Nana Best

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Nana Best
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ReleasedMarch 21, 2007
Language Japanese, English
Label Cutting Edge (Avex)

Nana Best is a special compilation album featuring the combined words of Anna Tsuchiya and Olivia used in the first season of the Nana anime . The album was released in two versions, CD+DVD and the low priced CD only version. The albums were released only one month after the release of two full-albums dedicated solely to one singer each's work for the anime respectively. The first press of the CD+DVD version includes a special Nana mouse pad as well as a "skeleton"-style sleeve package. The best album features five tracks that solely appear on the best album, namely "Stand By Me" - the fifth ED theme for Nana by Anna Tsuchiya, Tsuchiya's cover of the Sex Pistols`s Anarchy in the U.K., a "Studio Live Version" of Tsuchiya's Lucy, a new song from Olivia called "Nothing's Gonna Take Me Love" and finally a live recording of the song "Recorded Butterflies" by Olivia. The DVD features all of the opening and ending sequences used in Nana without credits overtop of them, as well as four "original animation" clips set to music throughout the show. This album was released one week before the airing of the final episode of the first season of the Nana anime.

Track listing

Disc1: CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Rose -1st opening song-"ANNAAyumi MiyazakiAyumi Miyazaki3:49
2."A Little Pain -1st ending song-"Olivia, Masumi KawamuraHiroo YamaguchiTomoji Sogawa5:17
3."Zero -Inserted song-"ANNAKatsumi OnishiKatsumi Onishi3:50
4."Wish -2nd opening song-"Olivia, ChazneOlivia, ruirui, kansei, Tomoji Sogawa3:45
5."Starless Night -2nd ending song-"Olivia, SPACE CRITTERHideyuki ObataTomoji Sogawa4:16
6."Kuroi Namida -3rd ending song-"Megumi TakeuchiHiroki Nagase Gary Newby 5:10
7."Lucy -3rd opening song-"ANNA, Rie Eto COZZiCOZZi3:29
8."Stand By Me -5th ending song-"Katsumi OnishiKatsumi Onishi 4:48
9."Shadow of Love -Inserted song-"Chazne, OLIVIArui, OLIVIAkansei, rui4:25
10."Winter Sleep -4th ending song-"Eclipserui, OLIVIAkansei, rui6:00
11."Anarchy in the U.K. <Nana Best Special Tracks>"Paul Thomas Cook, Stephen Philip Jones, Glen Matlock, Johnny RottenPaul Thomas Cook, Stephen Philip Jones, Johnny Rotten 3:23
12."Lucy ~Studio Live Version~ <Nana Best Special Tracks>"ANNA, Rie EtoCOZZiCOZZi3:32
13."Nothing's Gonna Take My Love <Nana Best Special Tracks>"OLIVIAOLIVIA, Jeffrey Lufkinkansei, rui4:33
14."Recorded Butterflies ~Live Version~ <Nana Best Special Tracks>"OLIVIA, Masumi KawamuraOLIVIA, rui 4:57
Disc2: DVD (TV Animation Nana Non-telop Opening & Ending Clips)
No.TitleLength
1."Rose"3:48
2."A Little Pain"5:17
3."Wish"3:46
4."Starless Night"4:15
5."Kuroi Namida"5:09
6."Lucy"3:28
7."Stand by Me"4:48
8."Winter Sleep"5:57
Disc2: DVD (Nana Original Animation Clips)
No.TitleLength
9."Kuroi Namida"5:09
10."Lucy"3:28
11."A Little Pain: Studio Live"5:17
12."Wish"3:46

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