Deen The Best Forever Complete Singles+ is the sixth greatest hits album by Japanese pop rock band Deen .[ 1] It released on 28 February 2018 under Epic Records Japan label.
Background
The album is released as promotion for their 25th year of band debut anniversary.
Album includes complete all 46 singles by chronological releases, since their debut single "Kono Mama Kimi dake wo Ubaisaritai" until their latest single "Kimi he no Parade", which will be divided in 4 CDS.
Some singles are included for the first time on the album, such as "Kioku no Kage" and its coupling song "Asobi ni Ikou", which were previously released in 2016.
Single versions of "Zenkai Koigokoro", "Zutto Tsutaetakatta I Love You", "Boku ga Kimi wo Wasurenaiyouni" and "Kimi he no Parade" were included in album format for the first time.
Ikemori's solo single "Another Life" will be included in Deen's album for the first time since 2001 release.
The album will include new premium track, "Journey" which is written and produced by all three members together.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
First press release will include 5th additional CD "Premium Disc" with eleven original songs by artist which composed and written for Deen, included Miho Komatsu , Seiichiro Kuribayashi , Tetsuro Oda , Wands and Zard . All of these songs were previously released in their compilation album "Deen The Best Kiseki" (with exception of Zard).
Fanclub members will exclusively receive special original album CD with title "Deen the Last" with twelve completely new and unreleased tracks, along with special features including history book and limited package format.
A special website "Deen Chronicle" was launched on 12 January with short commentary on each single.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
It is the last album when guitarist and composer, Tagawa was involved with album production before band's withdrawal.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Track listing
Disc 1: 1993-1997
Title Lyrics Music Arrangers 1. "Kono Mama Kimi dake wo Ubaisaritaiこのまま君だけを奪い去りたい " (debut single) Uesugi Show (Wands ) Tetsurō Oda Takeshi Hayama 4:11 2. "Tsubasa wo Hirogete (翼を広げて )" (2nd single) Izumi Sakai (Zard )Oda Hayama 5:14 3. "Memories" (3rd single) Shuuichi Ikemori Oda Hayama 4:30 4. "Eien wo Azuketekure (永遠をあずけてくれ )" (4th single) Daria Kawashima Seiichiro Kuribayashi Hayama 4:57 5. "Hitomi Sorasanaide (瞳そらさないで )" (5th single) Sakai Oda Hayama 4:42 6. "Teenage Dream" (6th single) Sakai Kuribayashi Hayama 4:38 7. "Mirai no Tameni (未来のために )" (7th single) Ikemori Ikemori, Naoki Uzumoto Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow )4:41 8. "Love Forever" (8th single) Yuri Yamamoto Shinji Tagawa Hayama 4:32 9. "Shounen (少年 )" (8th single's coupling) Ikemori Kouji Yamane and Shinji Tagawa Furui 4:50 10. "Hitori Janai (ひとりじゃない )" (9th single) Ikemori Oda Furui 4:00 11. "Sunshine On Summer Time" (10th single) Ikemori Uzumoto Furui 4:18 12. "Egao de Waratteitai (素顔で笑っていたい )" (11th single) Ikemori Oda Daisuke Ikeda 4:20 13. "Kimi ga Inai Natsu (君がいない夏 )" (12th single) Komatsu Miho Komatsu Ikeda 4:23 14. "Yume de Aru you ni (夢であるように )" (13th single) Ikemori Deen Ikeda 4:40
Disc 2: 1998-2003
