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Pop Groover: The Best

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Pop Groover: The Best
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 19, 1987 (1987-12-19)
Recorded1985–1987
Genre
Length58:11 (CD)
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelVictor
Yōko Oginome chronology
Route 246 Connexion
(1987)
Pop Groover: The Best
(1987)
CD-Rider
(1988)
Singles from Pop Groover: The Best
  1. "Kitakaze no Carol"
    Released: October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27)

Pop Groover: The Best (ポップ・グルーヴァー・ザ・ベスト, Poppu Gurūvā Za Besuto) is the second greatest hits album by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on December 19, 1987, the album compiles Oginome's singles from 1985 to 1987, plus re-recordings of four songs from 1984 to 1985.[1][2][3]

The album peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 332,000 copies.[4][5]

Track listing

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CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Mirai Kōkai (Sailing) (New Version)" (Mirai Kōkai - Seiringu - (未来航海 - sailing -, "Future Voyage - Sailing -"))Hiromi KandaYukiyoshi ShimazuRyō Yonemitsu3:16
2."Sayonara kara Hajimaru Monogatari (New Version)" ((さよならから始まる物語, "A Story That Begins with a Goodbye"))Chinfa KanTetsuya FurumotoYonemitsu3:18
3."Koishite Caribbean (New Version)" (Koishite Karibian (恋してカリビアン, "Love in the Caribbean"))Gorō MatsuiHideya NakazakiYonemitsu3:54
4."Kokoro no Mama ni (I'm Just a Lady) (New Version)" ((心のままに 〜I'm just a lady〜, "As You Please ~I'm Just a Lady~"))Mai AraiAraiYonemitsu4:20
5."Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) -Special English Version-" (Danshingu Hīrō (Īto Yū Appu) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up) -Special English Version-))Marco Bruno
Kōji Makaino3:45
6."Flamingo in Paradise" (Furamingo in Paradaisu (フラミンゴ in パラダイス))Masao UrinoNobodyMotoki Funayama3:55
7."Natsu no Stage Light" (Natsu no Sutēji Raito (夏のステージ・ライト, "Summer Stage Lights"))Reiko YukawaYoshiyuki ŌsawaFunayama4:33
8."Dance Beat wa Yoake made" (Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made (Dance Beatは夜明けまで, "Dance Beat Until Dawn"))Hiromi MoriNobodyAkira Nishihira3:38
9."Roppongi Junjōha" ((六本木純情派, "Roppongi Pure-Heart Clique"))UrinoAkihiro YoshimiHiroshi Shinkawa3:27
10."Wangan Taiyōzoku" ((湾岸太陽族, "Bayshore Route Sun Tribe"))UrinoMinoru YamazakiNishihira3:41
11."Sayonara no Kajitsutachi" ((さよならの果実たち, "Goodbye Fruits"))UrinoKyōhei TsutsumiSatoshi Takebe3:49
12."Karuizawa Connexion" (Karuizawa Konekushon (軽井沢コネクション))UrinoTsutsumiShirō Sagisu3:46
13."Kitakaze no Carol" (Kitakaze no Kyaroru (北風のキャロル, "North Wind Carol"))UrinoTsutsumiShinkawa3:52
14."D2D"Masumi KawamuraTsunehiro IzumiShinkawa4:16
15."Nonstop Dancer"KawamuraTetsuya KomuroShinkawa4:35
Total length:58:11
  • Tracks 14–15 not included in the LP and cassette releases.

Charts

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Weekly charts
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 3
Year-end charts
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 24

References

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  1. ^ "Album Discography". Yōko Oginome Official Website. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  2. ^ "荻野目洋子 POP GROOVER The Best". Rising Production. Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  3. ^ "POP GROOVER The Best | 荻野目洋子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  4. ^ a b c "POP GROOVER | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  5. ^ "荻野目洋子". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
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