Best of Ballade: Current (Best of Ballade カレント, Best of Ballade Karento) is the eighth
compilation album by Japanese singer
Shizuka Kudo. It was released on November 18, 1998, through
Pony Canyon. The compilation is Kudo's second ballad collection, following Best of Ballade: Empathy. The album features a selection of previously released ballads, handpicked by Kudo, as well as new recordings in English of three songs: "In the Sky", "
Daite Kuretara Ii no ni" and "
Ice Rain".
Commercial performance
Best of Ballade: Current debuted at number nine on the
Oricon Albums Chart, with 40,000 units sold. The album charted in the top 100 for five straight weeks, selling a reported total of 65,000 copies during its chart run.[2][3]