| All the Best! 1999–2009 | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Arashi | ||||
| Released | August 19, 2009 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | 1999–2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Length | 194:39 (Limited edition) 151:39 (Regular edition) |
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| Label | J Storm | |||
| Producer | Johnny H. Kitagawa | |||
| Arashi chronology | ||||
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| Limited Edition Cover | ||||
| Singles from All the Best! 1999–2009 | ||||
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All the Best! 1999–2009 (stylized as ALL the BEST! 1999–2009) is the third greatest hits album by Japanese pop boy band Arashi. The album was released on August 19, 2009 in Japan under their record label J Storm in two editions, a limited 3CD version and a regular 2CD version. The album debuted at number-one on the Oricon album weekly chart, selling 753,430 copies. Thirteen days after the release of All the Best! 1999–2009 the album sold over a million copies.[1][2] As of September 22, 2009, All the Best! 1999–2009 had overtaken Supermarket Fantasy to claim the title of best-selling album of the year in Japan.[3] On December 18, 2009, Oricon officially ranked All the Best! 1999–2009 as the bestselling album in Japan for 2009, with over 1.43 million copies sold.[4]
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Both the regular and limited editions contain all of the band's singles from their debut single "Arashi" (1999) to "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)" (2009), with the exception of Satoshi Ohno's solo single. A new song entitled "5x10" was included with both editions. The song's lyrics were written by Arashi themselves to express their gratitude for their fans. The regular edition exclusively contains a hidden track entitled "Attack it!"[5] while the limited edition exclusively contains a third disk of the band's selections and a premium booklet.
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Arashi" (from Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!) | J&T | Kōji Makaino (馬飼野 康二 Makaino Kōji) | 4:27 | |||||
| 2. | "Sunrise Nippon" (from Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!) | F&T | Makaino | 4:43 | |||||
| 3. | "Horizon" (from Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!) | Takeshi | Shin Tanimoto (谷本 新 Tanimoto Shin) | 5:07 | |||||
| 4. | "Typhoon Generation" (from Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!) | Yōji Kubota (久保田 洋司 Kubota Yōji) | Makaino | 4:59 | |||||
| 5. | "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi" (from Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!) | Nobuyoshi Tozawa (戸沢 暢美 Tozawa Nobuyoshi) | Makaino | 4:47 | |||||
| 6. | "Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru" (from Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001) | Kohei Ōkura (大倉 浩平 Ōkura Kohei) | Makaino | 3:46 | |||||
| 7. | "Jidai" (from Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001) | Tsukasa | Tsukasa | 4:54 | |||||
| 8. | "A Day In Our Life" (from Here We Go!) | Shun, Shuya | Shun, Shuya | 4:45 | |||||
| 9. | "Nice na Kokoroiki" (from Here We Go!) | Tozawa | Takehiko Iida (飯田 建彦 Iida Takehiko) | 3:59 | |||||
| 10. | "Pikanchi" (from How's It Going?) | Takeshi Aida (相田 毅 Aida Takeshi) | Tanimoto | 4:51 | |||||
| 11. | "Tomadoi Nagara" (from How's It Going?) | Hirō Ōyagi (オオヤギ ヒロオ Ōyagi Hirō) | Ōyagi | 4:14 | |||||
| 12. | "Hadashi no Mirai" (from Iza, Now!) | Ayumi Miyazaki | Miyazaki | 4:41 | |||||
| 13. | "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" (from Iza, Now!) | Takeshi, Sho Sakurai | Īda | 4:03 | |||||
| 14. | "Pikanchi Double" (from Iza, Now!) | Spin, Sakurai | Yasushikai Morimoto (森本 康介 Morimoto Yasushikai) | 5:06 | |||||
| 15. | "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" (from 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004) | Fumiya Fujii | Fujii | 5:18 | |||||
| 16. | "Hero" (from 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004) | Spin | Tanimoto | 4:53 | |||||
| CD 2 | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Sakura Sake" (from One) | Aida, Sakurai | Tanimoto | 4:21 | |||||
| 2. | "Wish" (from Arashic) | Kubota | Ōyagi | 4:26 | |||||
| 3. | "Kitto Daijōbu" (from Arashic) | Spin, Sakurai | Shinnosuke | 4:51 | |||||
| 4. | "Aozora Pedal" (from Time) | Shikao Suga | Suga | 5:18 | |||||
| 5. | "Love So Sweet" (from Time) | Spin | Youth Case | 4:49 | |||||
