The Best Bang!! | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | November 17, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 1990—2010 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:39:11 4:07:32 (limited edition) | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Producer | Masaharu Fukuyama | |||
Masaharu Fukuyama chronology | ||||
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CD+DVD edition covers | ||||
![]() Front cover, with Fukuyama aged 19 | ||||
Alternative cover | ||||
![]() Back cover,with Fukuyama aged 41 | ||||
Singles from The Best Bang!! | ||||
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The Best Bang!! (stylized as THE BEST BANG!!) is Japanese rock singer-songwriter Masaharu Fukuyama's fourth compilation album,released on November 17,2010. [1] The compilation was an all-time greatest hits album,featuring Fukuyama's songs from both his time with record labels BMG Japan and Universal Music Japan. [2]
The album was released in other Asian territories in March and April 2011. The album was re-released in Japan in April with an added disc,titled the Asia Limited Bang!! version,featuring With Special Guests:Fukuyama Masaharu Remake ,a tribute album performed by South Korean musicians,sung in Korean. [3] The tribute album was also released separately in territories outside Japan.
The compilation is a collection to celebrate Fukuyama's 20th anniversary since his debut as a musician in 1990. [2] The album features material from 1990 through to 2010,spanning two record labels. [2] Fukuyama personally chose the songs to appear on the album. [2]
The compilation also featured new songs,such as the singles "Hatsukoi" and "Hotaru/Shōnen," and a single for the song "Kokoro Color (A Song for the Wonderful Year)" featuring three completely unpublished songs. [1] On the limited edition CD+DVD version of the album,six instrumental compositions were added to the third disc, [1] including the unpublished "Denderaryūba," which was performed at Fukuyama's 20th anniversary We're Bros. tour. [4]
Three versions of the album were released:a CD+DVD limited edition version, [5] a version limited to 15,000 copies that came with a special towel [6] and a regular version. [4] The DVD featured eight songs' music videos,including "Kokoro Color (A Song for the Wonderful Year)." [1]
The cover artwork to the regular and special goods version of the album features a collage of 44 different pictures of Fukuyama,from infancy through to 2010. [2] The CD+DVD version,however,features a photo taken in 1988 at 19,before Fukuyama's debut as a singer. [2] The reverse side of the album features a 2010 recreation of the photo,with Fukuyama at age 41. [2]
The album debuted on its first day at number one on Oricon's albums charts, [7] debuting at number one for the week,with 381,000 copies sold. [2] This became his 8th number one album,and was the highest sales for a solo vocalist in Japan for 2010,as well as the highest sales for an album by a male soloist in five years,since Ken Hirai's Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95—'05 "Utabaka" . [2] Despite being released in November,The Best Bang!! was the 9th best sold album in 2010 in Japan. [8] The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) have certified the album as double platinum for a shipment of more than 500,000 copies. [9]
The additional single "Kokoro Color (A Song for the Wonderful Year)" was released digitally as a full-length cellphone download a week before the album on November 10. [10] The song was promoted heavily on radio for two weeks,peaking at number 7 on Billboard Japan Hot 100. [11] The song reached number 13 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart. [10]
All versions of the album
All songs written and composed by Masaharu Fukuyama,except "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka" which features additional music written with Hideo Sano,"Peach!!" which features music co-written with Motohiro Tomita and "Ishikure no Pride" which features lyrics by Sion.
No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka" (追憶の雨の中 "In the Rain of Reminiscence," from Dengon) | Hisashi Shirahama | 3:56 |
2. | "Nigerarenai" (逃げられない "I Can't Run Away," from Lion) | Syuji Nakamura | 4:15 |
3. | "Yakusoku no Oka" (約束の丘 "Primose Hill," from Boots) | Katsu Hoshi | 5:27 |
4. | "Hard Rain" (from Boots) | Nakamura | 4:41 |
5. | "Good Night" (from Boots) | Akihiko Matsumoto | 5:54 |
6. | "Melody" (from Calling) | Makoto Saitō | 4:29 |
7. | "All My Loving" (from Calling) | Rei Ohara | 4:05 |
8. | "Tōku e" (遠くへ "To Far Away," from Calling) | Katsu Hoshi | 5:07 |
9. | "Koibito" (from Calling) | Katsu Hoshi | 4:41 |
10. | "Marcy's Song" (from Calling) | Yoshiyuki Sahashi | 4:32 |
11. | "It's Only Love" (from On and On) | Saitō | 4:35 |
12. | "Hello" (from M Collection) | Sahashi | 3:59 |
13. | "Good Luck" (from Calling) | Saitō | 4:43 |
14. | "Message" | Saitō | 4:11 |
