Best of Wands History

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Best of Wands History
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Greatest hits album by
Wands
Released9 June 2000
Recorded1991–2000
Genre Japanese pop
Length77 minutes
Label B-Gram Records
Producer BMF
Wands chronology
Awake
(1999)		Best of Wands History
(2000)		 Burn The Secret
(2020)

Best of Wands History is the third and final greatest hits album by Japanese pop-rock band Wands. [1] It was released on 9 June 2000 under B-Gram Records label. This album consists of selected singles and album pick-ups with vocalists Show Uesugi and Jiro Waku. The album reached #17 in its first week and sold 16,000 copies. The album charted for 4 weeks and sold more than 37,000 copies. [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Show Uesugi (#1-#9, #12-#14,#16), Miho Komatsu (#10), Izumi Sakai (#11), Shinya Kimura (#18), Issei Sugimoto (#15) and Jirou Kazuhisa (#17) [3]

No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Sekai ga Owaru Made wa..." (世界が終るまでは…, 8th single) Tetsurō Oda Takeshi Hayama5:15
2."Toki no Tobira" (時の扉, 4th single)Kousuke OhshimaMasao Akashi4:16
3."Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara" (もっと強く抱きしめたなら, 3rd single)Yoshio TatanoTakeshi Hayama4:59
4."Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou" (愛を語るより口づけをかわそう, 5th single) Tetsurō Oda Masao Akashi4:29
5."Koiseyo Otome" (恋せよ乙女, 6th single)Kousuke OhshimaTakeshi Hayama4:15
6."Jumpin' Jack Boy" (7th single) Seiichiro Kuribayashi Takeshi Hayama3:37
7."Secret Night 〜It's My Treat〜" (9th single) Seiichiro Kuribayashi Daisuke Ikeda5:27
8."Same Side" (10th single)Hiroshi ShibasakiWands5:05
9."WORST CRIME〜About a rock star who was a swindler〜" (11th single)Hiroshi ShibasakiHiroshi Shibasaki4:07
10."Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima wo Uchinikou" (錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう, 1st Jiro single) Miho Komatsu Daisuke Ikeda4:40
11."Ashita moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" (明日もし君が壊れても, 3rd Jiro single) Aika Ohno Wands4:16
12."Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto -Live Version-" (世界中の誰よりきっと ～Live Version～も, liver ver. of duet single with Miho Nakayama)Tetsurou OdaMasao Akashi2:55
13."Taiyou no Tame Iki" (太陽のため息, unreleased song by Show Uesugi)Hiroshi ShibasakiTakeshi Hayama4:07
14."Baby Baby Baby" (2nd single's c/w)Kousuke OhshimaKousuke Ohshima3:49
15."FREEZE" (Jiro 4th single's c/w)Issei SugimotoWands5:10
16."Don't cry" (from 3rd studio album Little Bit…)Daria KawashimaTakeshi Hayama4:55
17."Please tell me Jesus" (from 5th studio album Awake) Keiko Utoku Wands3:50
18."Awake" (from 5th studio album Awake)Issei SugimotoWands3:31

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References

  1. ↑ Wands Discography(in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/artist/wands/
  2. ↑ Oricon rankings. title=Best of Wands History / WANDS | newspaper = Oricon http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/123552/1/
  3. ↑ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1030


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