''Shonentai 35th Anniversary Best'' is the second compilation album by Japanese idol group

Shonentai was a three-member Japanese idol group under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. They debuted on December 12, 1985. The group lead an annual musical ''Playzone'' from 1986 to 2008 for about 957 performances with a total attendance of over 1 ...

. It was released on 12 December 2020, the day of their 35th anniversary, under Johnny's Entertainment Record. The album release was announced on the same day as an announcement from the withdrawal from group and agency of two members – Nishikiori and Uekusa, as there are no future plans for the group.

Background

It is their first album release since 1999's studio album ''Prism'' and their first compilation album in 32 years. In November 2020, they've changed their visual profile image on their official website page for the first time in 12 years. The compilation album was released in two types: a regular edition and a limited edition, available only for the fanclub members. Both of the editions share the same track list on the Disc 1 and Disc 2. Regular edition of the album includes 3 CDs of the biggest hits from their career such as ''Kamen Budokai'', ''Kimi Dake ni'' and several picks up from B-Side and albums, with a total of 39 tracks. The limited edition includes a total of 12 discs – the first half of them includes CD discs and the second half includes DVD discs. Discs from number 3–5 includes renewed versions of their old hits, previously unreleased tapes and musical records from the musical stages. Discs from number 6 to 12 includes live tour and music video clip collection digitalised into the DVD format, for the first time since its original release – VHS.

Charting

The album reached on daily charts number 1 in first week with 12,000 copies sold. and reached on weekly charts on number 4 with total 18,480 sold copies.週間アルバムランキング 2020年12月21日付 https://web.archive.org/web/20201216075234/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2020-12-21/

Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Usage in media

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*Ai to Chinmoku was broadcast as a theme song to the television drama series ''Harmonia Kono Ai no Hate''

References

{{reflist 2020 compilation albums Japanese-language compilation albums