Super Best (The Blue Hearts album)

Super Best
Compilation album by The Blue Hearts
Released	October 16, 1995
Recorded	1985 - 1989
Genre	Punk rock
Length	71:00
Language	Japanese
Label	Meldac Records
Producer	The Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts chronology
East West Side Story (1995) Super Best (1995) The Blue Hearts Box (1999)

Super Best was the compilation album by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts.^[1] This retrospective is composed of their early efforts released by Meldac Records between 1987 and 1989. It also features two rarities that had not been issued on CD — "Blue Hearts Yori Ai o Komete", the song appeared on the video The Blue Hearts Live!, and "1985", the track taken from an independently produced soundsheet which was sold at their concert before they made a contract with the record label.

Super Best came out a month after the release of East West Side Story, another compilation which comprises materials after they moved to EastWest Japan. The record peaked at number-four on the Japanese Oricon chart upon its release, and it re-entered there after string of their songs were featured on the TV-drama Hito ni Yasashiku aired by Fuji Television in 2002. From that year onwards, the album have remained on the top-300 of the chart for over 200 weeks.^[2] Super Best was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan in November 2002, for shipments of over 800,000 copies.^[3][4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Linda Linda (リンダリンダ)"	Hiroto Kōmoto	3:13
2.	"Hito ni Yasashiku (人にやさしく)"	Kōmoto	3:16
3.	"Sha La La (シャララ)"	Kōmoto	4:03
4.	"Rokudenashi (ロクデナシ)"	Masatoshi Mashima	3:18
5.	"Love Letter (ラブレター)"	Kōmoto	3:28
6.	"Heisei no Blues (平成のブルース)"	Mashima	9:57
7.	"Kiss Shite Hoshii (キスしてほしい)"	Kōmoto	3:15
8.	"Hammer (ハンマー)"	Mashima	2:04
9.	"Chain Gang (チェインギャング)"	Mashima	5:58
10.	"Train-Train"	Mashima	3:48
11.	"Line o Koete (ラインを越えて)"	Mashima	6:39
12.	"Boku wa Koko ni Tatteiru yo (僕はここに立っているよ)"	Mashima	3:39
13.	"Eiyū ni Akogarete (英雄にあこがれて)"	Kōmoto	3:49
14.	"Aozora (青空)"	Mashima	4:47
15.	"Owaranai Uta (終わらない歌)"	Mashima	3:04
16.	"Blue Hearts Yori Ai o Komete (ブルーハーツより愛をこめて)" (Live version; previously unreleased)	Kōmoto	2:10
17.	"1985"	Kōmoto	3:24

Charts

Chart positions Chart Peak position Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[2] 4 Year-end charts Year Chart Position 1995 Japanese Albums Chart[5] 126 2002 110 2003 305 2004 524 2005 336 2006 239 2007 263

Certifications Region Certification Japan (RIAJ)[6] 2× Platinum

References

1. Super Best "bluehearts.com" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-11-16.
2. ザ・ブルーハーツ-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Super Best by The Blue Hearts" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
3. "RIAJ Certification - November 2002" (PDF) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
4. Recording Industry Association of Japan "The Record - August 2003 - Page 15" Check |url= value (help) (PDF) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
5. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
6. "Japanese album certifications – The Blue Hearts – Super Best" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2002年11月 on the drop-down menu