:Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best
{{Infobox album
| name = Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best
| type = Compilation
| artist = Rimi Natsukawa
| cover = Rimi_Ainouta.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2008|3|9}}
| recorded = 2001–2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop, Shima uta, traditional
| length = 1:14:48
| label = Victor Entertainment
| producer =
| prev_title = Uta Sagashi: Request Cover Album
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Kokoro no Uta
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best
| type = Compilation
| single1 = Ano Hana no Yō ni
| single1date = January 3, 2008
}}
}}
{{nihongo|Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best|あいのうた～セルフセレクション・ベスト～|Love Song}} is the 5th compilation album released by Rimi Natsukawa on {{start date|2008|3|9}}.{{cite web| title=夏川りみ オフィシャルサイト| url=http://www.rimirimi.jp/free/disco_a.html| accessdate=2010-01-31| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228175152/http://rimirimi.jp/free/disco_a.html| archive-date=2009-02-28| url-status=dead}}
Promotion
The album was preceded by the single "Ano Hana no Yō ni" by two months. The song was written by singer Masumi, and was used as the theme song of the drama Fullswing.
Contents
The album features songs chosen by Natsukawa as her favourites from her discography. All the chosen songs are songs with messages in them.{{cite web| title=歌さがしの全国ツアーを終えて| url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/d?p=2008021501&t=2nd_ens_tit| work=Jiji| date=February 2008| accessdate=2010-02-01| archive-date=2013-01-03| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103104618/http://www.jiji.com/jc/d?p=2008021501&t=2nd_ens_tit| url-status=dead}} Only four A-sides feature: the rest are album tracks (with the exception of "Sora no Yō ni Umi no Yō ni" and "Gettōka," which were B-sides from the "Kokoro Tsutae" and "Michishirube" singles respectively.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| title1 = {{nihongo|Tokotowa no Uta|とことわのうた|Everlasting Song}}
| writer1 = Kundō Koyama, Chikuzen Sato
| extra1 = Seiichi Kyōda
| length1 = 4:17
| title2 = {{nihongo|Nada Sōsō|涙そうそう|Great Tears Are Spilling}}
| writer2 = Begin, Ryoko Moriyama
| extra2 = Kyōda
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = {{nihongo|Ano Hana no Yō ni|あの花のように|Like That Flower}}
| writer3 = Masumi
| extra3 = Akira Inoue
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = {{nihongo|Toki no Kawa|時の河|River of Time}}
| writer4 = Chokkyū Murano, Takuya Harada
| extra4 = Kyōda
| length4 = 5:35
| title5 = {{nihongo|Sanctuary|サンクチュアリ|Sankuchuari}}
| writer5 = Yūko Ebine, Hideo Saitō
| extra5 = Kyōda
| length5 = 4:54
| title6 = {{nihongo|Sora no Yō ni Umi no Yō ni|空のように海のように|Like the Sky, Like the Sea}}
| writer6 = Gorō Matsui, Kyōda
| extra6 = Kyōda
| length6 = 5:02
| title7 = {{nihongo|Tsuki no Niji|月の虹|Moon Rainbow}}
| writer7 = Toshiaki Arashiro, Masaaki Uechi
| extra7 = Chuei Yoshikawa
| length7 = 4:49
| title8 = {{nihongo|Sayōnara Arigatō (Ama no Kaze)|さようなら ありがとう～天の風～|Good-Bye, Thank You (Sky Wind)}}
| writer8 = Kentarō Kobuchi
| extra8 = Kobuchi
| length8 = 4:44
| title9 = {{nihongo|Warabigami (Yamatoguchi)|童神～ヤマトグチ～|Little God (Standard Japanese)}}
| writer9 = Misako Koja, Kazuya Sahara
| extra9 = Kyōda
| length9 = 4:45
| title10 = {{nihongo|Ōgon no Hana|黄金の花|Green Gold Flower}}
| writer10 = Osami Okamoto, Sadao China
| extra10 = Yoshikawa
| length10 = 4:49
| title11 = {{nihongo|Ai no Chikara|愛のチカラ|The Power of Love}}
| writer11 = Mamoru Miyagi, Johnny Ginowan
| extra11 = Nakamura
| length11 = 7:15
| title12 = {{nihongo|Gettōka|月桃花|Pink porcelain lily}}
| writer12 = Mari Hayama, Yoshikawa
| extra12 = Kyōda
| length12 = 4:46
| title13 = {{nihongo|Dare ni mo Ienai Kedo|誰にも言えないけど|I Haven't Told Anyone, But}}
| writer13 = Moriyama
| extra13 = Kyōda
| length13 = 5:00
| title14 = {{nihongo|Kana yo Kana yo|愛よ 愛よ|Love Love}}
| writer14 = Kazufumi Miyazawa
| extra14 = Miyazawa
| length14 = 4:37
| title15 = {{nihongo|Itoshi Hito e|いとしい人へ|To My Dear}}
| writer15 = Megumi Ayukawa, Akira Senju
| extra15 = Kyōda
| length15 = 4:03
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Japan Sales Rankings
| class="wikitable"
!Release !Chart !Peak Position !First Week Sales !Sales Total !Chart Run |
| rowspan="3"|{{start date|2008|3|9}}
|Oricon Daily Albums Chart |align="center"| | | | |
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
|align="center"|40 |4,252 |11,488 |8 weeks |
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
|align="center"| | | | |
{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp | work=Oricon | accessdate=2010-01-31| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100204194524/http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/| archivedate= 4 February 2010 | url-status= live}} (subscription only)