Perfect Best (X Japan album)

Perfect Best
Compilation album by X Japan
Released	February 24, 1999
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal, power metal, symphonic power metal, progressive metal
Length	02:26:14
Label	Atlantic
X Japan chronology
Star Box (1999) Perfect Best (1999) Best ~Fan's Selection~ (2001)

Perfect Best is a compilation album by the X Japan, released on February 24, 1999. It includes songs that go from their debut album Vanishing Vision to Dahlia, and also an interview with Yoshiki. Some tracks are taken from Live Live Live Tokyo Dome 1993-1996. The album reached number 4 on the Oricon chart.^[1]

Three facts to emphasize: the radio edit version of "Art Of Life", the absence of "Silent Jealousy" and the inclusion of a live version of "Stab Me In The Back" taken from a "Kyoto Sports Valley" performance on September 4, 1988.

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Prologue ~ World Anthem" (1993 Live)
2. "I'll Kill You"
3. "Blue Blood" (1993 Live)
4. "Rusty Nail"
5. "Say Anything" (1995 Live)
6. "Vanishing Love"
7. "Tears"
8. "Art Of Life" (Radio Edit Version)
9. "Kurenai" (Deep Red)
10. "Stab Me In The Back" (1988 Live)
11. "Standing Sex" (1993 Live)
12. "Dahlia"

Disc Two

1. "Week End" (1995 Live)
2. "Sadistic Desire"
3. "Endless Rain" (1993 Live)
4. "Forever Love"
5. "Orgasm" (1996 Live)
6. "X" (1993 Live)
7. "The Last Song"

Disc Three

1. "Yoshiki Special Interview"

References

1. "X JAPANのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-04-27.