B'z The Best "Pleasure"

B'z The Best "Pleasure" is the third compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z and released in 1998. It includes many of the group's hit singles from 1989 to 1998. With the exception of "Be There", all the songs are #1 hits on the Oricon charts.

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1998
GenreHard rock
Length64:17
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelRooms Records
ProducerTak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
B'z TV Style II Songless version
(1992)
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
(1998)
B'z The Best "Treasure"
(1998)

The album reached 1st at Oricon with more than 2.7 million copies sold in its first week, and topped the charts for more three weeks. It sold more than 5 million copies in 1998 alone,[1][2] making it the best-selling album in Japanese music history during its release, until being surpassed by Hikaru Utada's First Love in 1999.[3]

Track listing

  1. Love Phantom - 4:39
  2. Love Me, I Love You - 3:20
  3. Easy Come, Easy Go! - 4:40
  4. Zero - 4:50
  5. Alone - 6:00
  6. Hadashi no Megami (裸足の女神) - 4:26
  7. Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukenai (愛のままにわがままに 僕は君だけを傷つけない) - 3:56
  8. Lady Navigation - 4:20
  9. Taiyo no Komachi Angel (太陽のKomachi Angel) - 4:10
  10. Be There - 4:13
  11. Don't Leave Me - 4:24
  12. Bad Communication E.Style - 4:19
  13. Calling - 5:56
  14. Samayoeru Aoi Dangan (さまよえる蒼い弾丸) - 4:05

Tracks 1, 2, 12 from the album Loose. Track 3 from Risky. Track 4 from Run. Track 5 from In the Life. Tracks 8, 11 from The 7th Blues. Track 13 from Survive.

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[4] 5× Million 5,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Oricon". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
  2. "1998年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Album Top 100 1998]. Oricon. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. "Top 100 Japanese pops Artists – No.30". HMV Japan (in Japanese). 2003-11-01. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  4. "Japanese album certifications – B'Z – B'Z The Best "Pleasure"" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 20, 2021. Select 1998年6月 on the drop-down menu


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