A Best
| A BALLADS | ||||||||
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| CD by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||||||
| Released | 12 March, 2003 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||
| Length | ??? | |||||||
| Record Label | avex trax | |||||||
| Ayumi Hamasaki Chronology | ||||||||
| Duty (2000) |
A BEST (2001) |
I am... (2002) | ||||||
A BEST is a greatest hits album released by Ayumi Hamasaki on 28 March, 2001. Unlike most greatest hits album in Japan, this was not a single collection (there are two tracks here that was never a title of single - "A Song for xx" and "Who..."), but due to the large number of Ayumi Hamasaki singles, the songs represented here are fan favorites. Songs from her debut like "A Song for xx," "Trust," and "Depend on you" were resung, showing the changes in Hamasaki's vocal qualities. The initial pressings had six different variations which came with its own "gift."
It was released simultaneously with Utada Hikaru's DISTANCE, and Utada Hikaru topped the charts on the initial week of release, and A BEST topped the charts the second week of its release.
The songs "A Song for xx," "Trust," and "Depend on you" were re-recorded for this album.
Tracklist
- A Song for xx (New mix)
- Trust (New mix)
- Depend on you (New mix)
- LOVE~destiny~
- TO BE
- Boys & girls
- Trauma
- End roll (New mix)
- appears
- Fly high
- vogue
- Far away
- SEASONS
- SURREAL
- M
- Who...
Charts
| Date | Title | Peak Position | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March, 2001 | A BEST | #1 | 48 |