Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best

Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best is the eleventh compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released in celebration of Kudo's 20th anniversary since her solo debut on August 29, 2007,[1] through Pony Canyon. The compilation includes a selection of Kudo's singles released up until "Amayo no Tsuki ni". The limited edition comes with a DVD featuring the music videos for "Lotus (Umareshi Hana)", "Kokoro no Chikara", "Clāvis (Kagi)" and "Amayo no Tsuki ni", as well as a digest of Kudo's live performances. Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best was the first of three releases to celebrate Kudo's 20th, it was followed by the video album box set Shizuka Kudo The Live DVD Complete Box in September 2007, and the B-side compilation, "20th Anniversary B-side collection" in 2008.

Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best
Compilation album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedAugust 29, 2007 (2007-08-29)
Recorded1987–2007
Genre
Length150:40
LabelPony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Tsukikage
(2005)		 Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best
(2007)		 20th Anniversary B-side collection
(2008)

Background

Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best is a compilation album that features twenty-nine out of forty of Kudo's A-sides released since her solo debut single "Kindan no Telepathy", all the way up to "Amayo no Tsuki ni". The tracks are spread out over two discs. The second disc includes three bonus tracks:[2] a cover of "Manjūshaka", originally sung by Momoe Yamaguchi, as well as self-cover recordings of Kudo's chart-topping "Koi Hitoyo" and the signature ballad "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai".

Commercial performance

Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best debuted at number 25 on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 7,000 units sold. The album charted in the top 300 for a total of seven weeks, selling a reported 19,000 copies during its chart run.[3][4]

Track listing
Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Kindan no Telepathy"
  • Gotō
3:45
2."Again"
  • Akimoto
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
4:13
3."Daite Kuretara Ii no ni"
  • Gotō
5:05
4."Fu-ji-tsu"
  • Gotō
3:45
5."Mugon... Iroppoi"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
3:52
6."Koi Hitoyo"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
4:29
7."Arashi no Sugao"
  • Yoshiko Miura
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
3:29
8."Kōsa ni Fukarete"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
3:47
9."Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
3:54
10."Senryū no Shizuku"
  • Draw4
4:41
11."Watashi ni Tsuite"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Draw4
4:05
12."Boya Boya Dekinai"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
3:38
13."Metamorphose"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
4:13
14."Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
  • Kadokura
4:57
15."Koe o Kikasete"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
  • Kadokura
  • Naoki Takao
6:34
16."Dōkoku"
  • Nakajima
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
  • Takao
4:45
17."Anata Shika Inai Desho"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
  • Kadokura
  • Takao
6:25
Total length:75:37
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Blue Rose"
  • Aeri
  • Takashi Tsushimi
  • Taisuke Sawachika
4:38
2."Jaguar Line"
  • Aeri
  • Masaya Ozeki
  • Ichirō Hada
4:06
3."Ice Rain"
  • Aeri
  • Tsushimi
  • Kadokura
6:00
4."Yū"
  • Aeri
  • Hideya Nakazaki
  • Kadokura
4:51
5."Gekijō"
  • Nakajima
  • Ichizō Seo
4:36
6."Blue Velvet"
  • Aeri
  • Hatake
  • Hatake
3:53
7."Setsu Getsu Ka"
  • Nakajima
  • Seo
4:46
8."Kirara"
  • Sawachika
4:51
9."Lotus (Umareshi Hana)"
  • Aeri
  • Hiroo Yamaguchi
  • Sadahiro Nakano
5:13
10."Kokoro no Chikara"
  • H-Wonder
5:01
11."Clāvis (Kagi)"
  • Nakajima
  • Seo
5:56
12."Amayo no Tsuki ni"
  • Aeri
  • Yamaguchi
  • Kunio Kubota
5:03
13."Manjūshaka" (曼珠沙華, "Red Spider Lily")
  • Keiji Tanabe
5:40
14."Koi Hitoyo" (2007 Classical Version)
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Jun Satō
4:54
15."Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai" (2007 Jazz Version)
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Nori Shiota
5:34
Total length:75:02
Disc 3 – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."20th Live Digest" 
2."Lotus (Umareshi Hana)" (Music Video)5:13
3."Kokoro no Chikara" (Music Video)5:00
4."Clāvis (Kagi)" (Music Video)5:56
5."Amayo no Tsuki ni" (Music Video)5:03

Charts
Chart (2007–15) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[5] 25
Japan Weekly Albums (Recochoku)[6] 15
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References
  1. "工藤静香の20周年記念アイテム、究極のベスト盤リリース". Barks. August 23, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. "工藤静香 / Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best [2CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. "Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  6. "アルバムランキング｜週間【レコチョク】". Recochoku. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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