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 Tatsurō 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

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Blow"  Tatsurō Yamashita 4:34
2. "Kimi no Koe ni Koi Shiteru (君の声に恋してる)"  Yamashita 5:05
3. "Love Goes On -Sono Hitomi wa Goddess- (LOVE GOES ON -その瞳は女神-)"  Yamashita 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!)"  Yamashita 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)"  Yamashita 4:22
10. "First Luck (Hajimete no Shiawase (初めての幸運))"  Yamashita, Chinfa Kang 4:48
11. "I Do" (Remix)Brian Wilson 2:27
12. "Heron (ヘロン)" (Guitar instrumental version)Yamashita 4:26
13. "Juvenile no Theme (Hitomi no Naka no Rainbow) (JUVENILEのテーマ~瞳の中のRAINBOW)"  Yamashita 4:55
14. "Sprinkler (スプリンクラー)" (Long version)Yamashita 7:13
15. "Itsuka Hareta Hi ni (いつか晴れた日に)" (Stand Alone version)Yamashita, Matsumoto 4:23

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2002) Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[1] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Japanese Albums Chart[2] 99

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[3] Gold 258,000[4]

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. "山下達郎-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Rarities by Tatsurō Yamashita]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  2. "2002年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2002] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ""RIAJ > The Record > January 2003 > Certified Awards (November 2002)"". Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  4. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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