |
References
- "Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, in the second week of August 1999". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- "Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, in the second week of September 1999". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Yosui Inoue" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
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