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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 17:48, 11 June 2013

The band during the video for "Q&A", one of the two new songs found on the collection. The song was also featured as an opening theme for the Detective Conan series.

Being the first compilation by the band since their respective individual releases, singles "Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE" and "Don't Wanna Lie" are collected here for the first time.

The compilation is the fourth to include "Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni", and the first to house non-album single "GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-".

B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 is a compilation album by B'z released on June 12, 2013. It is the second of a two album set collecting the band's first fifty singles, with its companion album B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 being released the same day. As with its brethren, the album was issued in both standard and limited editions, with the latter being coupled with a bonus DVD collecting all of the promotional videos for the included singles. In addition to 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. Found packaged in this collection are the bonus tracks of "Q&A" and "Utopia", with a video for "Q&A" being featured on the limited edition.

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, beginning 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. Later, on June 9th, in the final days prior to the collection's release, a short promotional video for "Utopia" was premiered on the band's YouTube channel. Only ninety seconds in length, the video is not included in the limited edition of the compilation.

The release of the two B'z The Best XXV albums came three days prior to the beginning of the band's 25th anniversary tour, B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-. The tour was announced with stops all over the whole of Japan prior to a pair of final shows at Nissan Stadium on September 21 and 22.

Track listing

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 (Lyrics)|Q&A]]" was announced as the next opening theme to the Detective Conan anime series, beginning 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''.
+On April 8, 2013, "[[Q&A (Lyrics)|Q&A]]" was announced as the next opening theme to the Detective Conan anime series, beginning 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''. Later, on June 9th, in the final days prior to the collection's release, a short promotional video for "Utopia" was premiered on the band's YouTube channel. Only ninety seconds in length, the video is not included in the limited edition of the compilation.
-On June 9th, in the final days prior to the collection's release, a short promotional video for "Utopia" was premiered on the band's YouTube channel. Only ninety seconds in length, the video is not included in the limited edition of the compilation.
 The release of the two ''B'z The Best XXV'' albums came three days prior to the beginning of the band's 25th anniversary tour, [[B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-]]. The tour was announced with stops all over the whole of Japan prior to a pair of final shows at Nissan Stadium on September 21 and 22.