All My Best (Mai Kuraki album)

All My Best is the second greatest hits album by Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter, Mai Kuraki. It was released on September 9, 2009, to commemorate her tenth anniversary in the music business. The album was issued in seven formats: a regular 2CD, a limited 2CD+DVD, a limited microSD, a USB flash drive, a MiniDisc, a compact cassette and an LP album.[1] The album debuted at the top of the Japanese Oricon weekly album chart with sales over 137,050.[2]

All My Best
Standard edition/digital download cover
Greatest hits album by
Mai Kuraki
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)
Recorded1999–2009
GenrePop, R&B
LengthDisc 1: 71:26
Disc 2: 72:19
LabelNorthern Music
ProducerMai Kuraki (Executive producer), Daiko Nagato,
Mai Kuraki chronology
Touch Me!
(2009)		 All My Best
(2009)		 Future Kiss
(2010)
Singles from All My Best
  1. "Puzzle"
    Released: April 1, 2009
  2. "Beautiful"
    Released: June 10, 2009

Singles

To promote the album, two singles were released: "Puzzle/Revive" and "Beautiful". On the Oricon single chart "Puzzle/Revive" entered the top 3, becoming Kuraki's first single since "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" (明日へ架ける橋, "Bridge to Tomorrow") in 2004 to do so.[3] "Puzzle" was the ending theme song for the thirteenth Detective Conan movie Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser.[4] Unlike "Puzzle", "Revive" was not on the album.[5] "Beautiful" was used as the image song for the cosmetic company Kose's Coseport Salon Style.[6] The single ranked higher than "Puzzle/Revive" debuting at No. 2, which extended Kuraki's record as the only female solo artist to have all 32 of her singles in the Top 10 since her debut.[7]

Commercial performance

On the release day of All My Best in Japan, the album took the number one position on the Oricon daily album chart, selling 38,000 copies.[8] On the weekly chart issue dated September 21, the album was No. 1 with sales a little over 137,050, becoming Kuraki's second number-one album of 2009.[2] The album also debuted at the top of the Billboard Japan Top Albums chart.[9] In Taiwan, the album achieved moderate success debuting at numbers nine and seven, on the international and J-pop charts respectively.[10][11] On the J-Pop chart, the album peaked at number five.[12] With 0.51% of sales on the Taiwanese Combo chart the album debuted at number eighteen.[12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki, except "Never Gonna Give You Up" which was co-written with Michael Africk.

Disc 1
No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Watashi no, Shiranai, Watashi. (わたしの、しらない、わたし。, The Me I Do Not Know.)"Yue MochizukiDaisuke Ikeda, Shun Sato4:04
2."Love, Day After Tomorrow" (from album Delicious Way)Aika OhnoCybersound4:05
3."Stay by My Side" (from album Delicious Way)Aika OhnoCybersound4:26
4."Secret of My Heart" (from album Delicious Way)Aika OhnoCybersound4:26
5."Never Gonna Give You Up" (from album Delicious Way)Michael Africk, Miguel Sa Pessoa, Perry GeyerMichael Africk, Miguel Sa Pessoa, Perry Geyer4:01
6."Simply Wonderful: Radio Edit" (from album Wish You the Best)Aika OhnoCybersound3:54
7."Reach for the Sky" (from album Perfect Crime)Aika OhnoCybersound4:49
8."Start in My Life" (from album Perfect Crime)Aika OhnoCybersound5:09
9."Tsumetai Umi" (from album Perfect Crime)Aika OhnoCybersound4:41
10."Double Rainbow" (from single "Stand Up")Yoko BlaqstoneYoko Black. Stone4:43
11."Stand Up" (from album Perfect Crime)Akihito TokunagaAkihito Tokunaga4:40
12."Always" (from album Perfect Crime)Aika OhnoCybersound4:09
13."Perfect Crime" (from album Perfect Crime)Akihito TokunagaAkihito Tokunaga, Daisuke Ikeda4:38
14."Can't Forget Your Love" (from album Fairy Tale)Aika OhnoCybersound, Akihito Tokunaga5:29
15."Winter Bells"Akihito TokunagaAkihito Tokunaga4:39
16."Key to My Heart" (from album Fairy Tale)Aika OhnoCybersound3:33

All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki, except "Baby I Like", which was written by Yoko Black. Stone.

Disc 2
No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Baby I Like" (from album Secret of My Heart)Yoko Black. StoneCybersound4:22
2."Puzzle"Yue Mochizuki, Takahiro HiragaMasazumi Ozawa3:58
3."Beautiful"Song Yang HaDaisuke Ikeda4:32
4."Touch Me!" (from album Touch Me!)Yue MochizukiTakahiro Hiraga5:11
5."Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" (from album Touch Me!)Aika OhnoCybersound3:59
6."Be With U" (from album One Life)Akihito TokunagaCybersound4:56
7."Silent Love: Open My Heart" (from album One Life)Daisuke "Dais" Miyachi, Yuichi OhnoDaisuke "Dais" Miyachi, Yuichi Ohno4:25
8."Aitakute... (会いたくて..., I Want to See You...)" (from album Diamond Wave)Akihito TokunagaAkihito Tokunaga4:32
9."Shiroi Yuki" (from album One Life)Aika OhnoDaisuke Ikeda4:49
10."Best of Hero (ベスト オブ ヒーロー, Besuto obu Hīro)" (from album Diamond Wave)Akihito TokunagaAkihito Tokunaga4:14
11."Growing of My Heart" (from album Diamond Wave)Aika OhnoTakeshi Hayama4:22
12."Ashita e Kakeru Hashi (明日へ架ける橋, Bridge to Tomorrow)" (from album Fuse of Love)Akihito TokunagaDaisuke Ikeda, Akihito Tokunaga3:59
13."Time After Time: Hana Mau Machi de (Theater Version)" (from album If I Believe)Aika OhnoDaisuke Ikeda, Cybersound4:12
14."Kaze no Lalala" (from album If I Believe)Michiya HaruhataCybersound4:22
15."Like A Star in the Night" (from album Fairy Tale)Aika OhnoAkihito Tokunaga,
Strings arrangement： Daisuke Ikeda		5:37
16."Feel Fine!" (from album Fairy Tale)Akihito TokunagaAkihito Tokunaga4:49

Charts and certifications

Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalog
Japan September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09) Northern Music LP album VNJM-9001[15]
Cassette tape VNTM-9001[16]
MiniDisc VNYM-9001[17]
USB flash drive VNZM-9001[18]
microSD VNZM-9002[19]
2CD+DVD (Limited edition) VNCM-9007[20]
2CD (Standard edition) VNCM-9009[21]
2CD (FC & Musing edition) [22]
Taiwan SK-Being CD SBCA-9002[23]
Japan December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08) Northern Music CD VNCL-9009[24]

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