Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best

Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best
Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best
Compilation album by Rimi Natsukawa
Released	March 9, 2008
Recorded	2001-2008
Genre	J-pop, Shima uta, traditional
Length	1:14:48
Label	Victor Entertainment
Rimi Natsukawa chronology
Singles from Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best
	""; Released: January 3, 2008;

Ai no Uta: Self-Selection Best (あいのうた～セルフセレクション・ベスト～, Love Song) is the 5th compilation album released by Rimi Natsukawa on March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09).^[1]

Promotion[]

The album was preceded by the single "" by two months. The song was written by singer Masumi, and was used as the theme song of the drama Fullswing.

Contents[]

The album features songs chosen by Natsukawa as her favourites from her discography. All the chosen songs are songs with messages in them.^[2] Only four A-sides feature: the rest are album tracks (with the exception of "Sora no Yō ni Umi no Yō ni" and "Gettōka," which were B-sides from the "" and "" singles respectively.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Tokotowa no Uta (とことわのうた, Everlasting Song)"	Kundō Koyama,		4:17
2.	"Nada Sōsō (涙そうそう, Great Tears Are Spilling)"	Begin, Ryoko Moriyama	Kyōda	4:19
3.	" (あの花のように, Like That Flower)"	Masumi	Akira Inoue	5:02
4.	"Toki no Kawa (時の河, River of Time)"	,	Kyōda	5:35
5.	"Sanctuary (サンクチュアリ, Sankuchuari)"	,	Kyōda	4:54
6.	"Sora no Yō ni Umi no Yō ni (空のように海のように, Like the Sky, Like the Sea)"	Gorō Matsui, Kyōda	Kyōda	5:02
7.	"Tsuki no Niji (月の虹, Moon Rainbow)"	,	Chuei Yoshikawa	4:49
8.	" (さようならありがとう～天の風～, Good-Bye, Thank You (Sky Wind))"		Kobuchi	4:44
9.	" (童神～ヤマトグチ～, Little God (Standard Japanese))"	,	Kyōda	4:45
10.	"Ōgon no Hana (黄金の花, Green Gold Flower)"	, Sadao China	Yoshikawa	4:49
11.	"Ai no Chikara (愛のチカラ, The Power of Love)"	,	Nakamura	7:15
12.	"Gettōka (月桃花, Pink porcelain lily)"	, Yoshikawa	Kyōda	4:46
13.	"Dare ni mo Ienai Kedo (誰にも言えないけど, I Haven't Told Anyone, But)"	Moriyama	Kyōda	5:00
14.	" (愛よ　愛よ, Love Love)"	Kazufumi Miyazawa	Miyazawa	4:37
15.	"Itoshi Hito e (いとしい人へ, To My Dear)"	, Akira Senju	Kyōda	4:03

Japan Sales Rankings[]

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09)	Oricon Daily Albums Chart
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	40	4,252	11,488	8 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart

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References[]

^ "夏川りみオフィシャルサイト". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
^ "歌さがしの全国ツアーを終えて". Jiji. February 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-31. (subscription only)

[1] "夏川りみオフィシャルサイト". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

[Jiji-2] "歌さがしの全国ツアーを終えて". Jiji. February 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

[3] "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-31. (subscription only)

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