Blue Selection is the studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released shortly after its predecessor Cassis.
Like The Night Without a Guide album came out in 1992, it includes renewed renditions of his previous released songs. Those interpretations features the jazz-influence arrangements, and they were recorded by his then-touring band.
The lead-off track "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" was released as a single prior to the album, but it was almost disregarded. Likewise, Blue Selection itself managed to reach the top-20 on the chart, and has been one of the least successful albums for Inoue.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise noted "" - 4:05 "" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 4:45 "" - 3:57 "" - 4:58 "Canary" - 4:58 "" - 5:55 "Final Love Song" - 5:17 "" - 4:05 "" - 6:06 "" (Inoue/Katz Hoshi) - 4:39 "" - 5:51
Chart positions Album YearChartPositionSales2002Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300)2035,000
Single YearSingleB-Side(s)ChartPositionSales2001"Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa""Kimerareta Rhythm"Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 200)932,000
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanNovember 20, 2002For Life Music EntertainmentCDFLCF-3919LPFLJF-9529
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