A Summer Best
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A Summer Best is the 6th compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki released on August 8, 2012. The album contains 26 old songs plus two new tracks - "You & Me" and "Happening here"(theme song from "Hotel Love Songs" tour) - over 2 discs. The album is available in two versions: 2CD and 2CD+DVD.
It is her second compilation album (after A BEST 2 ~BLACK~) to not peak at number one on the Oricon chart and her only compilation album to sell less than 500,000 copies.
Track listing
All lyrics by Ayumi Hamasaki except "Happening Here", which is penned by Tetsuya Komuro and Takahiro Maeda.
No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Blue Bird" | D.A.I | HΛL | 4:09 |
2. | "July 1st" | Crea + D.A.I | tasuku | 4:22 |
3. | "Greatful Days" | Bounceback | HΛL | 4:40 |
4. | "Glitter" | Kazuhiro Hara | HΛL | 4:52 |
5. | "Sunrise ~ LOVE is ALL ~" | Hana Nishimura | CMJK | 4:49 |
6. | "Audience" | D.A.I. | HΛL | 4:08 |
7. | "Independent" | Crea + D.A.I | tasuku | 4:56 |
8. | "Evolution" | Crea | HΛL | 4:43 |
9. | "Boys & Girls" | D.A.I | Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I | 3:56 |
10. | "Unite!" | Crea | HΛL | 5:01 |
11. | "inspire" | Tetsuya Yukumi | HΛL | 4:34 |
12. | "Next Level" | D.A.I. | HΛL | 4:33 |
13. | "Happening Here" (TRF cover) | Tetsuya Komuro | CMJK | 4:39 |
No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "HANABI" | Crea + D.A.I | CMJK | 4:56 |
2. | "HANABI ~ episode II ~" | Crea + D.A.I | tasuku | 4:56 |
3. | "Far Away" | Kazuhito Kikuchi, D.A.I. | HΛL | 5:36 |
4. | "Monochrome" | HΛL | Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I | 4:32 |
5. | "Theme of A-Nation'03" | Crea | 6:15 | |
6. | "Sunset ~ LOVE is ALL ~" | Hana Nishimura | Yuta Nakano | 5:45 |
7. | "Seasons" | D.A.I | Naoto Suzuki | 4:23 |
8. | "Another song (Featuring Naoya Urata)" | Yuta Nakano | Yuta Nakano | 5:20 |
9. | "Fated" | Shintaro Hagiwara, Akihisa Matsuura | CMJK | 5:34 |
10. | "Moon" | Yasuhiko Hoshino | Yuta Nakano | 5:48 |
11. | "Blossom" | Yasuhiko Hoshino | Yuta Nakano | 4:08 |
12. | "Fairyland" | tasuku | HΛL | 5:20 |
13. | "You & me" (new song) | Tetsuya Komuro | tasuku | 5:37 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bue Bird" (Video clip) | |
2. | "July 1st" (Video clip) | |
3. | "Glitter" (Video clip) | |
4. | "Grateful days" (Video clip) | |
5. | "Sunrise ~ LOVE is ALL ~" (Video clip) | |
6. | "Independent" (Video clip) | |
7. | "Boys & Girls" (Video clip) | |
8. | "Evolution" (Video clip) | |
9. | "Inspire" (Video clip) | |
10. | "Unite!" (Video clip) | |
11. | "Audience" (Video clip) | |
12. | "Next Level" (Video clip) | |
13. | "HANABI" (Video clip) | |
14. | "Sunset ~ LOVE is ALL ~" (Video clip) | |
15. | "Monochrome" (Video clip) | |
16. | "Faiyland" (Video clip) | |
17. | "Fated" (Video clip) | |
18. | "HANABI ~ episode II ~" (Video clip) | |
19. | "Seasons" (Video clip) | |
20. | "Theme of A-Nation'03" (Video clip) | |
21. | "Blossom" (Video clip) | |
22. | "Moon" (Video clip) | |
23. | "Another song (Featuring Naoya Urata)" (Video clip) | |
24. | "Far Away" (Video clip) | |
25. | "You & me" (Video clip[1]) |
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release | Chart | Peak position | First Week Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
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August 8, 2012 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 2 | 31,803 | ||
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 2 | 83,363 | 137,471 | 9 weeks | |
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | 3 | 127,013 | |||
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart |