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Background

The album was released as promotion for the band 5th anniversary of debut. Album includes all 18 chronologically released singles released - from debut single ''Mysterious Eyes'' until ''Kimi no Omoi Kaita Atsumeru Heaven''. The album also includes various tracks from their studio albums and b-side tracks from singles, such as ''Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e'' or ''Mikanseina Neiro''. New unreleased song, ''Sora Iro Neko'', was originally performed by

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Commercial performance

The album reached #4 in its first week and sold more than 55,000 copies. The album charted for 13 weeks and totally sold 108,703 copies.

Track listing

All songs were composed by Yuri Nakamura, written by Nana Azuki and arranged by Hirohito Furui.

Disc one

Disc two

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of ''Best''.Garnet Crow (2005). Best (CD Album; Booklet). Garnet Crow. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-5072/5073. *Yuri Nakamura - vocals, composing, backing vocals *Nana Azuki - songwriting, keyboard *Hirohito Furui - arranging, keyboard *Hitoshi Okamoto - acoustic guitar, bass, backing vocals *Miguel Sá Pessoa - arranging *

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References

{{Authority control Being Inc. compilation albums Garnet Crow albums Giza Studio albums 2006 compilation albums Japanese-language compilation albums Albums produced by Daiko Nagato