Rarities (Tatsuro Yamashita album)

Rarities
Rarities
Greatest hits album by Tatsuro Yamashita
Released	October 30, 2002
Genre	Japanese pop
Length	71:18
Label	Warner Music Japan/Moon Records
Tatsuro Yamashita chronology

Last updated September 04, 2025

Rarities is the compilation album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in October 2002. The album is mainly composed of the songs which had initially appeared on B-sides of his previous singles and not included on any albums.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blow"	Tatsurō Yamashita	4:34
2.	"Kimi no Koe ni Koi Shiteru (君の声に恋してる)"	Yamashita	5:05
3.	"Love Goes On　-Sono Hitomi wa Goddess- (LOVE GOES ON -その瞳は女神-)"	Yamashita	5:05
4.	"Happy Happy Greeting" (Original demo version)	Yamashita, Takashi Matsumoto	6:16
5.	"Misty Mauve"	Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi	4:48
6.	"To Wait for Love"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:28
7.	"Su Ki Su Ki Sweet Kiss! (好・き・好・き SWEET KISS!)"	Yamashita	4:14
8.	"Shiosai (潮騒)" (Live version)	Yamashita, Minako Yoshida	5:09
9.	"Morning Shine (モーニング・シャイン)"	Yamashita	4:22
10.	"First Luck (Hajimete no Shiawase (初めての幸運))"	Yamashita, Chinfa Kan	4:48
11.	"I Do" (Remix)	Brian Wilson	2:27
12.	"Heron (ヘロン)" (Guitar instrumental version)	Yamashita	4:26
13.	"Juvenile no Theme (Hitomi no Naka no Rainbow) (JUVENILEのテーマ～瞳の中のRAINBOW)"	Yamashita	4:55
14.	"Sprinkler (スプリンクラー)" (Long version)	Yamashita	7:13
15.	"Itsuka Hareta Hi ni (いつか晴れた日に)" (Stand Alone version)	Yamashita, Matsumoto	4:23

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart ^[1]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Japanese Albums Chart^[2]	99

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[3]	Gold	258,000^[4]

References

↑ "山下達郎-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Rarities by Tatsurō Yamashita]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence . Retrieved July 15, 2009.
↑ "2002年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2002] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
↑ ""RIAJ > The Record > January 2003 > Certified Awards (November 2002)"" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 1, 2014.
↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

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[Jachart1-1] "山下達郎-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Rarities by Tatsurō Yamashita]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence . Retrieved July 15, 2009.

[JPYearend-2] "2002年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2002] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

[3] ""RIAJ > The Record > January 2003 > Certified Awards (November 2002)"" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 1, 2014.

[JPCB-4] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

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