5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
| 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004 | ||||
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 Cover to the standard edition of the album | ||||
| Greatest hits album by Arashi | ||||
| Released |
November 10, 2004 (see Release history) | |||
| Recorded | 2002–2004 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length |
70:13 (Limited edition) 74:21 (Regular edition) | |||
| Label |
J Storm JACA-5019 (CD-DVD Limited edition) JACA-5020 (Regular edition) | |||
| Arashi chronology | ||||
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| Singles from 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004 | ||||
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5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004 (stylized as 5×5 The Best Selection of 2002←2004) is the second compilation album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. As with the group's recent albums, two editions were released. The album contains all of the singles the band released from 2002 to 2004 as well as several album tracks. The regular edition contains a bonus track, while the limited edition contains a booklet and a DVD containing all of the music videos the group has released since 1999.
Album information
The release of the album coincided with the group's fifth anniversary. The limited edition exclusively contains a special music video of Arashi's "Lucky Man" song from their 2003 studio album How's It Going? while the regular edition exclusively contains the song "La Tormenta 2004", which translates into "The Storm 2004" from Spanish to English. "La Tormenta 2004" also serves as an updated version of "La Tormenta 2001" and "La Tormenta Chapter II", which the group performed in their The Shōnen Club appearance on July 15, 2001 and throughout their 2003 How's It Going? summer concert tour respectively.
Track list
| CD 1 | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Hero" | Spin | Shin Tanimoto (谷本 新 Tanimoto Shin) | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" | Fumiya Fujii (藤井フミヤ Fujii Fumiya) | Fujii | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Tochuu Gesha" | Spin | Kōsuke Morimoto (森元康介 Morimoto Kōsuke) | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Right Back to You" | Spin, Sho Sakurai | Peter Bjorklund, Joel Eriksson | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Pikanchi Double" | Spin, Sakurai | Morimoto | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" | Takeshi, Sakurai | Takehiko Iida (飯田建彦 Iida Takehiko) | 4:02 |
| 7. | "Hadashi no Mirai" | Ayumi Miyazaki | Miyazaki | 4:41 |
| 8. | "Lucky Man" | Yukie Ozaki (尾崎雪絵 Ozaki Yukie), Sakurai | Iida | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Blue" | Morimoto | Morimoto | 5:36 |
| 10. | "Tomadoi Nagara" | Hirō Ooyagi (オオヤギヒロオ Ooyaji Hirō) | Ooyagi | 4:15 |
| 11. | "Fuyu No Nioi" | Girls talk | Girls talk | 5:12 |
| 12. | "Pikanchi" | Takeshi Aida (相田 毅 Aida Takeshi) | Tanimoto | 4:51 |
| 13. | "Nemuranai Karada" | Takaaki Amamoto | Hiroshi Yamamoto | 4:33 |
| 14. | "Nice na Kokoroiki" | Masami Tozawa (戸沢暢美 Tozawa Masami) | Ida | 3:58 |
| 15. | "A Day in Our Life" | Shun, Shuya | Shun, Shuya | 4:40 |
| 16. | "La Tormenta 2004" (Regular edition only) | Takashi Miura (ミウラタカシ Miura Takashi), Sakurai | Taku Yoshioka (吉岡たく Yoshioka Taku) | 4:06 |
| CD 2: The Clips of 1999-2004 DVD | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Arashi" | |
| 2. | "Sunrise Nippon" | |
| 3. | "Typhoon Generation" | |
| 4. | "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi" | |
| 5. | "Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru" | |
| 6. | "Jidai" | |
| 7. | "A Day in Our Life" | |
| 8. | "Nice na Kokoroiki" | |
| 9. | "Pikanchi" | |
| 10. | "Tomadoi Nagara" | |
| 11. | "Hadashi no Mirai" | |
| 12. | "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" | |
| 13. | "Pikanchi Double" | |
| 14. | "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" | |
| 15. | "Hero" | |
| 16. | "Lucky Man" | |
Charts and certifications
Charts
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Sales and certifications
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| Preceded by Greatest Hits: My Prerogative by Britney Spears |
Oricon Weekly number-one album November 22, 2004 |
Succeeded by Love Jam by Ai Otsuka |
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | November 10, 2004 | J Storm | CD | JACA-5020[3] |
| 2CD | JACA-5019[4] | |||
| South Korea | September 12, 2006[5] | SM Entertainment | CD | SMJTCD156[6] |
| 2CD[7] |
References
- 1 2 2004年11月第4週のアルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ↑ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2004年11月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ↑ "5 X 5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002 - 2004 (Regular Edition)". CDJapan. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ↑ "5 X 5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002 - 2004 (w/ DVD, Limited Edition)". CDJapan. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ↑ "Arashi discography" (in Korean). SM Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ↑ "Arashi - 5X5 The Best Selection Of 2002-2004" (in Korean). Aladdin. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ↑ "Arashi - 5X5 The Best Selection Of 2002-2004" (in Korean). Aladdin. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
External links
- 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004 product information (Japanese)
- 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004 Oricon profile (Japanese)