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
position

Japanese Oricon Albums Chart

|align="center"|1

class="wikitable"

!Chart (2003)

!Peak
position

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
position

Japanese Oricon Albums Chart

|align="center"|3

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