Wands Historical Best Album

Wands Historical Best Album is the second greatest hits album by Japanese pop-rock band Wands.[1] It was released on 6 November 1997 under B-Gram Records label. This is album was released by new members of Wands. Album includes singles with vocalists Show Uesugi and Jiro Waku. Most of the tracks has received completely new arranged versions. The album reached #1 in its first week and sold 174,870 copies. The album charted for 11 weeks and sold more than 379,490 copies.[2][3] This is last album which reached #1 in Oricon.

Wands Historical Best Album
Greatest hits album by
Released6 November 1997
Recorded1991–1997
GenreJapanese pop
Length64 minutes
LabelB-Gram Records
ProducerBMF
Wands chronology
Singles Collection +6
(1996)
Wands Historical Best Album
(1997)
Awake
(1999)

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Show Uesugi (#1-#11, #14), Miho Komatsu (#12) and Shinya Kimura (#13)

No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro" (寂しさは秋の色, debut single)Seiichiro KuribayashiMasao Akashi4:45
2."Furimuite Dakishimete" (ふりむいて抱きしめて, 2nd single)Kousuke OhshimaKousuke Ohshima4:01
3."Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara" (もっと強く抱きしめたなら, 3rd single)Yoshio TatanoTakeshi Hayama4:59
4."Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto -Album version-" (世界中の誰よりきっと~Album Version~, duet single with Miho Nakayama)Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama4:27
5."Toki no Tobira" (時の扉, 4th single)Kousuke OhshimaMasao Akashi4:16
6."Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou" (愛を語るより口づけをかわそう, 5th single)Tetsurō OdaMasao Akashi4:29
7."Koiseyo Otome -Remix-" (恋せよ乙女~Remix~, 6th single)Kousuke OhshimaTakeshi Hayama4:15
8."Sekai ga Owaru Made wa..." (世界が終るまでは…,8th single)Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama5:15
9."Secret Night 〜It's My Treat〜" (9th single)Seiichiro KuribayashiDaisuke Ikeda5:27
10."Same Side" (10th single)Hiroshi ShibasakiWands5:05
11."WORST CRIME〜About a rock star who was a swindler〜" (11th single)Hiroshi ShibasakiHiroshi Shibasaki4:07
12."Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima wo Uchinikou" (錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう, 1st Jiro single)Miho KomatsuDaisuke Ikeda4:40
13."Try Again" (1st Jiro single c/w)Shinya KimuraWands4:35
14."MILLION MILES AWAY" (Jiro's cover from album Piece of My Soul)Shinya KimuraTakeshi Hayama3:54

References

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  1. ^ Wands Discography(in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/artist/wands/
  2. ^ Oricon rankings. title=Wands Best: Historical Best Album / WANDS | newspaper = Oricon http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/123532/1/
  3. ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1006