| 1. Change Direction |
| 2. Wouldn't Change A Thing |
| 3. More Than I Said |
| 4. Something Moved Me |
| 5. Together's Better |
Japan Only,Haven,Toshiba EMI Japan,Britpop,Dream Pop,England,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop
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Saeglopur Japan Only Tour EP
Sigur Rós Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000E6G6C6 Release Date: 2006-05-30 |
Tracks:
- S [Album Version]
- Refur
- Fridur
- Kafari
- Hafs
- Gli [Multimedia Track]
- Hopplla [Multimedia Track]
Album Description
Japan-only Tour Commemorative release includes vides for 'Glosoli' & 'Hoppipolla' plus 5 tracks from their second and third singles with B-sides for the ultimate must have album for fans! Toshiba. 2006.Album Details
Japan-only EP, to Include Tracks from their Second and Third Singles.
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Music Berlin Phonogramm-Archive 1900-2000
Various Artists Manufacturer: Wergo Germany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004YUCI Release Date: 2001-01-09 |
Tracks:
- Kham Hom [Sweet Words]
- Oggayam
- Tedhak Saking [Descending From...]
- [Untitled Track] [Kirshna Song]
- Death Lament of the Kurdish Singer Abdal Ali
- Sapperi Tamma Temima/Od Lo Avda Tikwatenu
- Dil Hirodj [Heart's Admiration]
- [Untitled Track] [Rowing Song of a Boat's Crew on the Yangzi]
- Ezo Ya Matsumaye
- Gagaku / Etenraku
- Nurlu
- Ujangong
- [Untitled]
- [Untitled]
- Tangiboa [Death Lament]
- A Uali
- Emar Huang
- Bedouin Song
- Bedouin Song
- [Untitled Track] [Caravan Song of the Tuareg of the Sarhara]
- Kuadinkro Bessueba [The People of the Village Kuadinkro Want to Arrive]
- [Untitled Track] [Five Proverbs Drummed in the Twi Language]
- [Untitled Track] [Music for the Lela Celebration]
- [Untitled Track] [Vessel Flute Music]
- Cisanzi [Music of the Cisanzi Board Lamellophone]
- Amahoro Meeza
- [Untitled Track] [Two Songs of the Zande]
- [Untitled Track] [Two Songs of the Zande]
- [Untitled Track] [Xylophone Piece of the Bondei]
- [Untitled Track] [Dance Song of the Thompson River Indians]
- [Untitled Track] [Eagle Song of the Hopi Indians of AZ.]
- Mitote
- Parischera [Dance of the Taulipang]
- [Untitled] [Song of Chiiguano Indian from BO.
- [Untitled Track] [Song from the Youth Initiation]
- Tvisongvar [Two Tcisongvar from IS.]
- Tvisongvar [Two Tcisongvar from IS.]
- Skuduciai Ensemble [Two Instrumental Pieces]
- Skuduciai Ensemble [Two Instrumental Pieces]
- Hola, Matulu Moja [Holla, My Mummy
- [Untitled Track] [Song from the Bohmerwald]
- [Untitles] [Sorbian Spinning Room Song]
- ABA Musa Ladoiya / Gera Esharbeh
Tracks:
- [Untitled Track] [Instrumental Narration, played on the Duct Flute]
- Zembilfiros [The Basket Peddler] / Qaside
- Ataba
- Taqsim in Magam Nahawand
- [Untitled]
- [Untitled]
- Kuzo No Ha No Ko Wakare [The Goze]
- [Untitled Track] [Imitiation Song and Jew's Harp Piece of the Anga]
- [Untitled Track] [Imitiation Song and Jew's Harp Piece of the Anga]
- Omla
- Mawwal [Nubian Song from Egypt]
- Mawwal [Nubian Song from Egypt]
- [Untitled Track] [Song of the Harp]
- [Untitled Track] [Dance of the Hausa Girls]
- [Untitled Track] [Zulu Song]
- Ntete
- [Untitled Track] [Boat Song Twin Song of Bavuma]
- [Untitled Track] [Boat Song Twin Song of Bavuma]
- [Untitled Track] [Two Hunting Songs: Victory Song for the Elephant and
- [Untitled Track] [Two Hunting Songs: Victory Song for the Elephant and
- [Untitled Track] [News Chant in Wayamo Style]
- [Untitled Track] [Music for an Ayarichi Dance]
- [Untitled Track] [Three Yoiks of the Sami]
- [Untitled Track] [Three Yoiks of the Sami]
- [Untitled Track] [Three Yoiks of the Sami]
- Kenga E Hysen Bajri [The Song of Hysen Bajri]
- [Untitled Track] [Easter Song]
- Wildsau [Wild Boar]
Tracks:
- Gojingan
- Jayan Tangis
- [Untitled Track] [Dance Song of the Tigwa Manobo]
- [Untitled Track] [Praise Song of the Royal Power]
- Song Phi Ho Diep [Dancing Buttlerfly Pair]
- Acigu [Mountain Song]
- Qurbah [Wedding Music With Bagpipe]
- [Untitled Track] [Music from the highland Region of New Guinea]
- [Untitled Track] [Christmas Dance of the Yali]
- ABA Musa Ladoiya / Gera Esharbeh
- [Untitled]
- Shi Kalaksai
- Morning Neighbour Morning
- Whipala [The Flag]
- Carmelles de Nadal [Christmas Songs]
- Boche E Notte
- Shavi Shashvi [The Black Trush]
Tracks:
- Ortsende [Local Boundary]
- Kripaju. Ragam Chajatharangini, Talam Aditalam
