B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 | ||||
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Compilation album by B'z | ||||
Released | June 12, 2013 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, hard rock | |||
Label | Vermillion Records | |||
Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
B'z chronology | ||||
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B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 is a compilation album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 12, 2013, simultaneously with B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012, and it is part of their 25th anniversary celebration. It reached #1 at Oricon charts and Billboard Japan Top Albums.
The album's track list is composed of singles released by the band between 1988 and 1998 with two previously unreleased tracks: "Heat", a collaborative song with the South Korean pop singer Kim Hyun-joong, who once named B'z as his favorite Japanese musical act, and Kakushin, which is used as the opening theme of NTV's drama Kumo no Kaidan (雲の階段).
A special edition copy of the album is also available. It includes a bonus DVD with all of the band's music videos for their first decade, most of which are available on DVD for the first time.