Best: Bounce & Lovers

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Best ~Bounce & Lovers~
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 2007
Recorded2002–2007
Genre
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer Koda Kumi
Koda Kumi chronology
Black Cherry
(2006)
Best ~Bounce & Lovers~
(2007)
Kingdom
(2008)

Best: Bounce & Lovers (stylized as BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~) is the third compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. The CD contains only ballads and features a track penned by Hideaki Tokunaga, while the DVD features certain music videos re-edited to show only the dancing scenes. [1] It ranked No. 2 on both the Oricon daily and weekly charts, and remained on the charts for twenty-four weeks, despite being a limited release. [2]

Contents

Information

Best ~Bounce & Lovers~ is Koda Kumi's third compilation album and was of a limited release. The release coincided with her sixth anniversary since her debut and was released alongside her single But/Aishō , which was also a limited release. It was only released on CD+DVD, with the CD containing only ballads, which had been deemed her best by her fans, while the DVD contained dance versions of her most popular videos. [3]

Several of the ballads placed on the CD had different arrangements, including the "Time Heals" version of "Saigo no Ame" and the "Alternate Orchestra" version of "1000 no Kotoba", which was originally released on her 2003 album Grow into One as a bonus track. [4] It also contained one new song, "Ashite e..." (明日へ... / Towards tomorrow...). The DVD contained one new music video: "Get Up & Move!!", the song which was originally released on her studio album Black Cherry. There was also a tutorial video for the song to teach viewers the dance. [5] [6] The only music video on the DVD to not be a dance version was of So into You, which received a "short version."

The album charted at No. 2 on both the Oricon daily and weekly charts with first week sales of 161,458 copies and has since sold 295,624. [7]

Packaging

Best ~Bounce & Lovers~ was released in two editions:

The "first press editions" were released until they became unavailable, in which only the limited CD+DVD editions were available.

Music videos

On the DVD, there were seven music videos and one new music video, "Get Up & Move!!" The other music videos were of past singles, re-edited to show only the dancing. Those music videos included:

One of the bonus tracks on the DVD was the tutorial to "Get Up & Move!!"

Track listing

CD

DISC1: CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicarrangementLength
1."Ashita e... (明日へ... / Towards tomorrow)"Koda Kumi Hideaki Tokunaga Akihisa Matzura4:54
2."Taisetsu na kimi e"Koda KumiDaisuke "DAIS" MiyachiDAIS&Yuichi Ono4:30
3."1000 no Kotoba" (Alternate Orchestra Version)Kazushige Nojima Noriko MatsuedaTakahito Eguchi  6:25
4."Your Song"Koda KumiKaido h-wonder 5:20
5."Pearl Moon"Ken Matsubara Elizabeth Narita Ken Matsubara5:16
6."Rain"Koda KumiHiroo YamaguchiMiki Watanabe5:08
7."Hana"Koda Kumi • TookoKaidoReo Nishikawa5:01
8."Hands"Koda KumiKatsumi Ohnishih-wonder4:28
9."Saigo no Ame" (Time Heals Version)Jun NatsumeTakashi Tsushimi 4:50
10."Promise"Koda KumiDaisuke "D.I" ImaiDaisuke"D.I"Imai4:48
11."You" (Piano Version)Koda Kumi • Yoko KuzuyaYoko Kuzuya 4:45
12."Come Back"Koda KumiMiki Watanabeh-wonder5:37
13."Kiseki"Koda Kumi • Kosuke MorimotoKosuke MorimotoReo Nishikawa5:01
14."Walk"Koda KumiKazuhito KikuchiMasaya Suzuki for Ground-Base Project5:07

DVD

DISC2: DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Get Up & Move!!" 
2."Crazy 4 U (Dance Version)" 
3."Juicy (Dance Version)" 
4."So into You (Dance Version)" 
5."Selfish (Dance Version)" 
6."Candy feat. Mr.Blistah (Dance Version)" 
7."Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT (Dance Version)" 
8."Live DVD 『Koda Kumi Live Tour 2006–2007〜Second Session〜』 Trailer" 
9."Love goes like・・・ from Koda Kumi Live Tour 2006–2007 ~Second Session~" 
10."How to Dance Video〜Get Up & Move!!〜
  • 1st Block:Get image!!
  • 2nd Block:Practice move!!
  • 3rd Block:Last confirmation!!"
 

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales totalChart run
March 14, 2007Oricon Daily Charts2
Oricon Weekly Charts2161,458295,62424 weeks
Oricon Monthly Charts5
Oricon Yearly Charts57

References

  1. "Information: Koda Kumi Official Web Site". Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
  2. "BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ (Limited Edition) / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  3. "Single "BUT/愛証" BEST ALBUM "BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS" Comments & CM". YouTube. Retrieved January 31, 2016.[ dead link ]
  4. "Releases > Koda Kumi > grow into one (limited edition)". Nippon Project. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  5. "倖田來未 / HOW TO DANCE 「Get Up & Move!!」 ~part 1". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  6. "倖田來未 / HOW TO DANCE 「Get Up & Move!!」 ~part 2". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  7. (in Japanese) 倖田來未-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック