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Pleasure

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All 28 of B'z singles during their 14 yrs in music business, debut in #1 in Oricon chart. This Pleasure album collected 13 #1 singles and 1 best-selling English number. If you're new to B'z, this album is the best way to know them better. There's simply no better word to describe this album except than its title, BEST PLEASURE!

1. Love Phantom
2. Love Me, I Love You
3. Easy Come, Easy Go!
4. Zero
5. Alone
6. Hadashi No Megami
7. Ai No Mama Ni, Wagamama Ni~
8. Lady Navigation
9. Taiyou No Komachi Angel
10. Be There
11. Don't Leave Me
12. Bad Communication E. Style
13. Calling
14. Samayoeru Aoi Dangan...

B'z is the best rock band in Japan. This CD is the best collection of their songs. You can feel their soul even if you don't understand Japanese language well. The song, "LOVE PHANTOM" is my best. A prelude of this song is orchestra, but it gradually changes to rock beat. A vocalist, Kohshi Inaba's voice is wonderful. His voice has a wide register. His lyrics are soulful. A guitarist, Tak Matsumoto plays guitar very well. He's one of the best guitarists in the world.

This is a collection of B'Z greatest songs. They are all outstanding The guitar is great and the lyrics are sweet. There is even a song in english on it. This CD is a must have for any J-Pop collector or any one who likes good music. In Japan they are renowned as one of the greatest bands. I also would like to point out that this is part of a best of CD collection that is both "Best Pleasure", and "Best Treasure" One might want to check out that one also.

BZ is the most famouse unit by two men(vocal and guitar). And this album is the best album including singles for more than 10 years. In Japan, this album made giga hit(5million sales), by hearing this sale numbers, you will understand about their popularity in Japan.

I think that the truth why BZ is taken so much in Japan is the music stance, that is, generally BZ's genle is rock music mainly, but they mix a little pop music with rock. The harmony is greate and the unique sounds in Japan. And because I am a guitarist but poor, I tend to listen to guitar sounds mainly even if they are different genres. And the guitarist of BZ, Matsumoto's guitar sounds is very beautiful and emotional, when he play the guitar solo, the sounds go to the top.

You are unfamiliar to BZ, if you interested to Japanese pop, there will be the value that you listen to the CD.

Because the activity of BZ as the band is more than 10 years, when you listen to the best album, at the same time you can feel the transition of the music stance, that is, in the beginning of BZ the sound tended to be pop sounds used keyboads etc, but as time goes by the sound changed to rock sounds.
Bz had influenced to JPOP genre very much, if you listen to the best, that is, it is no exaggeration to say that you know JPOP history.

Thank you for reading poor English.

Not only is this perhaps the best Japanese rock ever, it is one of the best collections ever put on a CD. They are pure talent and drive. Songs like "The Calling" are why I listen to music.

B'z is what you can call as an 80s rock band (evolving but still the core feels like 80s). Almost all songs have catchy melodies, and some have recognizable sounds from 80s(Gloria Estefan?) and 90s(Beck?). Rock, pop, latin, blues, classic, etc. You will find lots of different styles. Some are quite good.

When I listen to B'z, in many songs, I feel like listening to different versions of Whitesnake's Here I Go Again. They are active and captivating.

However, as the case with 80s songs, some may see a problem with its approach, since the music in some parts is overblown, I think that is what they consider as being overly ambitious (too much mixing, too many instruments, you may feel like the music is trying to make itself overheard aggressively). And, interestingly, in some parts, they are being less. Since it is considered as a duo act, I would have preferred to hear the guitar sound more, to display its qualities, but oftentimes, the guitarist is taking the populist approach. There are some quality moments in his play but they are coming in short bursts, hence, not enough to satisfy a guitar music addict like me.

Furthermore, this album does not mesh greatly. There are unnecessary inclusions(a bad mix of Bad Communication - English has masked all the emotions the Japanese version had, and it also lowered the attractiveness of the music, Taiyou, come on). A few changes (Negai? Invisible One?) would have made this album greatly enjoyable from beginning till the end.

And, sadly, no Detective Conan songs :(... They weren't available at the time....

I must say this CD rocks. I only first bought it for the song "Love Phantom" but quickly found the other tracks to be just as good. B'Z;s style ranges from everything and I think this certainly keeps the CD from becoming boring. You wont regret getting this!

B'z has been dominating the Japanese music charts for nearly 20 years now. The Best Pleasure was released in March 1998 to commemorate 10 years of success. The songs selected are all chart-toppers, and a close listen reveals to us why this duo is one of Japan's most beloved.

The album begins with orchestral music but breaks into rock after about a minute, with Love Phantom. This is one of my favourite songs on the CD, but there is plenty more good music to listen to here! Other amazing tunes include the ballad Alone, Zero, Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizu tsukenai (yep that's one title), Bad Communication (special English version for this release), Calling, and a whole lot more!

Tak's guitars come through on this release even more than on the follow-up Best Treasure album. For an even fuller appreciation of these guys, though, check out any of their regular studio albums. These guys bring credibility to Japanese music!

B'z is the best rocker in not only Japan but also the planet. If you can't understand Japanese lyric, you'll feel the spirit and heart. You'll change your thought of Japanese rocks.