Title Lyrics Music Arrangers 1. "Tooi Sora de (遠い空で )" (14th single) Komatsu Miho Komatsu Daisuke Ikeda 4:39 2. "Kimi Sae Ireba (君さえいれば )" (15th single) Komatsu Komats Ikeda 4:36 3. "Tegotae no Nai Ai (手ごたえのない愛 )" (16th single) Komatsu Komatsu Akihito Tokunaga 4:35 4. "Tooi Tooi Mirai he (遠い遠い未来へ )" (17th single) Nana Azuki (Garnet Crow )Aika Ohno Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)4:10 5. "Just One" (18th single) Ikemori Shuuichi Ikemori Deen 4:35 6. "My Love" (19th single) Ikemori Kouji Yamane and Naoki Uzumoto Deen 4:10 7. "Christmas Time" (君がいない夏 , 1st classic single) Ikemori Yamane Ikeda 4:00 8. "Power of Love" (20th single) Ikemori Deen Deen 4:08 9. "Akizakura -more &more- (秋桜 )" (2nd classic single) Ikemori Deen Deen 3:40 10. "Kanashimi no Mukougawa (哀しみの向こう側 )" (21st single) Ikemori Ikemori and Yamane Deen 4:54 11. "Miagetegoran Yoru no Hoshi wo (見上げてごらん夜の星を )" (22nd single) Eri Rukosuke Izumi Taku Deen 4:19 12. "Yume de Aetara (夢で逢えたら )" (23rd single) Shuuichi Ikemori Ohtaki Eiichi Deen 4:15 13. "Birthday eve ~Dare yori mo Hayai Ai no Uta~ (誰よりも早い愛の歌 )" (24th single) Ikemori Yamane Deen 5:25 14. "Tsubasa wo Kaze Nosete -fly away- (翼を風に乗せて )" (25th single) Shuuichi Ikemori Suzuki Hiroyuki Deen 4:44
Disc 3: 2003-2009
Title Lyrics Music Arrangers 1. "Taiyou to Hanabira (太陽と花びら )" (26th single) Ikemori Ikemori Shuuichi and Tokinori Kouichirou Deen 4:59 2. "Utopia wa Mieterunoni (ユートピアは見えてるのに )" (27th single) Ikemori Tsuchida Noriyuki Deen 4:40 3. "Rail no nai Sora he (レールのない空へ )" (28th single) Ikemori Suzuki Hiroyuki Deen 5:00 4. "Strong Soul" (29th single) Ikemori Kouji Yamane Deen 4:16 5. "Ai no Kagami ga Sekai ni Hibikimasuyouni (愛の鐘が世界に響きますように )" (30th single) Ikemori Yamane Deen 5:31 6. "Kono Mama Kimi dake wo Ubaisaritai -Kiseki ver.-このまま君だけを奪い去りたい " (31st single) Show Uesugi Tetsurō Oda Masayuki Iwata 4:36 7. "Tsubasa wo Hirogete -Kiseki ver.- (翼を広げて )" (31st single's coupling) Izumi Sakai (Zard )Oda Shima Ken 5:14 8. "Starting Over" (32nd single) Ikemori Oda Takeshi Hayama 4:40 9. "Diamond (ダイヤモンド )" (33rd single) Ikemori Yamane Chokkaku 4:27 10. "Yume no Tsubomi (夢の蕾 )" (3rd classic single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 5:09 11. "Smile Blue" (4th classic single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 5:03 12. "Eien no Ashita (永遠の明日 )" (34th single) Ikemori Ikemori Deen 4:55 13. "Celebrate" (35th single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 4:06 14. "Negai" (36th single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 5:15
Disc 4: 2010-2018
Title Lyrics Music Arrangers 1. "Coconuts" (37th single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 4:29 2. "Brand New Wing" (38th single) Ikemori Shinji Tagawa Tagawa 3:44 3. "Kokoro kara Kimi ga Suki -Marriage- (心から君が好き〜マリアージュ〜 )" (39th single) Ikemori Tagawa Deen 5:06 4. "Hatachi (二十歳 )" (40th single) Ikemori Tagawa Tagawa 5:03 5. "Ame no Roppongi (雨の六本木 )" (40th single's coupling) Reiko Yukawa Daisuke Inoue Daisuke Ikeda 4:47 6. "Mou Nakanaide (もう泣かないで )" (41st single) Ikemori and Daria Kawashima Kouji Yamane Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow )3:29 7. "Kimi ga Boku wo Wasurenaiyouni Boku ga Kimi wo Oboeteiru (君が僕を忘れないように 僕が君をおぼえている )" (42nd single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 4:25 8. "Senkai Koigokoro! (千回恋心! )" (43rd single) Ikemori Tagawa Tagawa 4:20 9. "Zutto Tsutaetakatta I love you (ずっと伝えたかった I love you )" (44th single) Ikemori Tagawa Takeshi Kudou 4:39 10. "Kioku no Kage (記憶の影 )" (45th single) Ikemori Yamane Furui 3:58 11. "Asobi ni Ikou! (記憶の影 )" (46th single) Ikemori Yamane Yuto Shinozaki 4:12 12. "Kimi he no Parade (君へのパレード♪ )" (47th single) Ikemori Yamane Yamane 4:11 13. "Another Life" (Shuuichi Ikemori's solo single) Kim Hyung Suk Deen Hyung Suk 3:54 14. "Journey" (new premium track)
Premium Disk
