Out Works & Collaboration Best is the fourth compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, released two months after her studio album Trick, and the same day as her second remix album, Koda Kumi Driving Hit's. The album peaked on the Oricon charts at No. 7, staying on the charts for eight weeks.
The album housed most of her collaborative efforts with artists from varying labels, including KM-MARKIT from Pony Canyon and Fergie from Interscope Records. The only track to not be a collaboration was the first track, "Get It On", the short version of which had been released as the opening on her second compilation album, Best ~second session~ (2006).
The songs used on the album were remixed by duo House Nation, who would go on to work with Kumi for several other albums in her Driving Hit's series.[4]
The CD did omit some collaborative efforts, including "Till Morning Comes" which featured rapperVERBAL" from Koda Kumi's album affection (2002), "Teaser" which featured rap duo Clench & Blistah" from Koda Kumi's album Grow into One (2003), "Every-After-Party" featuring Koda kumi from Rather Unique's album 99% Radio Show (2003),[5] and "Everybody" featuring Koda Kumi from SMAP's album Pop Up! SMAP (2006).[6] It also omitted all remixes Koda Kumi took part in with other artists.
The first track, "Get It On", was originally released as a digital download through mu-mo to those who had purchased all of the singles in Koda Kumi's 12 Singles Collection, which was a part of her Best ~second session~ album. The song on the album was the full version of the introduction from the same album.[7][8]Get It On was originally released with its own single artwork and was even given a television advertisement through music.jp when it was first released in 2006.[9][10][11]
