A Best 2 | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
Released | 28 February 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2001-2007 (Black) 2001-2005 (White) |
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Genre | Pop, pop rock, dance, electronic | |||
Length |
77:27 (Black) 74:56 (White) |
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Label | Avex Trax | |||
Producer | Max Matsuura | |||
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Ayumi Hamasaki Best of Countdown Live 2006-2007 A | ||||
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Live album by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
Released | 29 November 2007 | |||
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A Best 2: Black | |
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CD-Only Cover
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Greatest hits album by Ayumi Hamasaki | |
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Source | Rating |
HMV |
A Best 2: White | |
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Greatest hits album by Ayumi Hamasaki | |
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Best 2 is a series of greatest hits compilation albums recorded by Ayumi Hamasaki which were released simultaneously on 28 February 2007 . The artwork on the cover uses the singer's symbol, a heavily modified A, to stand for the name "Ayu" or "Ayumi Hamasaki", as was used in Best in 2001.
A Best 2: Black debuted at #1 in Japan on its first day and took #2 in the weekly chart as well as in several countries throughout Asia. It was ranked #4 on CDJapan's Top 100 album of 2007. A Best 2: White debuted at #1 in Japan and several countries throughout Asia. A Best 2: White was ranked #3 on CDJapan's Top 100 album of 2007.A Best 2: Black includes "dark" songs with "painful/heartbroken" lyrics while A Best 2: White is the opposite, containing "light" songs with "bright/cheerful/upbeat" lyrics.
Both sets were released in 1CD+2DVD versions with limited version covers for each album's color. The first DVD for each version includes all music videos for the songs off the album. The second DVD from A Best 2: White includes her latest Best of Countdown Live 2006-2007 A; the second DVD from A Best 2: Black includes a documentary which chronicles her concert Best of Countdown Live 2006-2007 A. Both albums feature songs released between the singles "Evolution" and "Heaven". No songs off her album Secret are featured on either album.
A special website was opened in order to promote A Best 2.
The tracks on A Best 2 were remastered in Los Angeles by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, however they were not resung like the previous A Best.
A Best 2: Black includes a previously unreleased track, "Part of Me" (featured in a new Panasonic CM) and its accompanying music video. The song was certified gold for 100,000 legal downloads.