Rarities (Tatsuro Yamashita album)

Rarities
Greatest hits album by Tatsuro Yamashita
Released October 30, 2002
Genre Japanese pop
Length 71:18
Label Warner Music Japan/Moon Records
Tatsuro Yamashita chronology
On the Street Corner 3
(1999)		 Rarities
(2002)		 Sonorite
(2005)

Rarities is the compilation album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in October 2002. The album is mainly composed of the songs which were initially appeared on B-Sides of his previous singles and not included on any albums.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tatsuro Yamashita, except where indicated

  1. "Blow" - 4:34
  2. "Kimi no Koe ni Koi Shiteru (君の声に恋してる?)" - 5:05
  3. "Love Goes On　-Sono Hitomi wa Goddess- (LOVE GOES ON -その瞳は女神-?)" – 5:05
  4. "Happy Happy Greeting" [Original demo version] (Yamashita, Takashi Matsumoto) - 6:16
  5. "Misty Mauve" (Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi) - 4:48
  6. "To Wait for Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:28
  7. "Su Ki Su Ki Sweet Kiss! (好・き・好・き SWEET KISS!?)" - 4:14
  8. "Shiosai (潮騒?)" [Live version] (Yamashita, Minako Yoshida) - 5:09
  9. "Morning Shine (モーニング・シャイン Mōningu Shain?)" - 4:22
  10. "First Luck (Hajimete no Shiawase (初めての幸運?))" (Yamashita, Chinfa Kang) - 4:48
  11. "I Do"(Brian Wilson) - 2:27
  12. "Heron (ヘロン?)" [Guitar Instrumental] - 4:26
  13. "Juvenile no Theme (Hitomi no Naka no Rainbow) (JUVENILEのテーマ～瞳の中のRAINBOW?)" - 4:55
  14. "Sprinkler (スプリンクラー Supurinkura-?)" [Long version] - 7:13
  15. "Itsuka Hareta Hi ni (いつか晴れた日に?)" [Stand Alone version] (Yamashita, Matsumoto) - 4:23

Chart positions

Year Album Chart Position[1] Weeks[2] Sales[3] RIAJ Certification
2002-03 Rarities Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300) 1 12 258,000+ Platinum

References

  1. ^ "Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, in the second week of November 2002" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2002&month=11&week=2&submit5.x=42&submit5.y=7. Retrieved 2008-11-06. 
  2. ^ 山下達郎-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "(Highest position and charting weeks)" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Original Confidence. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/490224/1/ 山下達郎-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
  3. ^ Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Albumd Chart Daijiten - "Tatsuro Yamashita" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_yamasita.html Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Albumd Chart Daijiten -. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
Preceded by
Fairy Tale by Mai Kuraki		 Japanese Oricon Weekly Chart number-one album
November 11, 2002 (one week)		 Succeeded by
Resistance by Mika Nakashima