Best (Garnet Crow album)

Best
Greatest hits album by Garnet Crow
Released 26 October 2005
Recorded 2000-2005
Genre Japanese pop
Length Disc 1: 61:39
Disc 2: 66:36
Label Giza Studio
Producer Hirohito Furui, Kanonji
Garnet Crow chronology
I'm Waiting 4 You
(2004)I'm Waiting 4 You2004
Best
(2005)
The Twilight Valley
(2006)The Twilight Valley2006

Best is the first greatest hits album by Japanese band Garnet Crow. It was released on 26 October 2005 under Giza Studio.

Album includes all 18 singles released so far chronologically- from debut single Mysterious Eyes until Kimi no Omoi Kaita Atsumeru Heaven. The album also includes various tracks from the studio albums and include new songs such as Sora Iro Neko, which was originally performed by Sayuri Iwata and Sayonara to Tatta Hitokoto de... which was first introduced in the live GARNET CROW livescope 2005 ~I'm waiting 4 you & live~.

Their 18th single, Kimi no Omoi Egaita Yume Atsumeru Heaven was exclusively included in this album, it never appeared in any studio album, however it appears in the best of album The One: All Singles Best.[1]

Commercial performance

The album reached #4 in its first week and sold more than 55,000 copies. The album charted for 13 weeks and totally sold 108,703 copies.[2]

Track listing

All songs were composed by Yuri Nakamura, written by Nana Azuki and arranged by Hirohito Furui.[3]

Disc one

No.TitleLength
1."Kimi no Uchi ni Tsuku made Zutto Hashitte Yuku (君の家に着くまでずっと走ってゆく)" (1st indies album First Kaleidoscope)4:07
2."Mysterious Eyes" (1st single)4:31
3."In little time" (2nd single's coupling)4:19
4."Futari no Rocket (二人のロケット)" (3rd single)4:46
5."Mikansei na Neiro (未完成な音色)" (3rd single's coupling song)3:35
6."Sen Ijō no Kotoba wo Narabete mo... (千以上の言葉を並べても...)" (4th single)4:15
7."Natsu no Maboroshi (夏の幻)" (secret arrange ver., 1st studio album First Soundscope)4:20
8."Flying" (6th single)4:31
9."Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e (水のない晴れた海へ)" (1st studio album First Soundscope)4:37
10."Last love song" (7th single)3:37
11."Call my name" (8th single)4:52
12."Timeless Sleep" (9th single)4:37
13."Yume Mita Ato de (夢みたあとで)" (10th single)5:01
14."Holy Ground" (2nd studio album Sparkle)4:39

Disc two

No.TitleLength
1."Spiral (Sport! ver.)" (スパイラル, 11th single)4:08
2."Crystal Gauge" (クリスタル・ゲージ, 12th single)3:25
3."Nakenai Yoru mo Nakanai Asa mo" (泣けない夜も 泣かない朝も, 13th single)4:12
4."Kimi to Iu Hikari" (君という光, 14th single)5:10
5."Eien wo Kakenukeru Isshun no Bokura" (永遠を駆け抜ける一瞬の僕ら, 3rd studio album Crystallize)4:16
6."Bokura Dake no Mirai" (僕らだけの未来, 15th single)3:12
7."Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakasou" (君を飾る花を咲かそう, 16th single)4:15
8."Wasurezaki" (忘れ咲き, 17th single)4:58
9."Sky ~New arranged track~" (1st indies album First Kaleidoscope)5:14
10."Yuzukyo" (夕月夜, 5th studio album I'm Waiting 4 You)4:49
11."Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure wo" (君 連れ去る時の訪れを, 5th studio album I'm Waiting 4 You)4:45
12."Kimi no Omoi Egaita Yume Atsumeru Heaven" (君の思い描いた夢 集メル HEAVEN, 18th single)4:14
13."Sora Iro Neko" (空色の猫, new song)4:29
14."Sayonara to Tatta Hitokoto de" (「さよなら」とたった一言で..., new song)4:39
15."Yume Mita Ato de (livescope 2004 ver.)" (secret track)5:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of Best.[4]

  • Yuri Nakamura - vocals, composing, backing vocals
  • Nana Azuki - songwriting, keyboard
  • Hirohito Furui - arranging, keyboard
  • Hitoshi Okamoto - acoustic guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • Miguel Sá Pessoa - arranging
  • Michael Africk - backing vocals
  • Yoshinobu Ohga (OOM) - guitar
  • Yuuichiro Iwai (U-ka Saegusa in dB) - acoustic guitar
  • Masato Ohashi (Feel so bad) - bass
  • David C.Brown - drums

  • Keisuke Kurumatani (U-ka Saegusa in dB) - drums, label management
  • Katsuyuki Yoshimatu - recording engineer
  • Aki Morimoto - recording engineer
  • Akoi Nakajima - mixing engineer
  • Takayuki Ichikawa - mixing engineer
  • Tomko Nozaki - mixing engineer
  • Masahiro Shiamda - mastering engineer
  • Mods House - art direction
  • Kanonji - executive producer

In media

References

  1. "Discography Garnet Crow". garnetcrow.com.
  2. "Best (Garnet Crow)". Oricon News.
  3. "Best (Garnet Crow)". beinggiza.com.
  4. Garnet Crow (2005). Best (CD Album; Booklet). Garnet Crow. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-5072/5073.
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