B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998

B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 is a compilation album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 12, 2013, simultaneously with B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012, and it is part of their 25th anniversary celebration. It reached #1 on the Oricon charts[1] and Billboard Japan Top Albums.[2]

B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
Compilation album by
B'z
ReleasedJune 12, 2013
GenrePop rock, hard rock
LabelVermillion Records
ProducerTak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure"
(2008)		 B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
(2013)

The album's tracklist is composed of singles released by the band between 1988 and 1998 with two previously unreleased tracks: "Heat", a collaborative song with the South Korean pop singer Kim Hyun-joong, who once named B'z as his favorite Japanese musical act,[3] and Kakushin, which is used as the opening theme of NTV's drama Kumo no Kaidan (雲の階段).

A special edition copy of the album is also available. It includes a bonus DVD with all of the band's music videos for their first decade, most of which are available on DVD for the first time.

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" (だからその手を離して) - 3:49
  2. "Kimi no Naka de Odoritai" (君の中で踊りたい) - 3:46
  3. "Lady-Go-Round" - 4:22
  4. "Be There" - 4:14
  5. "Taiyō no Komachi Angel" (太陽の Komachi Angel) - 4:10
  6. "Easy Come, Easy Go!" - 4:40
  7. "Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night… " (愛しい人よ Good Night...) - 6:13
  8. "Lady Navigation" - 6:09
  9. "Alone" - 6:21
  10. "Blowin'" - 3:56
  11. "Zero"
  12. "Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai" (愛のままにわがままに　僕は君だけを傷つけない) - 3:56
  13. "Hadashi no Megami" (裸足の女神) - 4:27
  14. "Don't Leave Me"

Disc 2
  1. "Motel" - 4:23
  2. "Negai" (ねがい) - 3:30
  3. "Love Me, I Love You" - 3:18
  4. "Love Phantom" - 4:40
  5. "Mienai Chikara ～Invisible One～" (ミエナイチカラ ～Invisible one～) - 4:29
  6. "Move" - 3:47
  7. "Real Thing Shakes" - 4:11
  8. "Fireball" - 4:14
  9. "Calling" - 5:56
  10. "Liar! Liar!" - 3:21
  11. "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" (さまよえる蒼い弾丸) - 4:07
  12. "Home" - 4:20
  13. "Heat" (Kim Hyun-joong cover)
  14. "Kakushin" (核心)

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[4] 2× Platinum 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. 2013年06月第4週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報
  2. "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. allkpop (14 June 2012). "Kim Hyun Joong & B'z's "Heat" PV teaser + preview released". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  4. "Japanese album certifications – B'z – B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Select 2013年6月 on the drop-down menu
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