Review
Compilation album by Glay
Released October 10, 1997
Genre Rock, pop
Length 132:33
Label Platinum Records / PolyGram
Producer Masahide Sakuma
Glay
Glay chronology
Beloved
(1996)		 Review
(1997)		 Pure Soul
(1998)

Review is the first released greatest hits album from the Japanese rock band, Glay. It was released on October 10, 1997, and this album contains Glay's most popular singles and tracks from their 1994 album Hai to Diamond to their 1996 one Beloved. The album sold over 2,003,000 copies in the first week of the release, debuting at the number-one position on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts.[1] It remained for five consecutive weeks at the top of Oricon charts.[2] It became the third best-selling album in Japanese history, with more than 4,870,000 copies sold. It was certified Five Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Guroriasu (Glorious) (グロリアス?)
  2. Kanojo no "Modern..." (彼女の "Modern…")
  3. Beloved
  4. More Than Love
  5. Sen no Knife ga Mune wo Sasu (千ノナイフガ胸ヲ刺ス)
  6. Zutto Futari de... (ずっと2人で...)
  7. Kuchibiru (口唇)
  8. Rhapsody
  9. However
  10. Freeze My Love
  11. Kissin' Noise
  12. Kiseki no Hate (軌跡の果て)

[edit] Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Junior Sweet by Chara		 Oricon weekly number-one album
October 13, 1997 - November 10, 1997 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Wands Best: Historical Best Album by Wands

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Oricon Weekly Album Charts for the second week of October 1997" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1997&month=10&week=2&submit5.x=19&submit5.y=10. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 
  2. ^ "安室 11年ぶりアルバム5週連続1位、女性ソロでは明菜以来24年ぶり" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-09-02. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/57785/. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 

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