15. | "Heart" (from Sing a Song) | Fukuyama | 4:48 |
16. | "You" (from Sing a Song) | Motohiro Tomita | 4:45 |
Total length: | 67:04 |
No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heaven" (from F ) | Sahashi | 3:39 |
2. | "Peach!!" (from Dear) | Tomita | 4:03 |
3. | "Squall" (from Dear) | Tomita | 5:24 |
4. | "Gang" (from F) | Tomita | 4:13 |
5. | "Sakura Zaka" (from F) | Tomita | 4:57 |
6. | "Mikan-iro no Natsu Yasumi" (蜜柑色の夏休み "Mandarin-colored Summer Holiday," from F) | Sahashi | 4:03 |
7. | "Niji" (from 5 Nen Mono ) | Fukuyama | 4:08 |
8. | "Himawari" (from 5 Nen Mono) | Akira Inoue | 6:13 |
9. | "Sore ga Subete sa" (from 5 Nen Mono) | Inoue | 5:10 |
10. | "Naitari Shinaide" (from 5 Nen Mono) | Takayuki Hattori | 4:26 |
11. | "Red x Blue" (from 5 Nen Mono) | Fukuyama | 4:32 |
12. | "Ano Natsu mo Umi mo Sora mo" (あの夏も 海も 空も "That Summer, and Sea, and Sky," from 5 Nen Mono) | Inoue | 5:26 |
13. | "Milk Tea" (from 5 Nen Mono) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:01 |
14. | "Tokyo ni mo Attanda" (from Zankyō ) | Fukuyama, Hattori | 6:18 |
Total length: | 67:52 |
No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Edge of Chaos (Ai no Ichigeki)" (愛の一撃 "Love Punch," from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 3:23 |
2. | "Ashita no Show" (明日の☆SHOW "Tomorrow's Show," from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:51 |
3. | "Saiai" (最愛 "Beloved," from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:41 |
4. | "Sō (New Love New World)" (最愛 "Beloved," from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:42 |
5. | "Keshin" (from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:02 |
6. | "Hatsukoi" | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:10 |
7. | "Kiss Shite" (from "Keshin" (single)) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 3:42 |
8. | "Shōnen" | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:03 |
9. | "Hotaru" | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:12 |
10. | "Gunjō (Ultramarine)" (群青, from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:01 |
Total length: | 47:47 |
No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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11. | "Vs. (Chikaku to Kairaku no Rasen)" (vs. ~知覚と快楽の螺旋~ "Versus (A Spiral of Senses and Pleasure)," from Galileo Original Soundtrack) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 3:48 |
12. | "Kakusei Moment" (覚醒モーメント "Awakening Moment," from Galileo Original Soundtrack) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:34 |
13. | "Denderaryūba" (でんでらりゅうば "If I Could Come Out, I Will Come Out") | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:31 |
14. | "99" (from Zankyō) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:15 |
15. | "Revolution//Evolution" (from "Hotaru/Shōnen" (single)) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:11 |
16. | "Ammonite no Yume" (アンモナイトの夢 "Ammonite Dreams," from "Hatsukoi" (single)) | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:34 |
Total length: | 79:36 |
No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kokoro Color (A Song for the Wonderful Year)" (心color "Heart Color") | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:53 |
2. | "Ishikure no Pride" (石塊のプライド "Pebble Pride") | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:36 |
3. | "Michishirube 2010" (道標 2010 "Signpost 2010") | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:22 |
4. | "Kokoro Color (A Song for the Wonderful Year) (Original Karaoke)" | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:53 |
5. | "Ishikure no Pride (Original Karaoke)" | Fukuyama, Inoue | 4:36 |
6. | "Michishirube 2010 (Original Karaoke)" | Fukuyama, Inoue | 5:22 |
Total length: | 29:42 |
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Niji" | Beast | |
2. | "Hotaru" | Tei | |
3. | "Himawari" | Lim Jeong Hee | |
4. | "Saiai" | 2AM | |
5. | "Milk Tea" | G.NA | |
6. | "Gunjō (Ultramarine)" | Ban Kwang-Ok | |
7. | "Koibito" | Joo Hee | |
8. | "Hatsukoi" | Young Gee |
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Oricon daily albums [7] | 1 |
Oricon weekly albums [2] | 1 |
Oricon monthly albums [12] | 2 |
Oricon yearly albums [8] | 9 |
Chart | Amount |
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Oricon physical sales [13] | 662,000 |
RIAJ physical shipping certification [9] | Triple platinum (750,000+) |
Region | Date | Format | Distributing Label |
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Japan | November 17, 2010 [1] | CD, digital download | Universal Music Japan |
December 4, 2010 [14] | Rental CD | ||
Taiwan | March 23, 2011 [15] | CD | Universal Taiwan |
Hong Kong | March 24, 2011 [16] | CD | Universal Hong Kong |
South Korea | March 29, 2011 [17] | CD | Sony Music Korea |
Thailand | April 1, 2011 [18] | CD | Universal |
Japan | April 13, 2011 [3] | Asia Limited Bang!!: CD, digital download | Universal Music Japan |
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