- Khyal in Rag Mishra Bhairavi
- Lu'u Thy'y Ban Kim Tien [Flowing Water, Equal Bars, Golden Chairs]
- Voices of the Heart and Shadow of the Dance
- Taqsim on the Arabian Flute
- [Untitled Track] [Music of the Mizmar Baladi Ensemble from Upper Egypt]
- Madih Nabawi [Praise of the Prophet]
- Nnakatanza
- Mama Elisa
- [Untitled Track] [Introductory Song]
- [Untitled Track] [Music for Kete Drums]
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It's Only Rock 'N Roll
The Rolling Stones Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000E6GCZC Release Date: 2006-03-27 |
Tracks:
- If You Can't Rock Me
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)
- Till the Next Goodbye
- Time Waits for No One
- Luxury
- Dance Little Sister
- If You Really Want to Be My Friend
- Short and Curlies
- Fingerprint File
Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.Customer Reviews:
Life is, or Should be, Only Rock and Roll.......2006-06-11
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Pulse
Pink Floyd Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007WZX9Y Release Date: 2005-05-30 |
Tracks:
- Shine on You Crazy Diamond
- Astronomy Domine
- What Do You Want from Me
- Learning to Fly
- Keep Talking
- Coming Back to Life
- Hey You
- Great Day for Freedom
- Sorrow
- High Hopes
- Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
Tracks:
- Speak to Me
- Breathe
- On the Run
- Time
- Great Gig in the Sky
- Money
- Us and Them
- Any Colour You Like
- Brain Damage
- Eclipse
- Wish You Were Here
- Comfortably Numb
- Run Like Hell
Album Description
A must for all Pink Floyd collectors! Originally released in 1994, this limited Japanese edition set features a heavy-duty deluxe slip-box approx. 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 and 3/4 inches wide, and holds the following - 2 CDs in sturdy cardboard color sleeves with artwork, 4 empty paper CD sleeves in a sturdy cardboard color sleeve with artwork, 8 different pieces of circular paper with artwork and track titles in a sturdy cardboard color sleeve with artwork, a deluxe hardback booklet with 50 color photos of the band in concert, and a paper booklet with the songs in English & Japanese. CBS. 2005.Album Details
Japanese Limited LP Replica Sleeve Edition of the Original Album Release from 1995. The Package Faithfully Recreates the Original LP Box Sleeve with Four "Album Jackets" Representing the Original LPs and their Innersleeves Are Included as Well. Also Includes a Miniaturized Edition of the Original Picture Booklet that Came with the Album, the Two CDs with the Complete Audio Program and Label Miniatures which Replicate the Record Labels. Also Includes a Bonus Booklet with all the Track Information and Lyrics in Both English and Japanese.Customer Reviews:
Floyd's greatest live album gets Japanese LP treatment.......2006-03-24
The album was recorded on the European leg of Pink Floyd's 1994 world tour to support The Division Bell album.
The reason for the Pulse album and video was at the end of the Canadian/North American leg of the tour(I saw them in Foxboro, MA in May of 1994 with 55,000 fans embracing them on one of their three nights sold out nights in Mass), they decided to resurrect something they had not done since their 1975 US Tour, Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety.
Pulse was superbly produced by guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour and longtime engineer James Guthrie whom also engineered and mixed the album. Some songs had solos dubbed in from other shows because either the playing was awful or the solo came in a bar late. Hence, the album was not re-recorded in the studio unlike many live albums.
The first disc is a potpourri of material of classic Floyd tracks like Astronomy Domine, Hey You, Shine on You Crazy Diamond(pts. 1-5, 7), Hey You and a stellar Another Brick in the Wall(pt.2) and post-Waters material Learning to Fly, Sorrow, Keep Talking, Coming Back to Life, What Do You Want From Me and High Hopes.
The second disc is the complete Dark Side album in its entirety plus encores of Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell. Except for the jam in the middle of Money, the whole of Dark Side of the Moon sounds just like the studio LP, but almost better in some cases like Time, The Great Gig in the Sky(sorry but Sam Brown did the first part way better than Clare Torry IMHO) and Us and Them. The rest is superb as well.
