Perfume the Best: P Cubed

Perfume the Best: P Cubed
Regular edition cover
Compilation album by
Perfume
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)
Recorded2004–2019
Length230:35
LanguageJapanese
LabelUniversal Music Japan
ProducerYasutaka Nakata
Perfume chronology
Future Pop
(2018) 		Perfume the Best: P Cubed
(2019) 		Polygon Wave
(2021)

Perfume the Best: P Cubed (stylized Perfume the Best "P Cubed") is the third compilation album by Japanese girl group Perfume, released through Universal Music Japan on September 18, 2019.[1] It contains 52 tracks spanning the group's career and was released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of their major debut.[1] It contains two new songs that bookend the collection, "Challenger" and "Nananananairo".

The album debuted atop the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart, selling over 97,000 copies and an additional 50,000 units in its first week.[2][3] It marked Perfume's eighth number-one album, tying them with AKB48 for the most number ones on the Oricon charts for a female group.[3]

Release

The album was made available in a variety of formats, including a standard edition with three discs, a "limited edition" with three discs and either a Blu-ray or DVD, and a "limited press edition", including the three discs, Blu-ray or DVD, and a photobook in a "special package".[4]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Challenger" (previously unreleased)5:33
2."Linear Motor Girl" (リニアモーターガール; Rinia Mōtā Gāru)4:06
3."Computer City" (コンピューターシティ; Konpyūtā Shiti)4:44
4."Electro World" (エレクトロ・ワールド; Erekutoro Wārudo)3:53
5."Perfect Star Perfect Style" (パーフェクトスター・パーフェクトスタイル; Pāfekuto Sutā Pāfekuto Sutairu)4:16
6."Chocolate Disco" (チョコレイト・ディスコ; Chokoreito Disuko)3:46
7."Polyrhythm" (ポリリズム; Poririzumu)4:11
8."Seventh Heaven"4:45
9."Baby Cruising Love"4:42
10."Macaroni" (マカロニ; Makaroni)4:40
11."Game"5:06
12."Secret Secret" (シークレットシークレット; Shīkuretto Shīkuretto)4:57
13."Love the World"4:35
14."Edge" (Triangle mix)8:43
15."Dream Fighter"4:54
16."One Room Disco" (ワンルーム・ディスコ; Wanrūmu Disuko)5:06
Total length:77:57
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Night Flight"5:21
2."I Still Love U"4:33
3."Fushizen na Girl" (不自然なガール; Artificial Girl)3:59
4."Natural ni Koishite" (ナチュラルに恋して; Fall in Love Naturally)3:08
5."Voice"4:13
6."Nee" (ねぇ; Hey)4:27
7."Fake It"4:12
8."Laser Beam" (レーザービーム; Rēzā Bīmu)3:31
9."Kasuka na Kaori" (微かなカオリ; Faint Fragrance)4:49
10."Spice" (スパイス; Supaisu)3:52
11."My Color"5:04
12."Spring of Life"3:50
13."Spending All My Time"3:54
14."Hurly Burly"5:12
15."Mirai no Museum" (未来のミュージアム; Museum of the Future)3:22
16."Daijyobanai" (だいじょばない; I'm Not Okay)3:05
17."Magic of Love" (Level3 mix)4:16
18."1mm"4:18
Total length:75:06
Disc three
No.TitleLength
1."Party Maker"7:21
2."Sweet Refrain"4:55
3."Cling Cling"4:18
4."Hold Your Hand"3:36
5."Display"3:49
6."Relax in the City"4:12
7."Pick Me Up"3:51
8."Star Train"4:35
9."Story"5:48
10."Flash"4:37
11."Tokyo Girl" (remastered)4:28
12."If You Wanna"2:44
13."Everyday"3:46
14."Mugenmirai" (無限未来; Infinite Future)3:43
15."Fusion"4:33
16."Future Pop"3:03
17."Let Me Know"3:26
18."Nananananairo" (ナナナナナイロ) (previously unreleased)4:47
Total length:77:32
Disc four (limited edition only)
No.TitleLength
1."Future Pop" (video clip)3:14
2."Perfume World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Digest Live Footage"2:18
3."Start-Up" (World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Live)1:16
4."Future Pop" (World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Live)3:02
5."Electro World" (World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Live)4:22
6."Pick Me Up" (World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Live)4:02
7."MC" (World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Live)2:06
8."Mugen Mirai" (World Tour 4th "Future Pop" Live)4:10
9."Daijobanai" (Live from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival)3:09
10."Computer Grandma" (ETV 60 E-Uta♪ Kokoro no Daiboken)2:22
11."Hamigaki Jyouzukana" (ETV 60 E-Uta♪ Kokoro no Daiboken)1:26
12."Radio Because Perfume Just Likes Radio! 4"72:35
Total length:104:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[5] 1
Japanese Dance & Soul Albums (Oricon)[6] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 26

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[8] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b "Release of Best Album "Perfume The Best 'P Cubed'" Confirmed for September 18, 2019! Album Covers Revealed!". perfume-web.jp. August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-09-30" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Perfume hit record set by AKB48 on Japan album charts". SBS PopAsia. September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Klein, Jeremy (July 9, 2019). "Perfume to compile a whole bunch of bests onto new 52-track "best of" release". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/09/30 付け". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Oricon Japan Dance & Soul Albums: 2019/09/30 日付". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "年間　アルバムランキング 2019年度". Oricon. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  8. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Perfume – Perfume the Best: P Cubed" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2019年9月 on the drop-down menu
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