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A Ballads
''A Ballads'' is a ballad compilation by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, and her second greatest hits album. The release follows her greatest hits compilation album ''A Best'' (2001). The compilation was released on March 12, 2003 in a compact disc format and in digital format. The album includes two new tracks, "Rainbow" which was served as a promotional single, and "Sotsugyō Shashin" which is a cover by Japanese vocalist and composer Yumi Matsutoya. "Rainbow" was not used in her studio album ''Rainbow'' (2002) but an exclusive code in the booklet allowed customers to view an unfinished instrumental on a special website.
''A Ballads'' was positively received from most music critics for the albums re-arrangement and mellow atmosphere. The album debuted at the top of the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart and spent over forty weeks in the chart. The album was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of one million units and was her final compilation to receive this. No singles were promoted for the album.
==Background and material==
In December 2002, Hamasaki released her fifth studio album ''Rainbow''. Early pressings of the album featured an exclusive code in the booklet, which allowed customers to enter it on a special website to unlock a present; the present was an unfinished demo of an unreleased track named "Rainbow". Hamasaki revealed the intention to upload it was to judge the customer's views of the unfinished demo and write a song about their judgement; she wrote the track herself and revealed plans of a ballad compilation.〔
''A Ballads'' is Hamasaki's first compilation album that consists of ballads recorded throughout her career until 2003. The album consists of fifteen tracks; "Rainbow" and "Sotsugyō Shashin" were the only new tracks recorded for the album, and the latter was a cover originally performed and written by Japanese vocalist and composer Yumi Matsutoya.〔 Only three tracks on the album are represented in their original arrangement; these being "Hanabi", "Dearest" and "Dolls", while every other track are all re-arranged and remixed.〔 Like ''Rainbow'', ''A Ballads'' includes a special code to allow customers to access to a special website that features four different covers of the album.〔http://ayumi.primenova.com/newsarchive-2003-Q1.php〕
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