| 6. | "We Can Make It!" (from Time) | Unite, Sakurai | Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikstrom | 4:10 | |||||
| 7. | "Happiness" (from Dream "A" Live) | Wonderland | Mio Okada (岡田 実音 Okada Mio) | 4:17 | |||||
| 8. | "Step and Go" (from Dream "A" Live) | Wonderland, Sakurai | Youth Case | 4:46 | |||||
| 9. | "One Love" | Youth Case | Yūsuke Katō (加藤 裕介 Katō Yūsuke) | 4:45 | |||||
| 10. | "Truth" | Hydrant | Hydrant | 4:49 | |||||
| 11. | "Kaze no Mukō e" | Shinya Tada (多田 慎也 Tada Shinya), Sakurai | Pippi Svensson, Anders Dannvik | 3:40 | |||||
| 12. | "Beautiful Days" | Takuya Harada | Harada | 4:51 | |||||
| 13. | "Believe" | 100+, Sakurai | 100+ | 4:45 | |||||
| 14. | "Ashita no Kioku" | Spin | Yoshitaka Taira (平 義隆 Taira Yoshitaka) | 4:58 | |||||
| 15. | "Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)" | Soluna | Hyper Slipper | 4:02 | |||||
| 16. | "5x10" | Arashi | Youth Case | 8:18[fn 1] 5:28[fn 2] |
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| 17. | "Attack It!" (Hidden track, regular edition only) | 2:45 | |||||||
| CD 3: Arashi's Selection | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Cool & Soul" (from Arashic) | Spin | Taku Yoshioka (吉岡 たく Yoshioka Taku) | 3:52 | |||||
| 2. | "Yes? No?" (from One) | Ma-saya, Sakurai | Shusui, Stefan Engblom, Axel Belinder | 5:23 | |||||
| 3. | "Only Love" (from How's It Going?) | Makoto Atoji | Ashley Cadell, BJ Caruama, John Collins | 4:34 | |||||
| 4. | "Natsu no Namae" (夏の名前 "Summer's Name", from One) | Hamai, Sakurai | Suga | 4:34 | |||||
| 5. | "Oh Yeah!" (from Time) | Unite | Kazunari Ōno (オーノ カズナリ Ōno Kazunari) | 4:44 | |||||
| 6. | "Re(mark)able" | R.P.P., Sakurai | Yoshioka | 4:34 | |||||
| 7. | "Boku ga Boku no Subete" (僕が僕のすべて "I Am Everything That I Have") | 100＋ | Katō | 4:29 | |||||
| 8. | "Still..." | Tada, Sakurai | Tada | 4:18 | |||||
| 9. | "Be With You" (from Time) | Tadashi Kitaura (北浦 正尚 Kitaura Tadashi) | Kitaura | 5:08 | |||||
| 10. | "Subarashiki Sekai" (素晴らしき世界 "Wonderful World", from One) | Hydrant | Hydrant | 4:14 | |||||
Upon the release of the album, it debuted at number-one on the Oricon daily album chart selling over 261,070 copies.[6] On the weekly album chart the album took the number-one spot selling 753,430 copies.[7] Due to the high opening sales, All the Best! 1999–2009 held the record for the best opening numbers for an album in the year 2009 and is their best-selling album.[7] The album stayed at number-one for two consecutive weeks, selling over 232,800 copies in its second week.[8] On the thirteenth day of All the Best! 1999–2009 release, the album sold over one million copies, making it the first to do so in 2009.[1][2][9] After five weeks, the album rose to the top of the Oricon yearly album chart, overtaking Mr. Children's Supermarket Fantasy.[3]
In June 2010, it was reported that the album had sold a total of around 1,600,000 copies.[10] As of August 2010, the album has sold a total of around 1,729,000 copies.[11]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [12] |
Ian Martin on Allmusic gave the album three and a half out of five stars, stating that the first disc is "the most fun", the second disc is "seeming to be taking aim at courting a more mature (read: 'bland') image" and the third disc is "a curious collection of tracks that certainly adds variety to the compilation".[12]
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Japan Oricon Daily Album Chart[6] | 1 |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Album Chart[7] | 1 |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Album Chart[13] | 1 |
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
| Japan Oricon yearly album chart[14] | 19 |
| Country | Provider | Sales | Certification |
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| Japan | RIAJ | 1,729,000[11] | Million[15] |
| Preceded by Calling by Kobukuro |
Oricon Weekly number-one album August 31, 2009 — September 7, 2009 |
Succeeded by Box Emotions by Superfly |
| Preceded by Exile Love by Exile |
Oricon Yearly number-one album 2009 |
Succeeded by Boku no Miteiru Fūkei by Arashi |
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Japan | August 19, 2009 | J Storm | 2CD | JACA-5202[16] |
| 3CD | JACA-5199[17] | |||
| Korea | September 2, 2009 | SM Entertainment | 2CD | SMJTCD317[18] |
| 3CD | SMJTCD316[19] | |||
| Taiwan | September 4, 2009 | Avex Taiwan | 2CD | JAJCD26007/8[20] |
| 3CD | JAJCD26007/A[21] | |||
| Hong Kong | September 10, 2009 | Avex Asia | 2CD[22] | |
| 3CD[23] |