| Live 97–99 Mood | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Chara |
| Cover: | Charalivemood.jpg |
| Released: | March 8, 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1997–1999 |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 1:42:14 |
| Label: | Sony Music Japan |
| Prev Title: | Strange Fruits |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
is Chara's first and currently only live album, marketed as a 'live best album', released on March 8, 2000.[1] It features recordings from her tours Chara Junior Sweet Tour, Chara Strange Fruits the Live, Chara Strange Fruits the Concert and Chara Concert Tour Duce & the Aurora Band. It debuted at #20 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for 4 weeks.[2] It eventually sold a total of 45,000 copies.
Between 1997 and 1999, Chara performed live venues with her back-up band, the Aurora Band. The band also served as a session band during the recording of her 7th album, Strange Fruits. Their backing is featured on the studio recordings of, Duca,, and . Only Duca and Tsutawatte feature on this live album, however.
The album consists of recordings from six dates from across four different tours, featuring three different venues. The bulk of the album comes from the Chara Concert Tour Duca & the Aurora Band concert at the NHK Hall on 1998.10.22: 8 songs were performed there. A recording of from the Montage album from this concert date also features on the single, released over a year prior to this album.
Other recordings of the November 1, 1997 Chara Junior Sweet Tour concert exist. In fact, a VHS of this concert simply titled 1997.11.1 was released, featuring both recordings found on this album, along with 8 others.
| Date | Venue | Tour | Songs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997.11.01 | Akasaka BLITZ | Chara Junior Sweet Tour | Break These Chain, Tiny Tiny Tiny |
| 1998.10.22 | NHK Hall | Chara Concert Tour Duca & the Aurora Band | Shimashima no Bambi, Happy Toy, Doko ni Itta n darō? Ano Baka wa, Duca, Usotsuku no ni Narenaide, Watashi wa Kawaii Hito to Iwaretai, Time Machine, Hana no Yume |
| 1999.06.28 | Akasaka BLITZ | Chara Strange Fruits the Live | Yasashii Kimochi |
| 1999.10.18 | Nakano Sun Plaza | Chara Strange Fruits the Concert | Shanghai Baby |
| 1999.10.19 | Oblate, Ano Ie ni Kaerō, Tsutawatte, Milk | ||
| 1999.10.27 | NHK Hall | Atashi wa Koko yo, Aoi Tori, Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2000 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | ||||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 20 | 21,340 | 45,000 | 4 weeks | |
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart |