B.O.X: Best of X

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B.O.X ~Best of X~
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Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1996,
December 1, 1996
Genre Heavy metal, speed metal, power metal
LengthCD 1: 71:59
CD 2: 61:11
VHS: 82:05
Label Ki/oon
X Japan compilation chronology
X Singles
(1993)
B.O.X ~Best of X~
(1996)
Ballad Collection
(1997)

B.O.X ~Best of X~ is a compilation box set released by X Japan on March 21, 1996. It contains two CDs, a VHS tape and a T-shirt from the "Violence and Jealousy Tour". The album reached number 5 on the Oricon chart. [1] It was re-released on December 1, 1996, in a different case without any extras and without the last three tracks on disc one. [2] [3]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Silent Jealousy" (Live 1992.01.07) – 6:30
  2. "Desperate Angel" – 5:53
  3. "Kurenai" (Live 1989.06.10) – 5:45
  4. "Week End" (Live 1992.01.07) – 5:53
  5. "Endless Rain" – 6:36
  6. "Celebration" – 4:52
  7. "Joker" (Live 1992.01.07) – 5:18
  8. "Sadistic Desire" (New Version) – 6:01
  9. "X" – 6:01
  10. "Say Anything" – 8:42
  11. "I'll Kill You" – 3:29
  12. "Kurenai" (English Version) – 6:19
  13. "Unfinished" – 1:32

Disc two (instrumental versions)

  1. "Silent Jealousy" – 7:20
  2. "Desperate Angel" – 5:44
  3. "Kurenai" – 5:47
  4. "Week End" – 5:49
  5. "Endless Rain" – 6:32
  6. "Celebration" – 4:48
  7. "Joker" – 4:41
  8. "Sadistic Desire" – 5:59
  9. "X" – 5:59
  10. "Say Anything" – 8:40

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