Best Hits Album#1978 version
{{Short description|Album by Pink Lady}}
{{nihongo4|Best Hits Album|ベスト・ヒット・アルバム|Besuto Hitto Arubamu}} is the title of two different greatest hits albums by Japanese idol duo Pink Lady, released through Victor Entertainment in 1977 and 1978.
1977 version
{{Infobox album
| name = Best Hits Album
| type = greatest hits
| artist = Pink Lady
| cover = Pink Lady - Best Hits Album (1977).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1977|12|05}}
{{Start date|2003|06|04}} {{Small|(CD)}}
| recorded = 1976–1977
1976–1981 {{Small|(CD)}}
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|kayōkyoku|disco|teen pop}}
| length = 43:16 {{Small|LP & CD 1}}
65:35 {{Small|(CD 2)}}
| language = {{hlist|Japanese|English}}
| label = Victor
| producer = Hisahiko Iida
| prev_title = Summer Fire '77
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Bye Bye Carnival
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{External music video
| type = compilation
| header = Music videos
| 1 = {{YouTube|1ZU_CuXiC7Q|Best Hits Album song digest}}
}}
}}
Released on December 5, 1977, this album features the duo's singles from "Pepper Keibu" to "UFO", as well as their accompanying B-side songs. This version was reissued in a two-CD compilation on June 4, 2003, with the second disc featuring the duo's singles from "UFO" to "OH!".{{cite web |url=https://idol.ne.jp/pinklady |title=ピンク・レディー |website=Idol.ne.jp |date=29 December 2018 |access-date=2021-10-08}}{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/pink-lady-best-hits-album/3203040628 |title=ピンク・レディー / ベスト・ヒット・アルバム [紙ジャケット仕様] [2CD] |website=CDJournal |access-date=2021-10-08}}{{cite web |url=https://diskunion.net/portal/ct/detail/DF171017-082 |title=ベスト・ヒット・アルバム {{!}} PINK LADY ピンク・レディー |website=Disk Union |access-date=2021-10-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.idollica.com/pinklady/pinkladyalbums.html|title=Pink Lady Albums|accessdate=2009-08-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929014039/http://www.idollica.com/pinklady/pinkladyalbums.html|archivedate=2008-09-29}}
The album became the duo's second No. 1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart. It sold over 702,000 copies, becoming the duo's biggest-selling album. The 2003 CD release peaked at No. 95 and sold an additional 4,000 copies.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136849/products/286449/1/ |title=ペッパー警部 {{!}} ピンク・レディー |publisher=Oricon |access-date=2021-10-08}}{{cite web |url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_pinkl.html |title=Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Pink Lady |language=Japanese |accessdate=2021-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814081611/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_pinkl.html |archivedate=2011-08-14}}
= Track listing =
All lyrics are written by Yū Aku; all music is composed and arranged by Shunichi Tokura, except where indicated.
{{Track listing
| headline = CD Disc 1: Pink
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = UFO
| note1 = Album Version
| length1 = 3:13
| title2 = Lady X
| note2 = {{nihongo4||レディーX|Redī Ekkusu}}
| length2 = 2:41
| title3 = Wanted (Shimei Tehai)
| note3 = {{nihongo4||ウォンテッド(指名手配)|Uonteddo (Shimei Tehai)|"Wanted (Fugitive Warrant)"}}
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = Nigero Ojōsan
| note4 = {{nihongo4||逃げろお孃さん||"Run Away, Miss"}}
| length4 = 2:39
| title5 = Nagisa no Sindbad
| note5 = {{nihongo4||渚のシンドバッド|Nagisa no Shindobaddo|"Sindbad of the Beach"}}
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Papaya Gundan
| note6 = {{nihongo4||パパイヤ軍団|Papaiya Gundan|"Papaya Legion"}}
| length6 = 2:45
| title7 = Yūutsubi
| note7 = {{nihongo4||ゆううつ日||"Day of Depression"}}
| extra7 = Katsunori Ishida
| length7 = 3:30
| title8 = Carmen '77
| note8 = {{nihongo4||カルメン '77|Karumen Nanajū-nana}}
| length8 = 3:36
| title9 = Pipe no Kaijin
| note9 = {{nihongo4||パイプの怪人|Paipu no Kaijin|"Phantom of the Pipe"}}
| length9 = 2:50
| title10 = S.O.S.