Title Lyrics Music Arrangers 1. "Hitomi Sorasanaide" (瞳そらさないで , performed by Zard) Izumi Sakai (Zard )Tetsurō Oda Masao Akashi 4:50 2. "Tsubasa wo Hirogete" (翼を広げて , performed by Zard) Sakai Oda Akashi 4:33 3. "Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai" (このまま君だけを奪い去りたい , performed by Wands) Show Wesugi (Wands) Oda Takeshi Hayama 4:41 4. "Tsubasa wo Hirogete" (翼を広げて , performed by Tetsuro Oda) Sakai Oda J. Haskell 4:56 5. "Kimi ga Inai Natsu" (君がいない夏 , performed by Miho Komatsu) Komatsu Komatsu Akashi 4:42 6. "Eien wo Boku ni Azuketekure" (永遠をあずけてくれ , performed by Seiichiro Kuribayashi) Daria Kawashima Seiichiro Kuribayashi Kuribayashi 5:18 7. "Kimi Sae Ireba" (君さえいれば , performed by Miho Komatsu) Komatsu Komatsu Yoshinobu Ohga (Sensation)4:37 8. "Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai" (このまま君だけを奪い去りたい , performed by Tetsuro Oda) Wesugi Oda Haskell 5:09 9. "Tegotae no Nai Ai" (手ごたえのない愛 , performed by Miho Komatsu) Komatsu Komatsu Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow )5:04 10. "Tooi Sora he" (遠い空で , performed by Miho Komatsu) Komatsu Komatsu Daisuke Ikeda 4:18 11. "Teenage Dream" (performed by Zard) Sakai Kuribayashi Akashi 4:54
In media
Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai was used as a commercial song for NTT DoCoMo 's "Pocket Bell"
Tsubasa wo Hirogete was used as an image song for Nihon TV program J League Chuukei
Eien wo Azuketekure was used as a commercial song for NTT DoCoMo's "Pocket Bell"
Hitomi Sorasanaide was used as a commercial song for Pokari Sweat
Mirai no Tameni was used as an image song for Nihon TV's baseball program
Love Forever was used as an ending theme for Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program Super Soccer
Shounen was used as a theme song for TBS Television program Shounen Jidai
Hitori ja nai was used as an ending theme for Anime television series Dragon Ball
SUNSHINE ON SUMMER TIME was used as a commercial song of Kirin's "Ice Beer"
Egao de Waratteitai was used as theme song for TV Asahi television series Shounibyou to Ichi no Kisetsu
Kimi ga Inai Natsu was used as an ending theme for Anime television series Detective Conan
Yume de Aru You ni was used as an opening theme for PlayStation 2 game Tales of Destiny
Kimi Sae Ireba was used as an opening theme for Anime television series Chūka Ichiban!
Tegotae no nai Ai was used as a theme song for TBS Television program Kinniku Banzuke
Tooi Tooi Mirai he was used as a theme song for TBS Television program Kinniku Banzuke
Just One was used as a commercial song for Sharp Color Fax's "Saiyuki"
My Love was used as a theme song for Fuji TV television series Kaze no Yukue
Christmas Time was used as theme song for TBS Television program Wonderful
Power of Love was used as an ending theme song for Nihon TV program Sport Max
Akizakura -more & more- was used as a theme song for TBS Television program Wonderful
Kanashimi no Mukougawa was used as a theme song for Fuji TV television series Koufuku no Ashita
Birth eve -Dare yori hayai mo Ai no Uta- was used as a theme song for TBS Television program Chu-bo desu yo!
Taiyou to Hanabira was used as a theme song for Nihon TV program Shiodome Style
Utopia ni Mieterunoni was used as an ending theme for TV Asahi Beat Takeshi no TV tackle
Strong Soul was used as an image song for 35th anniversary of "Tokyo Verdy 1969"
Ai no Kagami ga Sekai ni Hibikimasuyouni was used as an ending theme for TBS Television program Tamashii no One Spoon
Starting Over was used as an ending theme for Nihon TV's program Itadaki Muscle
Diamond was used as an official image song for "Chiba Lotte Marines"
Yume no Tsubomi was used as an ending theme for TV Asahi Beat Takeshi no TV tackle
Smile Blue was used as a theme song for NTV (Japan) program NNN News Real Time in "entertainment sport" corner
Eien no Ashita was used as a theme song for Nintendo DS game Tales of Hearts
Celebrate was used as an ending theme song for TBS Television program Megami Search in months of April–May 2008
Brand New Wing was used as a power-play song for Nihon TV's program Happy Music
Mou Nakanaide was used as a theme song for TV Asahi's television series Kasouken no Onna
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