Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best

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 – Kazukiyo and Uekusa, as there are no future plans for the group.[1]

Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best
Greatest hits album by
Released12 December 2020 (2020-12-12)
Recorded1985–2020
GenreJ-Pop
LengthDisc1 58:55
Disc2 60:19
Disc3 61:07
LabelJohnny's Entertainment Record
ProducerJulie K.(Executive producer)
Johnny H.Kitagawa (Eternal producer)
Shonentai chronology
Prism
(1999)
Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best
(2020)

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 original release – VHS.[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 ChiakiKyōhei TsutsumiMotoki Funeyama3:46
2."Decameron Densetsu" (デカメロン伝説, 2nd single)Yasushi AkimotoKyoheiHiroshi 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 MatsumotoTsutsumiKouji Makaino4:36
5."Stripe Blue" (5th single)MatsumotoTsutsumiMakaino3:59
6."Kimi Dake ni" (君だけに, 6th single)Chinfa KanTsutsumiMakaino3:49
7."ABC" (7th single)MatsumotoTsutsumiFuneyama4:38
8."LADY" (8th single)Masumi KawamuraKatsuhisa HattoriHattori4:28
9."Silent Dancer" (9th single)Masao UrinoTsunehiro IzumiIzumi5:22
10."Futari" (ふたり, 10th single)AskaAskaTatsunari Yakabe (strings arrangement: Hattori)4:41
11."What's your name" (11th single)Tomo MiyashitaJimmy JohnsonJohnson4:39
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 MiuraYōsuke SugiyamaSugiyama3:46
2."Funky Flushin" (16th single, Tatsuro Yamashita's cover)Minako YoshidaTatsuro YamashitaFuneyama3:31
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 OikawaYoshimasa Inoue 3:59
6."Oh!!" (20th single)Goro MatsuiRyo 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'DayAkira Inoue4:38
8."Ai to Chinmoku" (愛と沈黙, 22nd single)KanKeizo 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'DayS.A.WilliamsFuneyama3:49
7."Rainy Express" (レイニー・エクスプレス, B-side of 3rd single)MiyashitaMiyashitaMark Goldenberg4:38
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

Usage in media

  • Kanji dane...Dela was promoted as a commercial song for Meiji Cholocate brand DELA
  • Stripe Blue was promoted as a theme song to the fashion building "Harajuku Idol Wonderland" during its first open
  • Kimi Dake Ni was promoted as a theme song to the movie Nineteen, starred by all three members themselves
  • LADY was broadcast as an anime television series Lady!!
  • Silent Dancer was promoted as a commercial song to the watch brand Seiko
  • Oh! was broadcast as theme song to the television series The Chef, starred by Higashiyama himself
  • Wangan Skier was broadcast as an image song to the 1998 Winter Olympics on Fuji TV
  • Ai to Chinmoku was broadcast as a theme song to the television drama series Harmonia Kono Ai no Hate

References

  1. "少年隊 錦織&植草が年内でジャニーズ退所 グループ名は存続「活動予定はないが後輩たちの道標に」". Sponichi Annex. スポーツニッポン新聞社. 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  2. 少年隊 35周年ベスト盤ビジュアル&ジャケ写公開 https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20201119OR0079/?nv=ent
  3. Read about content of Disc 1 and 2.
  4. 少年隊の錦織一清と植草克秀がジャニーズ事務所退所、ベスト盤&「PLAYZONE」DVD発売 https://natalie.mu/music/news/397333
  5. デイリーアルバムランキング 2020年12月11日付 https://web.archive.org/web/20201212090152/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2020-12-11/
  6. 少年隊 35th Anniversary BEST 少年隊 (過去最高 4位 (2020年12月21日付)) https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/219396/products/1372418/1/
  7. 週間 アルバムランキング 2020年12月21日付 https://web.archive.org/web/20201216075234/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2020-12-21/
  8. the title of VHS is same as their group name, please do not erase it
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