| length10 = 2:42
| title11 = Pink no Ringo
| note11 = {{nihongo4||ピンクの林檎|Pinku no Ringo|"Pink Apple"}}
| length11 = 3:02
| title12 = Pepper Keibu
| note12 = {{nihongo4||ペッパー警部|Peppā Keibu|"Inspector Pepper"}}
| length12 = 3:16
| title13 = Kanpai Ojōsan
| note13 = {{nihongo4||乾杯お嬢さん||"Cheers, Miss"}}
| length13 = 3:10
| title14 = Inspiration
| note14 = {{nihongo4||インスピレーション|Insupirēshon}}
| extra14 = Ishida
| length14 = 3:49
| total_length = 43:16
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD Disc 2: Lady
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = UFO
| note1 = Single Version
| length1 = 3:13
| title2 = Southpaw
| note2 = {{nihongo4||サウスポー|Sausupō}}
| length2 = 3:36
| title3 = Monster
| note3 = {{nihongo4||モンスター|Monsutā}}
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Tōmei Ningen
| note4 = {{nihongo4||透明人間||"Invisible Person"}}
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = Chameleon Army
| note5 = {{nihongo4||カメレオン・アーミー|Kamereon Āmī}}
| length5 = 3:51
| title6 = Zipangu
| note6 = {{nihongo4||ジパング|Jipangu}}
| length6 = 3:28
| title7 = Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)
| note7 = {{nihongo4||ピンク・タイフーン(In the Navy)|Pinku Taifūn (In za Nebī)}}
| lyrics7 = Tomoko Okada
| music7 = {{hlist|Jacques Morali|Henri Belolo|Victor Willis}}
| extra7 = Kazufumi Ōhama
| length7 = 4:09
| title8 = Nami Nori Pirates
| note8 = {{nihongo4||波乗りパイレーツ|Nami Nori Pairētsu|"Surfing Pirates"}}
| length8 = 3:47
| title9 = Kiss in the Dark
| lyrics9 = Michael Lloyd
| music9 = Lloyd
| extra9 = John D'Andrea
| length9 = 2:58
| title10 = Monday Mona Lisa Club
| note10 = {{nihongo4||マンデー・モナリザ・クラブ|Mandē Mona Riza Kurabu}}
| length10 = 3:50
| title11 = Do Your Best
| lyrics11 = Shizuka Ijūin
| extra11 = Akira Inoue
| length11 = 4:09
| title12 = Ai Giri Giri
| note12 = {{nihongo4||愛・GIRI GIRI||"Last Minute Love"}}
| lyrics12 = Ijūin
| music12 = Yūichirō Oda
| extra12 = Ryō Kawakami
| length12 = 4:13
| title13 = Sekai Eiyushi
| note13 = {{nihongo4||世界英雄史||"World History of Heroes"}}
| lyrics13 = Akira Itō
| music13 = Makoto Kawaguchi
| extra13 = Kawaguchi
| length13 = 4:13
| title14 = Utakata
| note14 = {{nihongo4||うたかた||"Bubble"}}
| lyrics14 = Yoshiko Miura
| music14 = Lloyd
| extra14 = Kawaguchi
| length14 = 3:25
| title15 = Remember (Fame)
| note15 = {{nihongo4||リメンバー (フェーム)|Rimenbā (Fēmu)}}
| lyrics15 = Rei Nakanishi
| music15 = {{hlist|Michael Gore|Dean Pitchford}}
| extra15 = Tatsushi Umegaki
| length15 = 4:24
| title16 = Last Pretender
| note16 = {{nihongo4||ラスト・プリテンダー|Rasuto Puritendā}}
| lyrics16 = Shigesato Itoi
| music16 = Itoi
| extra16 = Yukihiro Takahashi
| length16 = 3:37
| title17 = OH!
