Selection: 25th Anniversary Self Selection

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Selection: 25h Anniversary Self Selection
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Compilation album by
Wink
ReleasedJune 5, 2013 (2013-06-05)
Recorded1988–1995
Genre
Length2:02:36
LanguageJapanese
Label Polystar
Producer Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink chronology
Wink Album Collection: 1988–1996 Albums Zenkyoku
(2008)		Selection: 25h Anniversary Self Selection
(2013)		Especially for You II
(2019)

Selection: 25h Anniversary Self Selection is a compilation album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on June 5, 2013. The two-disc album compiles the duo's singles, B-sides, and deep cuts selected by members Sachiko Suzuki and Shoko Aida. [1] [2]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 231 on Oricon's albums chart. [3] [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except where indicated

Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete" ((Especially For You 〜優しさにつつまれて〜, "Especially for You: Surrounded by Kindness")) 
Motoki Funayama4:09
2."Ichiban Kanashii Bara" ((いちばん哀しい薔薇, "The Saddest Rose"))  Kisaburō Suzuki Funayama4:25
3."Samishii Nettaigyo" ((淋しい熱帯魚, "Lonely Tropical Fish")) Masaya OzekiFunayama4:30
4."Anata ga Door wo Akeru Yoru" (Anata ga Doa wo Akeru Yoru (あなたがドアを開ける夜, "The Night You Open the Door"))Yūho IwasatoChika Ueda Satoshi Kadokura 4:39
5."Alone Again [fn 1] "Rui Serizawa
  • Jamey Jaz
  • Ren Toppano
  • Viqui Denman
S. Kadokura4:40
6."Koi no Junan ni Yōkoso" ((恋の受難にようこそ, "Welcome to the Suffering of Love")) OzekiFunayama4:36
7."Tsuki to Taiyō" ((月と太陽, "Moon and Sun")) Arika Takarano Tetsurō Kashibuchi Kashibuchi4:16
8."Movin' On"Serizawa
Shingo Kobayashi5:21
9."One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)" ((One Night In Heaven 〜真夜中のエンジェル〜, "One Night in Heaven ~Midnight Angel~")) Takashi Matsumoto
Funayama4:07
10."Yakan Hikō (Never Marry a Railroad Man)" ((夜間飛行 〜Never Marry A Railroad Man〜, "Night Flight ~Never Marry a Railroad Man~"))Sayako Morimoto Robbie van Leeuwen Takao Sugiyama4:14
11."Tsukiyo no Shinjugai" ((月夜の真珠貝, "Moonlit Pearl Shell")) OzekiS. Kadokura4:45
12."Haitoku no Scenario" (Haitoku no Shinario (背徳のシナリオ, "An Immoral Scenario")) KudōS. Kadokura4:27
13."Special to Me" 
Funayama3:39
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Twinkle Twinkle" (Tuinkuru Tuinkuru (トゥインクル トゥインクル)) Yasushi Akimoto James ShimojiYuki Kadokura4:19
2."Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome to the Edge)" ((想い出までそばにいて (Welcome To The Edge), "I'll Stay by Your Side Until You Remember (Welcome to the Edge)")) 
S. Kadokura5:06
3."Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" ((愛が止まらない 〜TURN IT INTO LOVE〜, "Love Doesn't Stop ~Turn It into Love~")) 
  • Stock
  • Aitken
  • Waterman
Funayama3:32
4."Honey Bee"SerizawaHirofumi AsamotoS. Kadokura5:03
5."Unshakable"Morimoto
  • Patrick DeRemer
  • Jan Buckingham
S. Kadokura5:01
6."Aishiteru (Never Stopped Loving You)" ((愛してる 〜Never Stopped Loving You〜, "I Love You ~Never Stopped Loving You~")) Paul GurvitzFunayama5:06
7."Eien no Ladydoll (Voyage, Voyage)" (Eien no redīdōru ~Voyage, Voyage~ (永遠のレディードール 〜Voyage Voyage〜, "Eternal Ladydoll ~Voyage, Voyage")) 
  • Jean-Michel Rivat
  • Dominique Dubois
Funayama4:58
8."New Moon ni Aimashou" (Nyū Mūn ni Aimashō (ニュー・ムーンに逢いましょう, "Meet the New Moon")) Y. KadokuraS. Kadokura4:24
9."Jūnigatsu no Orihime" ((12月の織姫, "Orihime in December")) 
S. Kadokura4:48
10."Awa ni Naru (Endless Summer)" ((泡になる 〜Endless Summer〜, "Become a Bubble ~Endless Summer~"))Serizawa Junko Hirotani S. Kadokura5:24
11."Shake It" Yoshiko Miura KE-YS. Kadokura4:45
12."Maboroshi ga Sakenderu" ((幻が叫んでる, "The Illusion Is Screaming")) Tomofumi SuzukiTsukasa Ebisu4:26
13."Tokubetsu na Ichinichi" ((特別な一日, "A Special Day"))Kyōko EndōEndōS. Kadokura7:54

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 231

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cover of Windham Hill's "Nothing Means More to Me Than You".

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