Golden Best: 15th Anniversary

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Golden Best: 15th Anniversary
Zard Golden Best 15th Anniversary.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2006
Recorded1991–2006
Genre Pop rock, J-pop
LengthDisc 1: 63:01
Disc 2: 59:33
Label B-Gram
Producer Izumi Sakai
Zard compilation chronology
Zard Best ~Request Memorial~
(1999)
Golden Best: 15th Anniversary
(2006)
Zard Request ~beautiful memory~
(2008)

Golden Best: 15th Anniversary is Zard's fifth compilation album. Released in October 2006 under B-Gram Records. The album peaked #1 at Oricon weekly, charted for eighty one weeks and sold 942,220 units. [1]

Contents

Following the death of the band's vocalist Izumi Sakai in May 2007, the album immediately took the sixth spot at Oricon daily ranking after fans bought out copies of the release. [2] This album has been certified a million-selling album by the RIAJ.

Track listing

All songs has been written by Izumi Sakai.

Disc 1

No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Good-bye My Loneliness" (debut single) Tetsurō Oda Masao Akashi4:34
2."Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite (眠れない夜を抱いて)" (4th single) Tetsurō Oda Masao Akashi, Daisuke Ikeda4:26
3."In My Arms Tonight" (5th single) Michiya Haruhata (Tube)Masao Akashi4:21
4."Makenaide (負けないで)" (6th single)Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama3:46
5."Kimi ga Inai (君がいない)" (7th single) Seiichiro Kuribayashi Masao Akashi3:57
6."Yureru Omoi (揺れる想い)" (8th single)Tetsurou OdaMasao Akashi3:49
7."Mō Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi... (もう少し あと少し…)" (9th single)Seiichiro KuribayashiMasao Akashi4:47
8."Kitto Wasurenai (きっと忘れない)" (10th single)Tetsurō OdaMasao Akashi4:05
9."Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo (この愛に泳ぎ疲れても)" (11th single)Tetsurō OdaMasao Akashi4:18
10."Oh My Love" (5th album "Oh My Love")Tetsurō OdaMasao Akashi4:33
11."Konna ni Soba ni Iru no ni (こんなにそばに居るのに)" (12th single)Seiichiro KuribayashiDaisuke Ikeda5:32
12."Anata wo Kanjiteitai (あなたを感じていたい)" (13th single)Tetsurou OdaTetsurou Oda5:10
13."Ai ga Mienai (愛が見えない)" (15th single)Masazumi Ozawa (Pamelah)Takeshi Hayama4:02
14."Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu (サヨナラは今もこの胸に居ま)" (16th single)Seiichiro KuribayashiTakeshi Hayama5:04

Disc 2

No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."My Friend (マイ フレンド)" (17th single) Tetsurō Oda Takeshi Hayama4:23
2."Kokoro wo Hiraite (心を開いて)" (18th single)Tetsurō OdaDaisuke Ikeda4:08
3."Today Is Another Day" (7th album "Today Is Another Day")Tetsurō OdaDaisuke Ikeda5:17
4."Don't You See!" (19th single) Seiichiro Kuribayashi Takeshi Hayama5:00
5."Eien (永遠)" (22nd single) Akihito Tokunaga Akihito Tokunaga3:48
6."My Baby Grand ~Nukumori ga Hoshikute~ (My Baby Grand~ぬくもりが欲しくて~)" (23rd single)Tetsurō OdaDaisuke Ikeda4:12
7."Unmei no Roulette Mawashite (運命のルーレット廻して)" (25th single)Seiichiro KuribayashiDaisuke Ikeda4:55
8."Get U're Dream" (32nd single) Aika Ohno Takeshi Hayama5:13
9."Motto Chikaku de Kimi no Yokogao Mitetai (もっと近くで君の横顔見ていたい)" (37th single) Aika Ohno Daisuke Ikeda4:28
10."Kyō wa Yukkuri Hanasō (今日はゆっくり話そう)" (39th single)Aika OhnoAkihito Tokunaga4:48
11."Hoshi no Kagayaki yo (星のかがやきよ)" (40th single)Aika OhnoTakeshi Hayama3:49
12."Natsu wo Matsu Sail no Yō ni (夏を待つセイル(帆)のように)" (40th single)Aika OhnoTakeshi Hayama4:36
13."Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete (ハートに火をつけて)" (42nd single)Aika OhnoTakeshi Hayama4:58

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References

  1. "Golden Best ~15th Anniversary~ (Zard)". Oricon News (in Japanese).
  2. "Sakai Izumi to Have Musical Sendoff (Entertainment News Japan)". Japan Zone (in Japanese).