All Time Best: Original

All Time Best: Original (オールタイム・ベスト -オリジナル-, Ōru Taimu Besuto -Orijinaru-) is a compilation album by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori, released through Universal Music Japan on August 6, 2014. The compilation album is divided into two discs: The first disc includes 15 singles from the Warner Pioneer period and the second disc contains 15 singles from the MCA Records and UMJ eras. It also includes the bonus track "Crazy Love", which was previously released only as a digital single, as well as the new single "Sweet Rain."[1][2]

All Time Best: Original
Compilation album by
ReleasedAugust 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)
Recorded1982–2014
Genre
Length60:59 (Disc 1)
71:11 (Disc 2)
LanguageJapanese
LabelUniversal Music Japan
Akina Nakamori chronology
Diva
(2009)
All Time Best: Original
(2014)
All Time Best: Utahime Cover
(2014)
Singles from All Time Best: Original
  1. "Crazy Love"
    Released: June 13, 2010
  2. "Sweet Rain"
    Released: July 16, 2014
Alternate cover
Special Edition cover

The album was released in regular and first-press editions. The first-press edition includes a DVD containing short footage of the acoustic live tour Nakamori Akina 2000: 21 Seiki e no Tabidachi (中森明菜2000『~21世紀への旅立ち~』, Akina Nakamori 2000: Departure to the 21st Century). The Special Edition includes the full version of the acoustic live tour.[3]

Chart performance

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The album debuted at No. 3 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and remained in the same position for two consecutive weeks, charted for 39 weeks and became the 46th best sold album in the year.[4] It was certified Gold by RIAJ.[5]

Track listing

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Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Slow Motion" (Surō Mōshon (スローモーション))Etsuko KisugiTakao KisugiMotoki Funayama4:06
2."Shōjo A" ((少女A, "Girl A"))Masao UrinoHiroaki SerizawaMitsuo Hagita3:31
3."Second Love" (Sekando Rabu (セカンド・ラブ))E. KisugiT. KisugiHagita4:22
4."½ no Shinwa" (Nibun no Ichi no Shinwa (½の神話, "Half the Myth"))UrinoYoshiyuki OhsawaHagita3:19
5."Kinku" ((禁区, "Forbidden Zone"))UrinoHaruomi Hosono
  • Hagita
  • Hosono
3:47
6."Kita Wing" (Kita Uingu (北ウイング, "North Wing"))Chinfa KanTetsuji HayashiHayashi4:35
7."Southern Wind" (Sazan Uindo (サザン・ウインド))E. KisugiKōji TamakiIchizō Seo3:50
8."Jukkai (1984)" (Jukkai (Ichi Kyū Hachi Yon) (十戒 (1984), "Ten Commandments (1984)"))UrinoMasayoshi Takanaka
  • Hagita
  • Takanaka
3:35
9."Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" ((飾りじゃないのよ涙は, "The Tears Are Not a Decoration"))Yōsui InoueY. InoueHagita4:10
10."Meu amor é..." (Mi Amōre (ミ・アモーレ))KanNaoya MatsuokaMatsuoka3:52
11."Desire (Jōnetsu)" (DESIRE -情熱-)Yoko AkiKisaburō SuzukiKazuo Shiina4:24
12."Gypsy Queen" (Jipushī Kuīn (ジプシー・クイーン))Takashi MatsumotoWataru KuniyasuShingo Kobayashi4:29
13."Nanpasen" ((難破船, "Shipwreck"))Tokiko KatoKatoKei Wakakusa4:25
14."Tattoo"Yuri MorikoAnri SekineEurox3:57
15."Futari Shizuka: Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken yori" ((二人静 -「天河伝説殺人事件」より, "Two People Still: From The Legendary Tenkawa Murder Case"))T. MatsumotoMakoto SekiguchiAkira Inoue4:09
Total length:60:59
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Everlasting Love"Taeko OnukiRyuichi SakamotoR. Sakamoto4:50
2."Aibu" ((愛撫, "Caress"))T. MatsumotoTetsuya KomuroKomuro5:14
3."Gekka" ((月華, "Moon Flower"))Gorō MatsuiShūgō KajiwaraAkihiko Matsumoto4:57
4."Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta" ((原始、女は太陽だった, "Primitive, the Woman Was the Sun"))Neko OikawaMasakiYasunori Iwasaki4:47
5."Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero" ((MOONLIGHT SHADOW-月に吠えろ, "Moonlight Shadow -Howl at the Moon-"))Toshihiko TakamizawaKomuroKomuro5:07
6."Appetite"Seriko NatsunoU-kiU-ki5:15
7."Kisei (Never Forget) (2007 Version)" ((帰省 〜Never Forget〜, "Homecoming ~Never Forget~"))
  • Yasuhiro Suzu
  • Atsuko
SuzuAkira Senju5:33
8."The Heat (Musica Fiesta)"AdyaUruUru4:54
9."Days"NakamoriTetsurō OdaSatoshi Takebe4:57
10."Rakka Ryūsui" ((落花流水, "Falling Flower Running Water"))T. MatsumotoKenji HayashidaMasayuki Sakamoto4:43
11."Hana yo Odore" ((花よ踊れ, "Dance with Flowers"))KarenHitoshi HabaHiroshi Uesugi4:18
12."Diva"Ryohei Matsufuji
  • Philippe-Marc Anquetil
  • Chris Lee-Joe
  • Emma Rohan
 3:21
13."Crazy Love"
  • Fredrik Bostrom
  • Anna Nordell
  • Calle Kindbom
 3:31
14."I Hope So"Nakamori
  • Shinjirō Inoue
  • Takebe
Takebe4:43
15."Sweet Rain"MatsufujiKei KawanoKawano5:08
Total length:71:11
First Press Edition DVD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Hikari no Nai Mangekyō" ((光のない万華鏡, "A Kaleidoscope Without Light"))NakamoriMakoto Sekiguchi 
2."Eien no Tobira" ((永遠の扉, "Door to Eternity"))NatsunoTamaki 
3."Necessary"NatsunoYoshiaki Ōuchi 
4."Mizu ni Sashita Hana" ((水に挿した花, "Flowers in Water"))Natsuko TadanoJunko Hirotani 
5."Ame no Hi wa Ningyo" ((雨の日は人魚, "Mermaid on a Rainy Day"))NatsunoHiroyuki Matsuda 
6."Ophelia" (Oferia (オフェリア))Aki ShimogōSatoshi Shimano 
7."Gekka"MatsuiKajiwara 
8."Al-Mauj"Akira ŌtsuTakashi Satō 
9."Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta"OikawaMasaki 
10."Ranka" ((乱火, "Raging Fire"))ŌtsuSuzuki 
Special Edition DVD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Hikari no Nai Mangekyō"NakamoriSekiguchi 
2."Eien no Tobira"NatsunoTamaki 
3."Yokan" ((予感, "Premonition"))Ryō AsukaAsuka 
4."Necessary"NatsunoŌuchi 
5."Mizu ni Sashita Hana"TadanoHirotani 
6."Arifureta Fūkei" ((ありふれた風景, "Ordinary Landscape"))Akiko KosakaKosaka 
7."Ame no Hi wa Ningyo"NatsunoMatsuda 
8."Ame ga Futteta..." ((雨が降ってた…, "It Was Raining"))Yūho IwasatoChika Ueda 
9."Catastrophe no Amagasa" (Katasutorofi no Amagasa (カタストロフィの雨傘, "Umbrella of Catastrophe"))Mayumi ShinozukaTsunehiro Izumi 
10."Ophelia"ShimogōShimano 
11."Gekka"MatsuiKajiwara 
12."Futari Shizuka: Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken yori"T. MatsumotoSekiguchi 
13."Al-Mauj"ŌtsuSatō 
14."Genshi, Onna wa Taiyō Datta"OikawaMasaki 
15."Arashi no Naka de" ((嵐の中で, "In the Storm"))NatsunoOriga 
16."Meu amor é..."KanMatsuoka 
17."Ranka"ŌtsuSuzuki 
18."Kagerō" ((陽炎, "Heat Haze"))NakamoriTamaki 

Charts

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Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 46

Certification

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[5] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "中森明菜、2枚組シングルベストに5年ぶり新曲". Natalie.mu. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  2. ^ "中森明菜、オールタイムベストに5年ぶりの新曲収録". BARKS.jp. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. ^ "中森明菜が自身初のオールタイム・ベストを2作品同時発売!". OKMusic. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ a b c "オールタイム・ベスト-オリジナル- | 中森明菜". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. ^ a b "Japanese certifications – 中森 明菜 – オールタイム・ベスト -オリジナル-" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-10-02. Select 2014年9月 on the drop-down menu
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