5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004

5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
	Cover to the standard edition of the album
Greatest hits album by Arashi
Released	November 10, 2004
Recorded	2002–2004
Genre	Pop
Length	70:13 (Limited edition); 74:21 (Regular edition)
Label	J Storm; JACA-5019 (CD-DVD Limited edition); JACA-5020 (Regular edition)
Arashi chronology
Singles from 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
	"Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy/Hero"; Released: August 18, 2004;

5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004 (stylized as 5×5 The Best Selection of 2002←2004) is the second compilation album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. As with the group's recent albums, two editions were released. The album contains all of the singles the band released from 2002 to 2004 as well as several album tracks. The regular edition contains a bonus track, while the limited edition contains a booklet and a DVD containing all of the music videos the group has released since 1999.

Album information[edit]

The release of the album coincided with the group's fifth anniversary. The limited edition exclusively contains a special music video of Arashi's "Lucky Man" song from their 2003 studio album How's It Going? while the regular edition exclusively contains the song "La Tormenta 2004", which translates into "The Storm 2004" from Spanish to English. "La Tormenta 2004" also serves as an updated version of "La Tormenta 2001" and "La Tormenta Chapter II", which the group performed in their Shounen Club appearance on July 15, 2001 and throughout their 2003 How's It Going? summer concert tour respectively.

Track list[edit]

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Hero"	Spin	Shin Tanimoto	Tomoki Ishizuka	4:54
2.	"Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy"	Fumiya Fujii	Fujii	Chokkaku	5:19
3.	"Tochū Gesha"	Spin	Kōsuke Morimoto	Ha-j	4:16
4.	"Right Back to You"	Spin Sho Sakurai	Peter Bjorklund Joel Eriksson	Ha-j	3:35
5.	"Pikanchi Double"	Spin Sakurai	Morimoto	Ishizuka	5:07
6.	"Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono"	Takeshi Sakurai	Takehiko Iida	Ishizuka	4:02
7.	"Hadashi no Mirai"	Ayumi Miyazaki	Miyazaki	Chokkaku	4:41
8.	"Lucky Man"	Yukie Ozaki Sakurai	Iida	Naoki Ōtsubo	5:08
9.	"Blue"	Morimoto	Morimoto	Ha-j	5:36
10.	"Tomadoi Nagara"	Hirō Ooyagi	Ooyagi	Ooyagi	4:15
11.	"Fuyu no Nioi"	Girls Talk	Girls Talk	Ishizuka	5:12
12.	"Pikanchi"	Takeshi Aida	Tanimoto	Chokkaku	4:51
13.	"Nemuranai Karada"	Takaaki Amamoto	Hiroshi Yamamoto	Jun Abe	4:31
14.	"Nice na Kokoroiki"	Masami Tozawa	Iida	Ishizuka	4:00
15.	"A Day in Our Life"	Shun Shuya	Shun Shuya	Shun Shuya	4:47
16.	"La Tormenta 2004" (Regular edition only)	Takashi Miura Sakurai	Taku Yoshioka	Yoshioka	4:08
Total length:					74:21

DVD: The Clips of 1999→2004
No.	Title	Director
1.	"Arashi"	Kensuke Kawamura
2.	"Sunrise Nippon"	Kensuke Kawamura
3.	"Typhoon Generation"	Tetsurō Takeuchi
4.	"Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi"	Yō Ōhashi
5.	"Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru"	Yasuyuki Yamaguchi
6.	"Jidai"	Takamasa Takimoto
7.	"A Day in Our Life"	Kensuke Kawamura
8.	"Nice na Kokoroiki"	Kensuke Kawamura
9.	"Pikanchi"	Yukihiko Tsutsumi
10.	"Tomadoi Nagara"	Tetsuo Inoue
11.	"Hadashi no Mirai"	Tetsuya Satō
12.	"Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono"	Tetsuya Satō
13.	"Pikanchi Double"	Tetsuya Satō
14.	"Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy"	Akihisa Takagi
15.	"Hero"	Akihisa Takagi
16.	"Lucky Man"	Kensuke Kawamura

Charts and certifications[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2004–2019)	Peak position
Japan Oricon album Weekly Chart^[1]	1
Japan Billboard Japan Hot Albums^[2]	76
Japan Billboard Japan Top Album Sales^[3]	39

Sales and certifications[edit]

Country	Provider	Sales	Certification
Japan	RIAJ	126,532^[1]	Gold^[4]

Release history[edit]

Release history and formats for *5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004*
Country	Date	Label	Format	Number
Japan	November 10, 2004	J Storm	CD	JACA-5020^[5]
Japan	November 10, 2004	J Storm	2CD	JACA-5019^[6]
South Korea	September 12, 2006^[7]	SM Entertainment	CD	SMJTCD156^[8]
South Korea	September 12, 2006^[7]	SM Entertainment	2CD^[9]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b 2004年11月第4週のアルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2019/02/11". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-18.
^ "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales 2019/02/11". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-18.
^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2004年11月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-30.
^ "5 X 5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002 - 2004 (Regular Edition)". CDJapan. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
^ "5 X 5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002 - 2004 (w/ DVD, Limited Edition)". CDJapan. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
^ "Arashi discography" (in Korean). SM Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
^ "Arashi - 5X5 The Best Selection Of 2002-2004" (in Korean). Aladdin. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
^ "Arashi - 5X5 The Best Selection Of 2002-2004" (in Korean). Aladdin. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

External links[edit]

5x5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004 product information Archived 2009-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
5x5 The Best Selection of 2002-2004 Oricon profile (in Japanese)

[week-1] 2004年11月第4週のアルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

[2] "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2019/02/11". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-18.

[3] "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales 2019/02/11". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-18.

[4] ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2004年11月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-30.

[5] "5 X 5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002 - 2004 (Regular Edition)". CDJapan. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

[6] "5 X 5 THE BEST SELECTION OF 2002 - 2004 (w/ DVD, Limited Edition)". CDJapan. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

[7] "Arashi discography" (in Korean). SM Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

[8] "Arashi - 5X5 The Best Selection Of 2002-2004" (in Korean). Aladdin. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

[9] "Arashi - 5X5 The Best Selection Of 2002-2004" (in Korean). Aladdin. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

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