Best: First Things

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Best: First Things
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)
Recorded2000–2005
Genre
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer Max Matsuura
Koda Kumi chronology
Secret
(2005)
Best: First Things
(2005)
Koda Kumi Remix Album
(2006)
Alternative cover
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CD+DVD cover
Disc one track list [1]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."No Tricks"
  • Kumi Koda
  • Daisuke "D.I" Imai
Daisuke Imai4:31
2."Take Back"KodaKazuhito Kikuchi4:55
3."Trust Your Love"KodaKikuchi4:27
4."Color of Soul"Natsumi WatanabeMiki Watanabe4:28
5."So Into You"KodaYasuhiro Abe4:32
6."Love Across the Ocean"KodaTsukasa3:37
7."Maze"Kenn KatoHiroo Yamaguchi4:04
8."Real Emotion"Kenn KatoKazuhiro Hara3:59
9."1000 no Kotoba"Kazushige Nojima
  • Noriko Matsueda
  • Takahito Eguchi
5:58
10."Come With Me"Koda h-wonder 4:46
11."Gentle Words"Kenn KatoD.A.I3:44
12."Crazy 4 U"Miki WatanabeMiki Watanabe4:06
Disc two track list [1]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Cutie Honey"Kurodo Q.Takeo Watanabe3:06
2."Chase"
  • Koda
  • Hara
Hara4:58
3."Kiseki"
  • Koda
  • Kosuke Morimoto
Morimoto4:58
4."Selfish"Miki WatanabeWatanabe3:53
5."Hands"KodaKatsumi Ohnishi4:25
6."Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT"
Daisuke Imai4:06
7."Butterfly"KodaWatanabe4:18
8."Flower"YoshiYasuo Ohtani4:38
9."Promise"KodaDaisuke Imai4:47
10."Star"KodaKosuke Morimoto4:05
11."The Meaning of Peace"Tetsuya KomuroKomuro5:16
DVD track list [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Take Back" (Music Video) 
2."Trust Your Love" (Music Video) 
3."Color Of Soul" (Music Video) 
4."So Into You" (Music Video) 
5."Love Across the Ocean" (Music Video) 
6."Maze" (Music Video) 
7."Real Emotion" (Music Video) 
8."Come With Me" (Music Video) 
9."Gentle Words" (Music Video) 
10."Crazy 4 U" (Music Video) 
11."Cutie Honey" (Music Video) 
12."Chase" (Music Video) 
13."Kiseki" (Music Video) 
14."Selfish" (Music Video) 
15."Hands" (Single Version) (Music Video) 
16."Hot Stuff feat. KM-Markit" (Music Video) 
17."Butterfly" (Music Video) 
18."Promise" (Music Video) 
19."Special Mix Video from Best: First Things" (First Press Edition Bonus Clip) 

Charts

Certification and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [34] 2× Million1,916,661 [29]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
JapanSeptember 21, 2005 Rhythm Zone [1]
ChinaOctober–November, 2005 [4]
South Korea [4]
Taiwan [4]
VariousN/A [35] [36]

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