Millennium Best

Millennium Best (ミレニアム・ベスト, Mireniamu Besuto) is the ninth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on March 15, 2000, through Pony Canyon. It is Kudo's second single collection: the album features all of Kudo's singles released from "Kindan no Telepathy" (1987) up to her most recent at the time, "Blue Zone" (1999), as well as all five singles released by Ushirogami Hikaretai.[1] The album was released digitally on May 28, 2014, however only the four singles missing from the subsequently released compilation Shizuka Kudo Best were made available for download.[2]

Millennium Best
Compilation album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedMarch 15, 2000 (2000-03-15)
Recorded1987–99
Genre
Length177:25
LabelPony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Full of Love
(1999)		 Millennium Best
(2000)		 Euro Shizuka Kudo
(2000)

Background

The album was released without Kudo's consent, after she had already left Pony Canyon. According to Kudo, she only came to know of the compilation's existence when she stumbled onto it when flipping through the CD racks of a convenience store.

Commercial performance

Millennium Best debuted at number 25 on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 18,000 units sold. The album charted in the top 100 for a total of five consecutive weeks, selling a reported 36,000 copies during its chart run.[3][4]

Track listing
Disc 1
All tracks composed and arranged by Tsugutoshi Gotō.
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Toki no Kawa o Koete" (時の河を越えて, "Across the River of Time")
3:52
2."Anata o Shiritai" (あなたを知りたい, "I Wanna Know You")
  • Akimoto
3:45
3."Kindan no Telepathy"
  • Akimoto
3:47
4."Moebius no Koibito" (メビウスの恋人, Mebiusu no Koibito, "Moebius Lover")
  • Akimoto
3:49
5."Again"
  • Akimoto
4:15
6."Hora ne, Haru ga Kita" (ほらね、春が来た, "Look! Spring Has Come")
  • Akimoto
4:07
7."Daite Kuretara Ii no ni"
5:07
8."Gokitai Kudasai!" (ご期待下さい!, "Get Excited!")
  • Akimoto
4:02
9."Fu-ji-tsu"
3:49
10."Mugon... Iroppoi"
  • Nakajima
3:54
11."Koi Hitoyo"
  • Matsui
4:32
12."Arashi no Sugao"
  • Yoshiko Miura
3:32
13."Kōsa ni Fukarete"
  • Nakajima
3:49
Total length:52:20
Disc 2
All tracks composed by Gotō.
No.TitleLyricsArranger(s)Length
1."Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku"
  • Matsui
3:56
2."Senryū no Shizuku"
  • Draw4
4:43
3."Watashi ni Tsuite"
  • Nakajima
  • Draw4
4:08
4."Boya Boya Dekinai"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
3:41
5."Please"
  • Miura
  • Gotō
4:17
6."Metamorphose"
  • Matsui
4:16
7."Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Kadokura
5:00
8."Urahara"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
4:54
9."Koe o Kikasete"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Naoki Takao
6:36
10."Dōkoku"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Takao
4:48
11."Watashi wa Knife"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Kadokura
  • Takao
4:26
12."Anata Shika Inai Desho"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Kadokura
  • Takao
6:24
Total length:57:09
Disc 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Blue Rose"
  • Aeri
  • Takashi Tsushimi
  • Taisuke Sawachika
4:40
2."Jaguar Line"
  • Aeri
  • Masaya Ozeki
  • Ichirō Hada
4:08
3."Ice Rain"
  • Aeri
  • Tsushimi
  • Kadokura
6:02
4."Moon Water"
  • Aeri
  • Arata Tanimoto
  • Sawachika
5:12
5."7"
  • Aeri
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
  • Akihisa Matsūra
5:46
6."Chō"
  • Aeri
  • Naoyuki Fujī
  • Matsūra
  • Matsūra
5:09
7."Yū"
  • Aeri
  • Hideya Nakazaki
  • Kadokura
4:53
8."Gekijō"
  • Nakajima
  • Ichizō Seo
4:38
9."Blue Velvet"
  • Hatake
3:55
10."Kama Sutra no Densetsu"
  • Aeri
  • Hatake
  • Hatake
4:53
11."Setsu Getsu Ka"
  • Nakajima
  • Seo
4:46
12."Kirara"
  • Sawachika
4:52
13."Isshun"
  • ЯK
  • Sawachika
4:48
14."Blue Zone"
  • Aeri
  • Tsushimi
  • Sawachika
4:14
Total length:67:56

Charts
Chart (2000) Peak
position		 Sales
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[5] 25 36,000[3]

References
  1. "工藤静香 / ミレニアム・ベスト". CDJournal. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. "ミレニアム・ベスト／工藤静香". Mora. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  4. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  5. "ミレニアム・ベスト 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
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