Super Best (The Blue Hearts album)

Super Best was the compilation album by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts.[1] This retrospective is composed of their early efforts released by Meldac Records between 1987 and 1989. It also features two rarities that had not been issued on CD — "Blue Hearts Yori Ai o Komete", the song appeared on the video The Blue Hearts Live!, and "1985", the track taken from an independently produced soundsheet which was sold at their concert before they made a contract with the record label.

Super Best
Compilation album by
The Blue Hearts
ReleasedOctober 16, 1995
Recorded1985 - 1989
GenrePunk rock
Length71:00
LanguageJapanese
LabelMeldac Records
ProducerThe Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts chronology
East West Side Story
(1995)		 Super Best
(1995)		 The Blue Hearts Box
(1999)

Super Best came out a month after the release of East West Side Story, another compilation which comprises materials after they moved to EastWest Japan. The record peaked at number-four on the Japanese Oricon chart upon its release, and it re-entered there after string of their songs were featured on the TV-drama Hito ni Yasashiku aired by Fuji Television in 2002. From that year onwards, the album have remained on the top-300 of the chart for over 200 weeks.[2] Super Best was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan in November 2002, for shipments of over 800,000 copies.[3][4]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Linda Linda (リンダリンダ)"Hiroto Kōmoto3:13
2."Hito ni Yasashiku (人にやさしく)"Kōmoto3:16
3."Sha La La (シャララ)"Kōmoto4:03
4."Rokudenashi (ロクデナシ)"Masatoshi Mashima3:18
5."Love Letter (ラブレター)"Kōmoto3:28
6."Heisei no Blues (平成のブルース)"Mashima9:57
7."Kiss Shite Hoshii (キスしてほしい)"Kōmoto3:15
8."Hammer (ハンマー)"Mashima2:04
9."Chain Gang (チェインギャング)"Mashima5:58
10."Train-Train"Mashima3:48
11."Line o Koete (ラインを越えて)"Mashima6:39
12."Boku wa Koko ni Tatteiru yo (僕はここに立っているよ)"Mashima3:39
13."Eiyū ni Akogarete (英雄にあこがれて)"Kōmoto3:49
14."Aozora (青空)"Mashima4:47
15."Owaranai Uta (終わらない歌)"Mashima3:04
16."Blue Hearts Yori Ai o Komete (ブルーハーツより愛をこめて)" (Live version; previously unreleased)Kōmoto2:10
17."1985"Kōmoto3:24

Charts

References
  1. Super Best "bluehearts.com" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  2. ザ・ブルーハーツ-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Super Best by The Blue Hearts" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  3. "RIAJ Certification - November 2002" (PDF) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  4. Recording Industry Association of Japan "The Record - August 2003 - Page 15" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  5. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  6. "Japanese album certifications – The Blue Hearts – Super Best" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2002年11月 on the drop-down menu
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