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B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012
Compilation album by B'z
Released	June 12, 2013
Genre	Rock
Label	Vermillion Records
Producer	Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology

Revision as of 06:29, 8 April 2013

B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 is a compilation album by B'z due for release on June 12, 2013. It is the second of a two album set collecting every single the band has released to date, with its companion album B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 releasing the same day. Each album will be issued in both standard and limited editions, with the latter versions being coupled with a bonus DVD collecting all of the promotional videos for the included singles. In addition to including the singles from the mentioned years, each album contains two brand new tracks unreleased elsewhere, while the limited editions feature a new video for one of the bonus songs. This collection comes packaged with the bonus tracks of "Q&A" and "Utopia", while its predecessor contains "HEAT" and "Kakushin".

The singles compiled here constitute all twenty-six songs released by the band from 1999 to 2012. The forty-sixth through fiftieth singles, starting with "Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE" and through "GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-", are set to be collected here on a B'z compilation for the first time. Additionally, this is also the first appearance of the single version of "DIVE" on a B'z album of any sort.

On April 8, 2013, "Q&A" was announced as the next opening theme to the Detective Conan anime series, set to begin with the May 4 airing. This is the band's first contribution to the anime since "Don't Wanna Lie" served as both an opening to the television series and the theme to the then-latest movie, Quarter of Silence.

The release of the two B'z The Best XXV albums comes three days prior to the beginning of B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-, which will see B'z touring the whole of Japan prior to a pair of final shows at Nissan Stadium on September 21 and 22.

Track listing

The promotional image of the band distributed with the announcement of their plans for 2013.

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

Disc 1 (1999-2005)

Disc 2 (2006-2012)

Brand New Tracks

Q&A
Utopia

Limited Edition (2CD+DVD)

The limited edition of the compilation comes packed with a bonus DVD that, for the first time, brings together the promotional videos prepared for all of the twenty-six included singles as well as a brand new video for the exclusive song "Q&A".

Contents

26 Remastered Music Videos — 「girigiri chop」 through 「GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-」)

Brand New Music Video — 「Q&A」

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 The singles compiled here constitute all twenty-six songs released by the band from 1999 to 2012. The forty-sixth through fiftieth singles, starting with "[[Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE]]" and through "[[GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-]]", are set to be collected here on a B'z compilation for the first time. Additionally, this is also the first appearance of the single version of "[[Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE|DIVE]]" on a B'z album of any sort.
+On April 8, 2013, "Q&A" was announced as the next opening theme to the Detective Conan anime series, set to begin with the May 4 airing. This is the band's first contribution to the anime since "[[Don't Wanna Lie]]" served as both an opening to the television series and the theme to the then-latest movie, ''Quarter of Silence''.
 The release of the two ''B'z The Best XXV'' albums comes three days prior to the beginning of [[B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-]], which will see B'z touring the whole of Japan prior to a pair of final shows at Nissan Stadium on September 21 and 22.