Super Best (Shizuka Kudo album)

Super Best is the sixth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on November 19, 1993, through Pony Canyon. It is Kudo's first single collection, featuring all A-sides produced by Tsugutoshi Gotō and released by Kudo since her solo debut, from "Kindan no Telepathy" up to the most recent at the time, "Anata Shika Inai Desho", spread out on two discs. The compilation also includes one new song, entitled "Honō no Naka e", which was written specifically for the album and which marks the last collaboration with Gotō until 2015, when he composed "Tan Jun Ai vs Hontō no Ai" for the compilation My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection. Super Best was re-released in APO-CD format on December 1, 1993.

Super Best
Compilation album by Shizuka Kudo
Released	November 19, 1993 (1993-11-19)
Recorded	1987–93
Genre	Pop
Length	95:50
Label	Pony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
Rise Me (1993) Super Best (1993) Expose (1994)

Commercial performance

Super Best debuted at number six on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 60,000 units sold.[1] It dropped two positions to number eight on its second week, with 41,000 copies sold.[2] The album charted in the top 100 for fourteen consecutive weeks, selling a reported total of 227,000 copies during its chart run.[3][4] The re-release charted for a sole week at number 69 with 7,000 copies sold,[4] bringing total sales of the album to 234,000 copies.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tsugutoshi Gotō.

Disc 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Kindan no Telepathy"	Yasushi Akimoto	Tsugutoshi Gotō	3:46
2.	"Again"	Akimoto	Gotō	4:14
3.	"Daite Kuretara Ii no ni"	Gorō Matsui	Gotō	5:06
4.	"Fu-ji-tsu"	Miyuki Nakajima	Gotō	3:48
5.	"Mugon... Iroppoi"	Nakajima	Gotō	3:55
6.	"Koi Hitoyo"	Matsui	Gotō	4:31
7.	"Arashi no Sugao"	Yoshiko Miura	Gotō	3:31
8.	"Kōsa ni Fukarete"	Nakajima	Gotō	3:49
9.	"Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku"	Matsui	Draw4	3:56
10.	"Senryū no Shizuku"	Aeri	Draw4	4:41
Total length:				41:17

Disc 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Watashi ni Tsuite"	Nakajima	Draw4	4:06
2.	"Boya Boya Dekinai"	Matsui	Gotō	3:41
3.	"Please"	Miura	Gotō	4:17
4.	"Metamorphose"	Matsui	Gotō Satoshi Kadokura	4:15
5.	"Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"	Matsui	Gotō Kadokura	4:59
6.	"Urahara"	Matsui	Gotō	4:54
7.	"Koe o Kikasete"	Matsui	Gotō Naoki Takao	6:35
8.	"Dōkoku"	Nakajima	Gotō Takao	4:48
9.	"Watashi wa Knife"	Matsui	Gotō Kadokura Takao	4:26
10.	"Anata Shika Inai Desho"	Matsui	Gotō Kadokura Takao	6:26
11.	"Honō no Naka e" (炎の中へ, "Into the Flames")	Miura	Gotō Kadokura Takao	6:06
Total length:				54:33

Charts

Standard edition Chart (1993) Peak position Sales Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[5] 6 227,000[3]

Re-issue edition Chart (1993) Peak position Sales Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[6] 69 7,000[4]

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[7]	Gold	234,000[3][4]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	November 19, 1993	CD cassette	Pony Canyon	[8]
	December 1, 1993	APO-CD		[8]
	May 20, 1994	MiniDisc		[8]
Korea	February 6, 2004	CD	Pony Canyon Korea	[8]

References

1. "オリコン アルバム 1993.11.29". Retrieved January 8, 2018.
2. "オリコン アルバム 1993.12.6". Retrieved January 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2018.
5. "Best of Ballade Empathy 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
6. "工藤静香/スーパーベスト 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
7. ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. November 1993. Retrieved January 8, 2018. Select 1993年11月 on the drop-down menu
8. "Release group "Super Best" by 工藤静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 10, 2018.