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Ballad Best 25th Anniversary Selection
Ballad Best 25th Anniversary Selection
Compilation album by Akina Nakamori
Released	March 28, 2007
Recorded	1995–2007
Studio	Sound City Studio; Westside Studios;
Genre	J-pop; kayōkyoku;
Length	71:38
Language	Japanese
Label	Utahime Records; Universal Sigma
Producer	Akina Nakamori
Akina Nakamori chronology

Ballad Best 25th Anniversary Selection (バラード・ベスト〜25th Anniversary Selection〜, Bareedo Besuto ~ 25 Shūnenkinen Serekushon) is a compilation album by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori, released through Utahime Records and Universal Sigma on March 28, 2007, as a third compilation album to commemorate Nakamori's 25th anniversary.

Background

The album consists of the newly recorded song "Ano Natsu no Hi", self-covers of her classic singles from the Warner Pioneer, MRA and UMJ era recorded between 1995 and 2005.^[1] The album was released in 2 editions: regular with solo CD and limited CD+DVD. DVD contains previously unreleased footage of live concert Milkyway in 1983.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 13 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and charted for eight weeks.^[2] It sold over 26,000 copies.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Nanpasen [2007 Version]" (難破船)	Tokiko Kato	Kato	Hiroshi Uesugi	4:27
2.	"Second Love [Utahime Double-decade Version]" (セカンド・ラブ)	Etsuko Kisugi	Takao Kisugi	Satoshi Takebe	4:43
3.	"Ano Natsu no Hi" (あの夏の日)	Eriko	Jun Ichikawa	Ichikawa	4:40
4.	"Liar (Akina Nakamori song) [True Album Akina 95 Best Version]"	Masao Urino	Hiroaki Serizawa	Minoru Mukaiya	4:53
5.	"Mizu ni Sashita Hana [Utahime Double-Decade Version]" (水に挿した花)	Natsumi Tadano	Junko Hirotani	Takebe	4:28
6.	"Kagerō" (陽炎)	Nakamori	Hiroshi Tamaki	Yūji Toriyama	4:44
7.	"Akai Hana" (赤い花)	Kim Hyung-seok Minako Kawae	Kim	Takebe	5:28
8.	"Sand Beige (Sabaku e) [Utahime Double-Decade Version]"	Eiko Kyō	Takashi Tsushimi	Akira Senju	4:42
9.	"Solitude [2007 ver.]"	Reiko Yukawa	Yukihide Takekawa	Uesugi	4:42
10.	"Futari Shizuka [True Album Akina 95 Best Version]"	Takashi Matsumoto	Makoto Sekiguchi	Mukaiya	4:06
11.	"Gekka" (月華)	Gorō Matsui	Shūgō Kajiwara	Akihiko Matsumoto	5:01
12.	"Yokan [True Album Akina 95 Best Version]" (予感)	Ryō Asuka	Asuka	Nobuhiko Kashiwara	4:27
13.	"Hajimete Deatta Hi no Yō ni" (初めて出逢った日のように)	Kim Matsui	Kim	Satoshi Takebe	4:28
14.	"Eki [Utahime Double-Decade Version]" (駅)	Mariya Takeuchi	Takeuchi	Senju	4:42
15.	"Kisei (Never Forget) [2007 ver.]" (帰省)	Yasuhiro Suzu Atsuko	Suzu	Uesugi	5:42
Total length:					71:38

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[2]	13

References

^ "中森明菜 / バラード・ベスト～25th Anniversary Selection～". CDJournal. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ ^a ^b "中森明菜バラード・ベスト～25th Anniversary Selection～ | 中森明菜". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ "中森明菜". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[CDJournal-1] "中森明菜 / バラード・ベスト～25th Anniversary Selection～". CDJournal. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[Oricon-2] "中森明菜バラード・ベスト～25th Anniversary Selection～ | 中森明菜". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[3] "中森明菜". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

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