Golden Best (Yōsui Inoue album)


Golden Best is the double-CD compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue. The album was released in July 1999, celebrating his 30-year career as a solo recording artist. It comprises 35 tracks spanning his works after 1972; the year he released his debut album Danzetsu under the renewed stage name.
Golden Best debuted at the number-six on the Japanese Oricon chart and climbed the top in September 1999. It became one of the most successful albums for Inoue, entering the record chart for a year with sales of over 1.4 million copies. The label For Life Music Entertainment stated that Golden Best album has sold more than 2.06 million copies up to late 2008.
After a year from the album's release, a sequel entitled Golden Bad came out. And in 2003, when the album shipped more than 2 million units, an expanded edition called Golden Best Super was issued. It features bonus disc which includes his singles in the 2000s and previously unreleased recordings.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise indicated

Disc one

  1. "Shounen Jidai" - 3:21
  2. "Arigatou" ' - 3:31
  3. "Make-up Shadow" - 4:09
  4. "Asia no Junshin" ' - 3:53
  5. "Saigo no News" - 3:55
  6. "Kasa ga Nai" - 5:35
  7. "Kōri no Sekai" - 4:11
  8. "Yume no Naka e" - 2:40
  9. "Riverside Hotel" - 3:54
  10. "Kokoro Moyou" - 3:27
  11. "Gogatsu no Wakare" - 5:06
  12. "Isso Serenade" - 3:16
  13. "Crazy Love" - 4:04
  14. "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" - 4:43
  15. "Jealousy" - 4:01
  16. "Aozora, Hitorikiri" - 4:22
  17. "Atarashii Rhapsody" - 4:51
  18. "Nagai Saka no E no Frame" - 5:52

    Disc two

  19. "Tomadou Pelican" - 4:52
  20. "Canary" - 3:56
  21. "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai" - 3:56
  22. "Musume ga Nejireru Toki" - 4:13
  23. "Nazeka Shanghai" - 5:32
  24. "Eiyū" - 5:04
  25. "Wakan'nai" - 4:59
  26. "Wine Red no Kokoro" - 5:25
  27. "Natsu no Owari no Harmony" - 3:53
  28. "Teenager" - 4:34
  29. "Tokyo" - 2:58
  30. "Thailand Fantasia" - 4:55
  31. "Kaerenai Futari" - 4:21
  32. "Just Fit" - 4:25
  33. "Jinsei ga Nido Areba" - 4:59
  34. "Musubikotoba" - 4:07
  35. "Tsumini no Nai Fune" - 5:38

    Bonus disc for 2003 limited edition

  36. "Tomadou Pelican" - 5:07
  37. "Coffee Rumba"　 - 3:07
  38. "Hana no Kubikazari" - 4:11
  39. "Aozora, Hitorikiri" - 3:31
  40. "Kimerareta Rhythm" - 4:12
  41. "Mis Cast" - 5:10
  42. "L-O-V-E" - 2:58
  43. "Miss Contest" - 4:38
  44. "Kōri no Sekai" - 5:07
  45. "Umi e Kinasai" - 4:32

    Chart positions

Certification

Release history