B'z The Best XXV 1988–1998 is a compilation album by the Japanesehard rockduoB'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 on the Oricon charts[1] and Billboard Japan Top Albums.[2]
The album's tracklist 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,[3] 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.