Best of Ballade: Current

Best of Ballade: Current (Best of Ballade カレント, Best of Ballade Karento) is the eighth compilation album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on November 18, 1998, through Pony Canyon. The compilation is Kudo's second ballad collection, following Best of Ballade: Empathy. The album features a selection of previously released ballads, handpicked by Kudo, as well as new recordings in English of three songs: "In the Sky", "Daite Kuretara Ii no ni" and "Ice Rain".

Best of Ballade: Current
Compilation album by
Shizuka Kudo
ReleasedNovember 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)
Recorded1987–98
Genre
Length69:43
LabelPony Canyon
Shizuka Kudo chronology
I'm Not
(1998)		 Best of Ballade: Current
(1998)		 Full of Love
(1999)

Commercial performance

Best of Ballade: Current debuted at number nine on the Oricon Albums Chart, with 40,000 units sold. The album charted in the top 100 for five straight weeks, selling a reported total of 65,000 copies during its chart run.[2][3]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."In the Sky" (Text in English)
  • Taisuke Sawachika
4:35
2."Wine Hitokuchi no Uso" (ワインひとくちの嘘, "Lying After One Sip of Wine")
  • Gotō
4:50
3."Yume" (夢, "Dream")
  • Sawachika
5:46
4."Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
4:59
5."Koi Hitoyo"
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
4:31
6."Serenade" (セレナーデ, Serenāde)
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
5:01
7."Let Me Sleep In Your Arms" (Text in English)
  • Rieko Terai
  • Matsui
  • Gotō
  • Gotō
5:14
8."Koi Moyō" (恋模様, "Sign of Love")
  • Aeri
  • Gotō
4:47
9."Venus"
  • Aeri
  • Takashi Tsushimi
  • Sawachika
5:05
10."Setsu Getsu Ka"
  • Ichizō Seo
4:47
11."Binetsu" (微熱, "Slight Fever")
  • Chokkaku
4:33
12."Door"
  • Aeri
  • Tsushimi
  • Sawachika
4:43
13."Ice Rain" (Text in English)
  • Terai
  • Aeri
  • Tsushimi
  • Kadokura
6:02
14."Kirara"
  • ЯK
  • Sawachika
4:50
Total length:69:43

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position		 Sales
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[4] 9 65,000[2]

References
  1. "工藤静香 / カレント". CDJournal. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  2. "工藤静香アルバム アイドル・ポップ・データベース". Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  4. "Best of Ballade カレント 工藤静香". Oricon. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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