Best of Ballade: Current

Best of Ballade: Current
Best of Ballade: Current
Compilation album by Shizuka Kudo
Released	November 18, 1998
Recorded	1987–98
Genre	Pop; rock;
Length	69:43
Label	Pony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology

Best of Ballade: Current (Best of Ballade カレント, Best of Ballade Karento) is the eighth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on November 18, 1998, through Pony Canyon. The compilation is Kudo's second ballad collection, following Best of Ballade: Empathy. The album features a selection of previously released ballads, handpicked by Kudo, as well as new recordings in English of three songs: "In the Sky", "Daite Kuretara Ii no ni" and "Ice Rain".

Commercial performance

Best of Ballade: Current debuted at number nine on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 40,000 units sold. The album charted in the top 100 for five straight weeks, selling a reported total of 65,000 copies during its chart run.^[2]^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"In the Sky" (Text in English)	Naoki Takao ЯK	Taisuke Sawachika	4:35
2.	"Wine Hitokuchi no Uso" (ワインひとくちの嘘, "Lying After One Sip of Wine")	Gorō Matsui Tsugutoshi Gotō	Gotō	4:50
3.	"Yume" (夢, "Dream")	Aeri Ryō Asuka	Sawachika	5:46
4.	"Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"	Matsui Gotō	Gotō Satoshi Kadokura	4:59
5.	"Koi Hitoyo"	Matsui Gotō	Gotō	4:31
6.	"Serenade" (セレナーデ, Serenāde)	Matsui Gotō	Gotō	5:01
7.	"Let Me Sleep In Your Arms" (Text in English)	Rieko Terai Matsui Gotō	Gotō	5:14
8.	"Koi Moyō" (恋模様, "Sign of Love")	Aeri Gotō	Draw4	4:47
9.	"Venus"	Aeri Takashi Tsushimi	Sawachika	5:05
10.	"Setsu Getsu Ka"	Miyuki Nakajima	Ichizō Seo	4:47
11.	"Binetsu" (微熱, "Slight Fever")	Aeri Hatake	Chokkaku	4:33
12.	"Door"	Aeri Tsushimi	Sawachika	4:43
13.	"Ice Rain" (Text in English)	Terai Aeri Tsushimi	Kadokura	6:02
14.	"Kirara"	ЯK	Sawachika	4:50
Total length:				69:43

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)^[4]	9	65,000^[2]

References

^ "工藤静香 / カレント". CDJournal. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "工藤静香アルバムアイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 8, 2018.
^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
^ "Best of Ballade カレント工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

[cdjournal-1] "工藤静香 / カレント". CDJournal. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

[idoldb-2] "工藤静香アルバムアイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 8, 2018.

[Sales-3] "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

[oricon-4] "Best of Ballade カレント工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

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