My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection
My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection (My Treasure Best -中島みゆき×後藤次利コレクション-, My Treasure Best: Nakajima Miyuki × Gotō Tsugutoshi Korekushon) is the thirteenth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on February 18, 2015, through Pony Canyon. It was released as a high-resolution digital download one week in advance, on February 11, 2015, on the music store Mora.[1]
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Released | February 18, 2015 | |||
Recorded | 1988–2014 | |||
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Length | 80:25 | |||
Label | Pony Canyon | |||
Shizuka Kudo chronology | ||||
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The album features all the songs co-written by Miyuki Nakajima and Tsugutoshi Gotō Kudo has released since her debut album.[2] It also includes a new song, "Tan Jun Ai vs Hontō no Ai", which was recorded specifically for the album.[2]
Background
My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection is a compilation album featuring songs co-written by Miyuki Nakajima and Tsugutoshi Gotō released by Kudo throughout her career. It includes seventeen songs, spread out over two discs, ranging from their first collaboration, "Fu-ji-tsu" (1988), all the way to "Tanin no Machi" and "Sono Ato wa Ame no Naka", from the album Rise Me (1993).[3] The compilation also includes a new song; Nakajima and Gotō co-wrote "Tan Jun Ai vs Hontō no Uso", which Kudo recorded for the album and is included as a bonus track.[3] The song marks the first collaboration between the three of them in twenty-two years.[3] During a talk show organized by Tsutaya to promote the album, Kudo explained that, when Nakajima handed her the lyrics to the song, she made sure to specify that the proper pronunciation for the abbreviated "vs" in the song's title is "vee ess" and not "versus".[4]
Commercial performance
My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection entered the daily Oricon Albums Chart at number 19, where it also peaked. It debuted on the weekly chart at number 22, selling 6,000 copies. The album charted in the top 300 for a total of seven consecutive weeks, selling a reported total of 13,000 during its run.[5][6]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Miyuki Nakajima; all tracks composed and arranged by Tsugutoshi Gotō, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Fu-ji-tsu" | 3:48 |
2. | "Shōko o Misete" (証拠をみせて, "Show Me Proof") | 4:35 |
3. | "Sayonara no Gyakusetsu" (さよならの逆説, "The Paradox of Goodbye") | 4:15 |
4. | "Brilliant White" (ブリリアント・ホワイト, Buririanto Howaito) | 5:14 |
5. | "Hadashi no Lion" (裸爪のライオン, "Bareclawed Lion") | 5:12 |
6. | "Mugon... Iroppoi" | 3:54 |
7. | "Gunshū" (群衆, "Crowd") | 4:30 |
8. | "Kōsa ni Fukarete" | 3:50 |
9. | "Akiko" (秋子) | 3:55 |
Total length: | 39:31 |
No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Watashi ni Tsuite" | 4:08 | |
2. | "Tel..Me" |
| 4:02 |
3. | "Tsugihagi no Portrait" (つぎはぎのポートレイト, Tsugihagi no Pōtoreito, "Patched Up Portrait") | 4:37 | |
4. | "Embrace" | 4:32 | |
5. | "Dōkoku" | 4:48 | |
6. | "Call" (コール, Kōru) | 4:33 | |
7. | "Tanin no Machi" (他人の街, "Town of Strangers") | 4:27 | |
8. | "Sono Ato wa Ame no Naka" (そのあとは雨の中, "Afterwards, in the Rain") |
| 5:10 |
9. | "Tan Jun Ai vs Hontō no Uso" (単・純・愛 vs 本当の嘘, "Simple Love vs A Real Lie") |
| 4:33 |
Total length: | 40:54 |
Charts
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Japan Daily Albums (Oricon)[7] | 19 |
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[8] | 22 |
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[9] | 18 |
Japan Monthly Albums (Mora)[10] | 33 |
References
- "工藤静香ハイレゾ解禁、「My Treasure Best」mora独占先行配信". Musicman-net. February 6, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "工藤静香ベストに中島みゆき&後藤次利の22年ぶり新曲". Natalie. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "工藤静香、22年ぶり黄金コラボ復活 中島みゆき&後藤次利と再タッグ". Oricon. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "工藤静香「夜中にこっそりAKB48の練習しました!」 TSUTAYA スペシャル・トーク&握手会速報". T-Site. April 18, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "【日榜单】2015/ 02/ 18付". Baidu. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "My Treasure Best -中島みゆき×後藤次利コレクション- 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- "ランキング(総合)2015年2月". Mora. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
External links
- My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection on Kudo's official website