Memorial Best: Gift of Melodies

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Memorial Best: Gift of Melodies
Greatest hits album by
Released9 October 2002
Recorded1994-2002
GenreJapanese pop
Length64 minutes
LabelZain Records
ProducerBMF
Field of View chronology
Field of View Best: Fifteen Colours
(2000)
Memorial Best: Gift of Melodies
(2002)

Memorial Best: Gift of Melodies is the third and the last greatest hits album by Japanese pop-rock band Field of View.[1] It was released on 9 October 2002 on Zain Records, on the same day as their music video compilation "View Clips -Memorial Best-". The album includes all of their released singles in addition to some unreleased songs. The "view" singles are not included. The album reached #19 in its first week and sold 12,000 copies. The album charted for 2 weeks and sold more than 16,000 copies.[2][3] After the album's release and their last live performance, Field of View disbanded.

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangersLength
1."gift" (new song)Takuto KohashiTakashi OdaKenji Niitsu5:02
2."Kimi ga Ita kara" (君がいたから, 1st single)Izumi SakaiTetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama4:08
3."Totsuzen" (突然, 2nd single)Izumi SakaiTetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama4:33
4."Last Good-bye" (3rd single)Izumi SakaiYoshio TatanoTakeshi Hayama3:48
5."Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" (DAN DAN 心魅かれてく, 4th single)Izumi SakaiTetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama3:35
6."Doki" (ドキッ, 5th single)Yuri YamamotoU-ya AsaokaTakeshi Hayama4:37
7."Dreams" (6th single)Arisa TsujioTetsurō OdaAkihito Tokunaga4:24
8."Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai" (この街で君と暮らしたい, 7th single)Miho KomatsuMiho KomatsuTakeshi Hayama4:53
9."Kawaita Sakebi" (渇いた叫び, 8th single)Miho KomatsuMiho KomatsuMasazumi Ohzawa (ex.Pamelah)4:37
10."Meguru Kisetsu wo Koete" (めぐる季節を越えて, 9th single)U-ya AsaokaU-ya AsaokaDaisuke Ikeda and FIELD OF VIEW5:11
11."Kimi wo Terasu Taiyou ni" (君を照らす太陽に, 10th single)U-ya AsaokaTakashi OdaDaisuke Ikeda and FIELD OF VIEW4:37

Disc 2[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangersLength
1."CRASH" (11th single)Azuki Nana (Garnet Crow)Masaaki WatanukiDaisuke Ikeda3:54
2."Aoi Kasa de" (君がいたから, 12th single)Azuki NanaAika ŌnoAkihito Tokunaga and FIELD OF VIEW4:24
3."Still" (13th single)U-ya AsaokaFIELD OF VIEWAkihito Tokunaga and FIELD OF VIEW4:10
4."Fuyu no Ballad" (冬のバラード, 14th single)Kanako OdaYoshio TatanoDaisuke Ikeda4:26
5."Beautiful day" (15th single)U-ya AsaokaHiroshi TeraoDaisuke Ikeda and FIELD OF VIEW4:01
6."Akikaze no Monochrome" (秋風のモノクローム, 16th single)Kanako OdaYoshio TatanoDaisuke Ikeda5:16
7."Truth of Love" (17th single)U-ya AsaokaMasaaki Kono 4:43
8."Natsu no Kioku" (夏の記憶, 18th single)Shoji InojimaKanako OdaDaisuke Ikeda and Kenji Niitsu4:56
9."Shinkiro" (蜃気楼, 19th single)Kenta TakamoriKenta TakamoriKenji Niitsu4:42
10."Melody" (20th single)U-ya AsaokaTakashi OdaKenji Niitsu4:46
11."gift" (acoustic version)   5:07

Cover versions[edit]

Miho Komatsu covered Oozora he on her 6th album, Hanano and Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai on her debut album, Nazo. Zard covered Last Good-bye on their last studio album, and Kimi to no Distance, Kimi ga Ita kara, Totsuzen and Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku on their 7th studio album, Today Is Another Day.

Usage in media[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Field of View Discography (in Japanese) http://www.being.co.jp/fov/
  2. ^ Oricon rankings. title=Memorial Best: Gift of Melodies / Field of View | newspaper = Oricon http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/274101/products/488913/1/
  3. ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/ ZACL-8005/6
  4. ^ It's not "mannequin", here is original title in japanese まねキン