is a
greatest hits album by Japanese singer/songwriter
Chisato Moritaka, released on March 25, 1995. The album marked Moritaka's return to active touring after being sidelined with a
temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD, TMJD) is an umbrella term covering pain and dysfunction of the muscles of mastication (the muscles that move the jaw) and the temporomandibular joints (the joints which connect the mandible to the skul ...
for two years. It covers her singles from 1990 to 1995 and includes the new song "Kyō kara". A limited edition release included a 60-page photo book. The album was released on
MiniDisc
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Sony announced the MiniDisc in September 1992 and released it in November of that year fo ...
by
zetima on December 23, 1998.
The album peaked at No. 2 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
's albums chart and sold over 1.34 million copies. It also placed at No. 10 on Oricon's 1995 year-ending albums chart.
In addition, it was Moritaka's first and only album to be certified Million and Triple Platinum by the
RIAJ
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The RIAJ's activities include p ...
.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Chisato Moritaka; all music is composed and arranged by
Hideo Saitō, except where indicated.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums, guitar, piano,
Fender Rhodes
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(1, 15)
* Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, synthesizer, tambourine (1, 15)
* Yasuaki Maejima – Fender Rhodes, synthesizer (1)
* Taisei – organ (15)
* Masafumi Yokoyama – bass (1)
* Yukio Seto – bass (15)
Charts
Certification
References
External links
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1995 compilation albums
Chisato Moritaka compilation albums
Japanese-language compilation albums
Zetima compilation albums