| length17 = 4:58
| total_length = 65:35
}}
=Charts=
class="wikitable"
!Chart (1977) !Peak |
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart
|align="center"|1 |
class="wikitable"
!Chart (2003) !Peak |
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart
|align="center"|95 |
1978 version
{{Infobox album
| name = Best Hits Album
| type = greatest hits
| artist = Pink Lady
| cover = Pink Lady - Best Hits Album (1978).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1978|12|05}}
| recorded = 1976–1978
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|kayōkyoku|disco|teen pop}}
| length =
| language = Japanese
| label = Victor
| producer = Hisahiko Iida
| prev_title = Hoshi kara Kita Futari
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin
| next_year = 1978
}}
The second version of the compilation album was released on December 5, 1978, focusing mainly on the duo's singles up to "Chameleon Army", as well as four later B-side songs.{{cite web |url=http://hiptankrecords.com/?pid=135688863 |title=Pink Lady: Best Hit Album (LP) |website=Hip Tank Records |accessdate=2020-01-19}}{{cite web |url=https://www.snowrecords.jp/?pid=89806626 |title=ピンク・レディー - ベスト・ヒット・アルバム - GX-40 |website=Snow Records |accessdate=2020-01-19}}
The album peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and sold over 159,000 copies.
=Track listing=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| all_lyrics = Yū Aku
| all_music = Shunichi Tokura
| title1 = Chameleon Army
| note1 = {{nihongo4||カメレオン・アーミー|Kamereon Āmī}}
| length1 =
| title2 = Southpaw
| note2 = {{nihongo4||サウスポー|Sausupō}}
| length2 =
| title3 = S.O.S.
| length3 =
| title4 = Nagisa no Sindbad
| note4 = {{nihongo4||渚のシンドバッド|Nagisa no Shindobaddo|"Sindbad of the Beach"}}
| length4 =
| title5 = Wanted (Shimei Tehai)
| note5 = {{nihongo4||ウォンテッド(指名手配)|Uonteddo (Shimei Tehai)|"Wanted (Fugitive Warrant)"}}
| length5 =
| title6 = UFO
| length6 =
| title7 = Pepper Keibu
| note7 = {{nihongo4||ペッパー警部|Peppā Keibu|"Inspector Pepper"}}
| length7 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Tōmei Ningen
| note1 = {{nihongo4||透明人間||"Invisible Person"}}
| length1 =
| title2 = Monster
| note2 = {{nihongo4||モンスター|Monsutā}}
| length2 =
| title3 = Carmen '77
| note3 = {{nihongo4||カルメン '77|Karumen Nanajū-nana}}
| length3 =
| title4 = Super Monkey Son Goku
| note4 = {{nihongo4||スーパー・モンキー孫悟空|Sūpā Monkī Son Gokū}}
| length4 =
| title5 = Dragon
| note5 = {{nihongo4||ドラゴン|Doragon}}
| length5 =
| title6 = Accessory
| note6 = {{nihongo4||アクセサリー|Akusesarī}}
| length6 =
| title7 = Catch Lip
| note7 = {{nihongo4||キャッチ・リップ|Kyatchi Rippu}}
| length7 =
}}
=Charts=
class="wikitable"
!Chart (1978) !Peak |
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart
|align="center"|3 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A000429/VICL-70266.html}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=299a1e6f-1c30-3ddc-bbd5-563f935a8e5c|name=Best Hits Album}}
- {{Discogs master|master=694722-Pink-Lady-ピンクレディーベストヒッツアルバム-Best-Hits-Album|name=Best Hits Album|type=album}}
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Category:1977 greatest hits albums
Category:1978 greatest hits albums
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