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Revision as of 18:04, 9 November 2017

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
Compilation album by B'z
Released May 5, 1998
Genre Hard rock
Length 1:03:26
Label Rooms Records
Producer Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
1st Best-of
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B'z The Best "Pleasure"
(1998)
2nd Best-of
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B'z The Best "Treasure"
(1998)

B'z The Best "Pleasure" is the first compilation album by B'z, released on May 5, 1998. It would be the first official album of the sort to be released by the band, pooling together twelve number one hits amongst its fourteen tracks—all of which were released between 1990 and 1998. As is the case with all of the band's compilation works, each song included has been digitally remastered prior to being added to the track listing. After moving nearly three million physical units in its first week on sale, B'z The Best "Pleasure" would set numerous records and has remained the second best-selling music release in the history of Japanese music for two decades. A sequel album, B'z The Best "Treasure", would see release in the fall during the week of their tenth anniversary on the music scene and featured tracks individually selected by fans.

While this would be the first B'z best of album, an unofficial compilation entitled Flash Back -B'z Early Special Titles- was published by their former record label a year earlier to capitalize on their popularity and was carried out explicitly without the band's permission. The unofficial album has never entered the B'z catalogue and gathers tracks from their self-titled debut album, their second album OFF THE LOCK, third album BREAK THROUGH, and first mini album BAD COMMUNICATION. As a result of the master recordings remaining under the previous label's control, tracks from the aforementioned releases were ineligible for inclusion here.

As of now, the contents of the album has seen it be supplanted in the B'z catalogue by numerous subsequent compilations, including B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure" in 2008 and B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 in 2013. Only one track, the English version of 1989 mini album title song "BAD COMMUNICATION" found here as "Bad Communication E.Style" remains uncollected on subsequent compilation works.

Upon release, B'z The Best "Pleasure" proved a landmark moment in the history of Japanese music. Not only was it the top selling album of the week of its release in which it moved 2,709,530 copies, the compilation would also be the top selling for the month of May as well. At the time, B'z The Best "Pleasure" quickly became the highest-selling musical release in Japanese history after garnering 5,136,000 in total sales. This would garner it a 5x Million certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan. It remains the second highest-selling of all time, following only pop artist Hikaru Utada's First Love released in the spring of 1999.

Track listing

All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. All lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba.

First time collected in a compilation in original form

Alternative version from source song

No. Source Song Album Appearances Sample
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LOVE PHANTOM

LOOSE
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 01.ogg

2. 17s.jpg

love me, I love you

LOOSE
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 02.ogg

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Easy Come, Easy Go!

RISKY
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 03.ogg

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ZERO

RUN
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 04.ogg

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ALONE

IN THE LIFE
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
The Ballads ~Love & B'z~
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 05.ogg

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Hadashi no Megami
裸足の女神
Barefoot Goddess

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 06.ogg

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Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni
Boku wa Kimi Dake wo Kizutsukenai

愛のままにわがままに 僕は君だけを傷つけない
Even if Love is Selfish, You're the Only One I Won't Hurt

LOOSE
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 07.ogg

8. 08s.jpg

LADY NAVIGATION

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 08.ogg

9. 05s.jpg

Taiyou no Komachi Angel
太陽のKomachi Angel
Town Angel from the Sun

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 09.ogg

10. 04s.jpg

BE THERE

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 10.ogg

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Don't Leave Me

The 7th Blues
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 11.ogg

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Bad Communication E.Style

BAD COMMUNICATION
WICKED BEAT
LOOSE
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
DEVIL
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"

File:b01 12.ogg

An English version of "BAD COMMUNICATION" collected from WICKED BEAT mini album for the first time, but shortened from original 7:23 runtime to 4:18. As one of their most popular songs in its Japanese incarnation, the band no doubt would have preferred to include the original version here. However, as a result of having left their former label BMG, they were unable to include tracks from their first three albums or first mini album due to the master recordings being retained by BMG at the time. This conflict resulted in the unauthorized release Flash Back -B'z Early Special Titles- one year prior.
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Calling

SURVIVE
B'z The Best "Pleasure"
The Ballads ~Love & B'z~
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 13.ogg

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Samayoeru Aoi Dangan
さまよえる蒼い弾丸
Wandering Sapphire Bullet

B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z — International EP
B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
B'z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX

File:b01 14.ogg

Sales data

No. Cover Compilation Physical Copies Sold Chart Positions Certification
FIRST WEEK LIFETIME WEEK MONTH YEAR
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B'z The Best "Pleasure"
1998.05.20

2,709,530+

5,135,922+

1

1

1

5x Million