Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best

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Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best
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Greatest hits album by
Released12 December 2020 (2020-12-12)
Recorded1985–2020
Genre J-Pop
LengthDisc 1 - 58:55
Disc 2 - 60:19
Disc 3 - 61:07
Label Johnny's Entertainment Record
Producer Julie K.(Executive producer)
Johnny H.Kitagawa (Eternal producer)
Shonentai chronology
Prism
(1999)
Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best
(2020)

Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best is the second compilation album by Japanese idol group Shonentai. It was released on 12 December 2020, the day of their 35th anniversary, under Johnny's Entertainment Record. The album release was announced on the same day as an announcement from the withdrawal from group and agency of two members – Nishikiori and Uekusa, as there are no future plans for the group. [1]

Contents

Background

It is their first album release since 1999's studio album Prism and their first compilation album in 32 years. In November 2020, they've changed their visual profile image on their official website page for the first time in 12 years. [2]

The compilation album was released in two types: a regular edition and a limited edition, available only for the fanclub members. Both of the editions share the same track list on the Disc 1 and Disc 2.

Regular edition of the album includes 3 CDs of the biggest hits from their career such as Kamen Budokai, Kimi Dake ni and several picks up from B-Side and albums, with a total of 39 tracks.

The limited edition includes a total of 12 discs – the first half of them includes CD discs and the second half includes DVD discs. Discs from number 3–5 includes renewed versions of their old hits, previously unreleased tapes and musical records from the musical stages. [3] Discs from number 6 to 12 includes live tour and music video clip collection digitalised into the DVD format, for the first time since its VHS original release. [4]

Charting

The album reached on daily charts number 1 in first week with 12,000 copies sold. [5] and reached on weekly charts on number 4 with total 18,480 sold copies. [6] [7]

Track listing

Disc 1

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangersLength
1."Kamen Butokai" (仮面舞踏会, debut single)Tetsuya Chiaki Kyōhei Tsutsumi Motoki Funeyama3:46
2."Decameron Densetsu" (デカメロン伝説, 2nd single) Yasushi Akimoto TsutsumiHiroshi Shinkawa3:31
3."Diamond Eyes" (ダイヤモンド・アイズ, 3rd single)Emi KandaHiro NagasawaOsamu Totsuka4:18
4."Ballad no Youni Nemure" (バラードのように眠れ, 4th single) Takashi Matsumoto Tsutsumi Kōji Makaino 4:36
5."Stripe Blue" (5th single)MatsumotoTsutsumiMakaino3:59
6."Kimi Dake ni" (君だけに, 6th single) Chinfa Kan TsutsumiMakaino3:49
7."ABC" (7th single)MatsumotoTsutsumiFuneyama4:38
8."LADY" (8th single)Masumi Kawamura Katsuhisa Hattori Hattori4:28
9."Silent Dancer" (9th single) Masao Urino Tsunehiro IzumiIzumi5:22
10."Futari" (ふたり, 10th single) Aska AskaTatsunari Yakabe (strings arrangement: Hattori)4:41
11."What's your name" (11th single)Tomo Miyashita Jimmy Johnson Johnson4:39
12."Jirettaine" (じれったいね, 12th single)Hiromi MoriTsutsumiShinkawa4:33
13."Maittane Konya" (まいったネ今夜, 13th single)MiyashitaMiyashitaKatsunori Ishida4:34

Disc 2

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangersLength
1."Fuuin Love" (封印LOVE, 15th single) Yoshiko Miura Yōsuke SugiyamaSugiyama3:46
2."Funky Flushin" (16th single, Tatsuro Yamashita's cover)Minako Yoshida Tatsuro Yamashita Funeyama3:31
3."Suna no Otoko" (砂の男, 17th single)Anju ManaHitoshi HabaFuneyama4:18
4."You're My Life: Utsukushii Kimi he" (You're My Life-美しい人へ-, 18th single)Reiji MatsumotoYuusuke Fuguchi 4:36
5."Excuse" (19th single) Neko Oikawa Yoshimasa Inoue 3:59
6."Oh!!" (20th single) Gorō Matsui Ryo FujioNorimasa Yamanaka3:49
7."Wangan Skier" (湾岸スキーヤー, 21st single, originally performed by Yamashita for CM in 1993 (never released full version))AkimotoYamashita, Alan O'Day Akira Inoue 4:38
8."Ai to Chinmoku" (愛と沈黙, 22nd single)Kan Keizo Nakanishi, Takao KonishiKonishi4:28
9."Jounetsu no Ichiya" (情熱の一夜, 23rd single)MatsuiMakainoMakaino5:22
10."Romantic Time" (ロマンチックタイム, 24th single)Hiroshi FuruyamaTetsuji HayashiFuneyama4:41
11."Kimi ga Ita koro" (君がいた頃, 25th single)PlatinaMakainoMakaino4:39
12."Sou SOH" (想 SOH, final single)Takamitsu ShimazakiThomas Thornholm, Michael Clauss, Dan AttlerudTakashi Masuda4:33

Disc 3

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangersLength
1."Anata ni Ima Good-bye" (あなたに今Good-bye, from first videoclip "Shonentai", [8] previously unreleased music recording)MiyashitaIchiro NittaNitta, Makaino3:46
2."Aitsu to Lullaby" (あいつとララバイ, from first videoclip "Shonentai", previously unreleased music recording)MiyashitaMiyashitaKatsunori Ishida3:31
3."Twilight Feeling" (トワイライト・フィーリング, from first videoclip "Shonentai", previously unreleased music recording)SHOWKen SatouIshida4:18
4."Kanji dane...Dela" (感じだね......デラ, previously unreleased music recording)Kazuko KobayashiMakoto MatsushitaMatsushita4:36
5."Harukaze ni iine!" (春風にイイネ!, B-Side of debut single (type-b))MiyashitaSatouSatoshi Nakamura3:59
6."One Step Beyond" (B-side of debut single (type-c)) Alan O'Day S.A.WilliamsFuneyama3:49
7."Rainy Express" (レイニー・エクスプレス, B-side of 3rd single)MiyashitaMiyashita Mark Goldenberg 4:38
8."Success Street" (サクセス・ストリート, from debut album "Sho Shonentai")ChiakiTsutsumiFuneyama4:28
9."Hoshikuzu no Spangle" (星屑のスパンコール, from debut album "Sho Shonentai")Yoshihiko AndoIzumiOsamu Totsuka5:22
10."Ugi Ugi Cat!" (ヴギウギ・キャット!, from EP "Wonderland")Kazumi YasuiKazuhiko KatouHiroshi Shinkawa4:41
11."First Memory" (from soundtrack album "PRIVATE LIFE -Light & Shadow-")Ikki MatsumotoHattoriHattori4:39
12."Ai no Tegami" (愛の手紙, B-side of 12th single)MoriTsutsumiFuneyama4:33
13."PGF" (B-side of 20th single, PGF stands for positive girlfriend)OikawaYoshimasa InoueYasunori Iwasaki4:33
14."The longest night" (from the final studio album "Prism")Yoko NezuHiroshi SakamotoMasayuki Iwata4:33

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