The Ultimate Collection (Chihiro Onitsuka album)

The Ultimate Collection
Compilation album by Chihiro Onitsuka
Released December 1, 2004
Recorded 2000-2003
Genre Alternative rock, baroque pop, country rock
Length 77:20
Language Japanese
Label Toshiba-EMI
Chihiro Onitsuka chronology
Sugar High
(2002)Sugar High2002		 The Ultimate Collection
(2004)		 Singles 2000-2003
(2005)Singles 2000-20032005

The Ultimate Collection (stylized as the ultimate collection) is the first compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, released in 2004. It came out months after the artist terminated the contracts with record label and management office.

All the 15 tracks on the album was digitally remastered by Ted Jensen. Selection of the songs was supervised by Takefumi Haketa, Onitsuka's previous musical collaborator who produced all her materials released under EMI. The performer has not authorized this retrospective album, however, omitting the release from the discography page on her present official website which launched in 2007.

The Ultimate Collection debuted at the number-three on the Japanese Oricon chart and remained there for 23 weeks. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan upon its release, for shipments of over 250,000 copies.[1]

The front cover of the compilation was picked out from the photo session which was taken for her cancelled fourth studio album supposed to have been released in March 2004. Along with the album, a DVD collection composed of 17 music videos entitled The Complete Clips was issued simultaneously.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Ryūseigun (流星群)"Chihiro Onitsuka, Takefumi Haketa[2]Haketa5:14
2."Koe (声)"Onitsuka, HaketaHaketa4:45
3."Memai (眩暈)"Onitsuka, HaketaHaketa5:08
4."Gekkō (月光)"OnitsukaHaketa5:09
5."infection"Onitsuka, HaketaHaketa5:45
6."We can go"OnitsukaHaketa4:40
7."Fly to me"OnitsukaHaketa4:56
8."Shine (シャイン)" (album version)OnitsukaNozomu Tsuchiya, Haketa4:57
9."Back Door" (album version)OnitsukaTsuchiya, Haketa5:08
10."King of Solitude"Onitsuka, HaketaHaketa4:59
11."Crow"Onitsuka, HaketaHaketa5:17
12."Ibara no Umi (茨の海)"OnitsukaHaketa5:06
13."Watashi to Waltz o (私とワルツを)"OnitsukaHaketa5:20
14."call"Onitsuka, HaketaHaketa5:19
15."Sign"OnitsukaHaketa5:30
Total length:77:20
　

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Japan (RIAJ)[1] Platinum 232,000[3]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Album
Chart (2005) Position
Japanese Albums Chart[6] 65

Release history

Album
Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan December 1, 2004 Toshiba-EMI/Virgin Tokyo CD TOCT-25560
December 12, 2012 Universal/EMI Music Japan SHM-CD TOCT-95155

References

  1. 1 2 ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2004年12月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (December 2004)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). January 10, 2005. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ 作品データベース検索サービス [searchable copyright database]. Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (in Japanese). Retrieved February 2, 2014. Note: Co-writer's credits are omitted from the sleeve-notes for the album.
  3. ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2014. (subscription only)
  4. ↑ "the ultimate collection／鬼束ちひろ-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Ultimate Collection by Chihiro Onitsuka]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "the complete clips／鬼束ちひろ-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for The Complete Clips by Chihiro Onitsuka]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2005年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2005] (in Japanese). Retrieved February 2, 2014.


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