All Time Best: Original
All Time Best: Original (オールタイム・ベスト -オリジナル-, Ōru Taimu Besuto -Orijinaru-) is a compilation album by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori, released through Universal Music Japan on August 6, 2014. The compilation album is divided into two discs: The first disc includes 15 singles from the Warner Pioneer period and the second disc contains 15 singles from the MCA Records and UMJ eras. It also includes the bonus track "Crazy Love", which was previously released only as a digital single, as well as the new single "Sweet Rain."[1][2]
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| Released | August 6, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–2014 | |||
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| Length | 60:59 (Disc 1) 71:11 (Disc 2) | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Universal Music Japan | |||
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| Singles from All Time Best: Original | ||||
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The album was released in regular and first-press editions. The first-press edition includes a DVD containing short footage of the acoustic live tour Nakamori Akina 2000: 21 Seiki e no Tabidachi (中森明菜2000『～21世紀への旅立ち～』, Akina Nakamori 2000: Departure to the 21st Century). The Special Edition includes the full version of the acoustic live tour.[3]
Charting performance
The album debuted at No. 3 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and remained in the same position for two consecutive weeks, charted for 39 weeks and became the 46th best sold album in the year.[4] It was certified Gold by RIAJ.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Slow Motion" (Surō Mōshon (スローモーション)) | Etsuko Kisugi | Takao Kisugi | Motoki Funayama | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Shōjo A" ((少女A, "Girl A")) | Masao Urino | Hiroaki Serizawa | Mitsuo Hagita | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Second Love" (Sekando Rabu (セカンド・ラブ)) | E. Kisugi | T. Kisugi | Hagita | 4:22 |
| 4. | "½ no Shinwa" (Nibun no Ichi no Shinwa (½の神話, "Half the Myth")) | Urino | Yoshiyuki Ohsawa | Hagita | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Kinku" ((禁区, "Forbidden Zone")) | Urino | Haruomi Hosono |
| 3:47 |
| 6. | "Kita Wing" (Kita Uingu (北ウイング, "North Wing")) | Chinfa Kan | Tetsuji Hayashi | Hayashi | 4:35 |
| 7. | "Southern Wind" (Sazan Uindo (サザン・ウインド)) | E. Kisugi | Kōji Tamaki | Ichizō Seo | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Jukkai (1984)" (Jukkai (Ichi Kyū Hachi Yon) (十戒 (1984), "Ten Commandments (1984)")) | Urino | Masayoshi Takanaka |
| 3:35 |
| 9. | "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" ((飾りじゃないのよ涙は, "The Tears Are Not a Decoration")) | Yōsui Inoue | Y. Inoue | Hagita | 4:10 |
| 10. | "Meu amor é..." (Mi Amōre (ミ・アモーレ)) | Kan | Naoya Matsuoka | Matsuoka | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Desire (Jōnetsu)" (DESIRE -情熱-) | Yoko Aki | Kisaburō Suzuki | Kazuo Shiina | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Gypsy Queen" (Jipushī Kuīn (ジプシー・クイーン)) | Takashi Matsumoto | Wataru Kuniyasu | Shingo Kobayashi | 4:29 |
| 13. | "Nanpasen" ((難破船, "Shipwreck")) | Tokiko Kato | Kato | Kei Wakakusa | 4:25 |
| 14. | "Tattoo" | Yuri Moriko | Anri Sekine | Eurox | 3:57 |
| 15. | "Futari Shizuka: Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken yori" ((二人静 -「天河伝説殺人事件」より, "Two People Still: From The Legendary Tenkawa Murder Case")) | T. Matsumoto | Makoto Sekiguchi | Akira Inoue | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 60:59 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Everlasting Love" | Taeko Onuki | Ryuichi Sakamoto | R. Sakamoto | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Aibu" ((愛撫, "Caress")) | T. Matsumoto | Tetsuya Komuro | Komuro | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Gekka" ((月華, "Moon Flower")) | Gorō Matsui | Shūgō Kajiwara | Akihiko Matsumoto | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta" ((原始、女は太陽だった, "Primitive, the Woman Was the Sun")) | Neko Oikawa | Masaki | Yasunori Iwasaki | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero" ((MOONLIGHT SHADOW-月に吠えろ, "Moonlight Shadow -Howl at the Moon-")) | Toshihiko Takamizawa | Komuro | Komuro | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Appetite" | Seriko Natsuno | U-ki | U-ki | 5:15 |
| 7. | "Kisei (Never Forget) (2007 Version)" ((帰省 〜Never Forget〜, "Homecoming ~Never Forget~")) |
| Suzu | Akira Senju | 5:33 |
| 8. | "The Heat (Musica Fiesta)" | Adya | Uru | Uru | 4:54 |
| 9. | "Days" | Nakamori | Tetsurō Oda | Satoshi Takebe | 4:57 |
| 10. | "Rakka Ryūsui" ((落花流水, "Falling Flower Running Water")) | T. Matsumoto | Kenji Hayashida | Masayuki Sakamoto | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Hana yo Odore" ((花よ踊れ, "Dance with Flowers")) | Karen | Hitoshi Haba | Hiroshi Uesugi | 4:18 |
| 12. | "Diva" | Ryohei Matsufuji |
| 3:21 | |
| 13. | "Crazy Love" |
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| 3:31 | |
| 14. | "I Hope So" | Nakamori |
| Takebe | 4:43 |
| 15. | "Sweet Rain" | Matsufuji | Kei Kawano | Kawano | 5:08 |
| Total length: | 71:11 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Hikari no Nai Mangekyō" ((光のない万華鏡, "A Kaleidoscope Without Light")) | Nakamori | Makoto Sekiguchi | |
| 2. | "Eien no Tobira" ((永遠の扉, "Door to Eternity")) | Natsuno | Tamaki | |
| 3. | "Necessary" | Natsuno | Yoshiaki Ōuchi | |
| 4. | "Mizu ni Sashita Hana" ((水に挿した花, "Flowers in Water")) | Natsuko Tadano | Junko Hirotani | |
| 5. | "Ame no Hi wa Ningyo" ((雨の日は人魚, "Mermaid on a Rainy Day")) | Natsuno | Hiroyuki Matsuda | |
| 6. | "Ophelia" (Oferia (オフェリア)) | Aki Shimogō | Satoshi Shimano | |
| 7. | "Gekka" | Matsui | Kajiwara | |
| 8. | "Al-Mauj" | Akira Ōtsu | Takashi Satō | |
| 9. | "Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta" | Oikawa | Masaki | |
| 10. | "Ranka" ((乱火, "Raging Fire")) | Ōtsu | Suzuki |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hikari no Nai Mangekyō" | Nakamori | Sekiguchi | |
| 2. | "Eien no Tobira" | Natsuno | Tamaki | |
| 3. | "Yokan" ((予感, "Premonition")) | Ryō Asuka | Asuka | |
| 4. | "Necessary" | Natsuno | Ōuchi | |
| 5. | "Mizu ni Sashita Hana" | Tadano | Hirotani | |
| 6. | "Arifureta Fūkei" ((ありふれた風景, "Ordinary Landscape")) | Akiko Kosaka | Kosaka | |
| 7. | "Ame no Hi wa Ningyo" | Natsuno | Matsuda | |
| 8. | "Ame ga Futteta..." ((雨が降ってた…, "It Was Raining")) | Yūho Iwasato | Chika Ueda | |
| 9. | "Catastrophe no Amagasa" (Katasutorofi no Amagasa (カタストロフィの雨傘, "Umbrella of Catastrophe")) | Mayumi Shinozuka | Tsunehiro Izumi | |
| 10. | "Ophelia" | Shimogō | Shimano | |
| 11. | "Gekka" | Matsui | Kajiwara | |
| 12. | "Futari Shizuka: Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken yori" | T. Matsumoto | Sekiguchi | |
| 13. | "Al-Mauj" | Ōtsu | Satō | |
| 14. | "Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta" | Oikawa | Masaki | |
| 15. | "Arashi no Naka de" ((嵐の中で, "In the Storm")) | Natsuno | Origa | |
| 16. | "Meu amor é..." | Kan | Matsuoka | |
| 17. | "Ranka" | Ōtsu | Suzuki | |
| 18. | "Kagerō" ((陽炎, "Heat Haze")) | Nakamori | Tamaki |
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 46 |
Certification
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (RIAJ)[5] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- "中森明菜、2枚組シングルベストに5年ぶり新曲". Natalie.mu. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- "中森明菜、オールタイムベストに5年ぶりの新曲収録". BARKS.jp. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- "中森明菜が自身初のオールタイム・ベストを2作品同時発売！". OKMusic. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- "オールタイム・ベスト-オリジナル- | 中森明菜". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- "Japanese certifications – 中森 明菜 – オールタイム・ベスト -オリジナル-" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-10-02. Select 2014年9月 on the drop-down menu
External links
- Official website
- All Time Best: Original at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- All Time Best: Original at Discogs (list of releases)
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