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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (4)
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KOKIA is one of the elite female J-pop singers. Especially for all her fans now comes pearl - The Best Collection that contains overall 16 of her greatest hits. Including such beloved tunes like DESPERADO (a cover version of the classic Eagles song), which is featured in the movie "Hotel Venus", "Love Melody" (Track 2) from the animation movie "Silver-haired Agito" as well as the impressionistic song The Power of Smile, this special album promises to enchant not only KOKIA lovers!
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Product Title: pearl - The Best Collection (Japan Version) pearl - The Best Collection (日本版) pearl - The Best Collection (日本版) pearl - The Best Collection (日本版) pearl - The Best Collection (Japan Version)
Singer Name(s): KOKIA KOKIA KOKIA ＫＯＫＩＡ KOKIA
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Release Date: 2006-02-01
Publisher Product Code: VICL-61852
Language: Japanese
Disc Format(s): CD
Other Information: Album
Package Weight: 100 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
Publisher: Victor Entertainment
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004095782

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アーティスト:ＫＯＫＩＡ
タイトル:ｐｅａｒｌ〜Ｔｈｅ Ｂｅｓｔ Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ〜

女性シンガー・ソングライター、KOKIAのベスト・アルバム。花王「エッセンシャル ダメージケア」イメージソング「The Power of Smile」、映画「ホテル・ヴィーナス」挿入歌「DESPERANDO」他を収録した作品。
01 The Power Of Smile
02 愛のメロディー(Original Ver.)
03 Dandelion
04 幸せの花束
05 かわらないこと-since1976-
06 私の太陽
07 Remember The Kiss -a Wish-
08 Desperado
09 夢がチカラ / Brave Warrior
10 歌う人
11 Time To Say Goodbye
12 調和 Oto -with Reflection-
13 So Much Love For You
14 I Believe -海の底から-
15 ありがとう…(The Pearl Edition)
16 The Power Of Smile -a Gentle Breeze-
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (4)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (6)

Sakura-chan
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January 17, 2007

This customer review refers to pearl -The Best Collection (Overseas Version)
Absolutely amazing ! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Most of the tracks included in this best album are re-arrenged and she has done a great work, the new version of ''Dandelion'' for example, is absolutely wonderful. ''The Power of Smile'', ''Ai no Melody'', ''time to say goodbye and ''Chowa oto-with reflection-'' are other excellent songs and there are also songs not relaesed as singles but they deserves to be in Kokia collection, like ''Watashi no Tayou'' and ''I believe-Umi no Soko Kara''.
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KerufiN
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February 19, 2006
A limited Best, yet awesome Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
The first best album released by KOKIA. Basically due to a lot of reasons, most songs are from albums since "Remember me", and it only includes one song each from "songbird" and "trip trip". From this perspective she (and her fan who only buy this album) missed a lot of best songs, but all songs in this album are awasome. This album not only included all the A-sides and those songs with promotion (aka tie-up), but also from her selection, just like "Watashi no taiyou" (M-6), "Utau hito" (M-10), "I believe ~Umi no soko kara~" (M-14). And the Eagles cover, "DESPERADO" (M-8) is a great yet rare song. Some of the songs are newly recorded to fit the atomsphere of this album, like "Yume ga chikara / Brave Warrior" (M-9), and "Arigatou ... (the pearl edition)" (M-15), which you can listen these songs from a different perspective. In general, this is an introductory album for new KOKIA fans (I think core fans will have their own selections...), and you can listen to her deeply by collecting other singles and albums.
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e-hime
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January 28, 2006

This customer review refers to pearl -The Best Collection (Overseas Version)
so soon! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
hey! this overseas item was release BEFORE the japanese version, and half price! ohhh, this is good, although many peope had already ordered the japanese version... ~ ~
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e-hime
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December 19, 2005
1 people found the following helpful

 it will have hte singles in it! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
hello Sharayah! I liked your review ^^

I'm glad to communicate that songs from the singles will be included in this collection. The information I have is not from her official site, but from other shop on-line. Here's the full list:
1 The Power Of Smile
2 Ai no melody (Original Ver.) "Song of love" (there two versions for this song, one special for the movie and this one)
3 Dandelion
4 shiawase no hanataba "a flower bouquet of hapinness"
5 Kawaranai koto ~since1976~ "things that do not change"
6 Watahi no Taiyou, "My sunshine" (or sun, but i have decided to write Code's suggestion here)
7 Remember The Kiss ~a Wish~
8 Desperado
9 Yume ga chikara - Brave Warrior , "Dreams are power"
10 Utau hito "singer"
11 Time To Say Goodbye
12 Chouwa Oto ~with Reflection~ Chouwa "harmony"
13 So Much Love For You
14 I Believe ~umi no soko kara ~ "from the bottom of the sea"
15 Arigatou (The Pearl Edition) "Thank you"
16 The Power Of Smile ~a Gentle Breeze~

the DVD will contain this (listed in other shop online):
[PV]
kawaranai koto¡ãsince 1976¡ã; The Power of Smile; Remember the kiss; so much love fou you; Yume ga chikara; dandelion; time to say goodbye; Ai no melody
[live]
The power of smile, in club quattro. (2003)

Hope this has helped you.
As you can see, you don't have to buy the singles because all te important songs from them are in this collection, just one song from each single (B-sides) are not included, but I think that's fair, because of the people who bought the singles, to have something special for them too.
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~vanessa.anne~
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December 17, 2005
5 people found the following helpful

 The TRUE "pearl" is KOKIA herself... Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This singer is beyond extra-ordinary. I adore everything she releases. HOWEVER, like the previous reviewer...I wonder what songs are going to be included on this release. Normally, I would have already pre-ordered this simply because it is KOKIA and I have waited so long for an album by her since the glorious "Uta ga Chikara". But I didn't pre-order it yet (although it is most certainly in my cart) because I already own all her CDs and don't see the need for a collection (which I could burn myself if I really wanted to, from what I already own). My main concern is this: are ALL the tracks going to be pre-released songs? And if so...what is going to be done with the three singles she released in 2005 ("Dandelion", "Time to Say Goodbye", and "...with reflection")? The title of this release simply says "The Best Collection". NOT "New + Best Collection". I would buy this IF and only IF it contains at least some (like the 3 singles) new material. Does anyone have any information on this matter? And to the reviewer below, you made me SAD! I cannot play a DVD of Kokia because I am in the wrong DVD region (Region 1...and I'm sure her DVD will only be Region 2). I would DEFINITELY buy a Kokia DVD if I was able to view it. But thank you for the information. Maybe someone else has the information regarding WHERE her 3 singles from this year will be? Thank you, and support Kokia. She is a gem in her own right and one of the best.
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