The PULSE album originally came packaged with a blinking light on the spine of the CD artwork. Also, the Pulse album was an instant smash hitting #1 in both the US and UK and selling over three million in the US alone immediately.
In 2005, Sony Japan re-released it with packaging like the original 4-LP box set featuring all of the artwork, a book and picture labels like the original record.
Sales aside, this is the best live album ever as the songs are SUPERB and the performances are top-notch!!!!
Pulse Revisited.......2005-12-22
Nothing new under the sun.......2005-09-29
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Santers 4
Santers Manufacturer: Avex Trax Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000G6OU Release Date: 1998-11-24 |
Tracks:
- Rapper
- Crazy Ladies
- You Turn Me On
- Time After Time
- Lost and Found
- Shot Down in Flames (Dedicated to Bon Scott)
- Caught in the Wind
- Paths of Heart
- Points of Resistance
- Under the Bridge [*]
Tracks:
- Mistreatin' Heart
- Mystical Eyes
- Still I Am
- Dog Without a Home
- Road to Morocco
- Two Against the World
- Back Streets
- Winter Freeze
- Hard Time Lovin' You
- Racing Time
- You Turn Me On [Live][*]
Tracks:
- Can't Shake You
- Hotline
- High Risk
- Hate to Love You
- Too Young to Die
- Loa
- Black Magic
- All Right Now
- Baby Blue
- Dreaming
- Stranded
Tracks:
- Come and Get It
- Top Secrecy
- Leigh Ann
- Dry Your Tears
- Lightning's Gonna Strike
- Heaven on Earth
- Love Back Guarantee
- Never Wanna Let You Go
- Red Sky
- Tearing Us Apart
Album Details
Japanese Exclusive Four CD Box Set from this Canadian Hard Rock Trio. Features Tracks from their Entire Career (1981-1986) Contains the Following Four Cds: Shot Down in Flames, Racing Time, Guitar Alley, and Top Secrecy.Customer Reviews:
Very well done.......2000-07-13
Rock Canadian style - eh?.......2000-06-20
From "Shot Down in Flames" (a tribute to Bon Scott) to the progressive mid-80's riffs of Baby Blue to a complimentary job of Free's "All Right Now" this box set really shows that Canada can rock!
I can't wait and hope that the rumours are true and that the band is thinking of reuniting.
DougY
THE santers discography!!.......1999-05-04
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Paper Sleeve Box
The Style Council Manufacturer: Universal Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PDZOUI Release Date: 2007-07-09 |
Tracks:
- Long Hot Summer
- Headstart For Happiness
- Money-Go-Round
- Speak Like A Child
- Paris Match
- Mick's Up
- Long Hot Summer (Club Mix)
- Mick's Blessings
- Me Ship Came In!
- Blue Cafe
- Paris Match
- My Ever Changing Moods
- Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
- Gospel
- Strenght Of Your Nature
- You're The Best Thing
- Here's One That Got Away
- Headstart For Happiness
- Council Meetin'
- Homebreakers
- All Gone Away
- Internationalists
- Stones Throw Away
- Stand Up Comics Instructions
- Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Man Of Great Promise
- Down In The Seine
- Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
- Luck
- With Everything To Lose
- Our Favourite Shop
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Shout To The Top (Usa Remix)
- My Ever Changing Moods
- Lodgers
- Head Start For Happiness
- (When You) Call Me
- Whole Point Of No Return
- With Everything To Lose
- Homebreakers
- Shout To The Top
- Walls Come Tumbling Down!
- Internationalists
- It Didn't Matter
- Right To Go
- Heavens Above
- Fairy Tales
- Angel
- Walking The Night
- Waiting
- Cost Of Loving
- Woman's Song
- It's A Very Deep Sea
- Story Of Someones Shoe
- Changing Of The Guard
- Little Boy In A Castle
- Gardener Of Eden
- Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
- Why I Went Missing
- How He Threw It All Away
- Iwasadoledadstoyboy
- Confessions 1, 2 & 3
- Confessions Of A Pop Group
- New Decade
- Love Of The World
- World Must Come Together
- Hope (Feelings Gonna Getcha)
- Can You Still See Me?
- That Spiritual Feeling
- Everybody's On The Run
- Sure Is Sure
- Speak Like A Child
- Money Go Round Parts 1 & 2
- Long Hot Summer
- Solid Bond In Your Heart
- My Ever Changing Moods
- You're The Best Thing
- Big Boss Groove
- Shout To The Top
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Come To Milton Keynes
- Lodgers
- Have You Ever Had It Blue
- It Didn't Matter
- Waiting
- Wanted
- Life At Top Peoples Health Farm
- How She Threw It All Away
- Promised Land
- Love Pains
- Party Chambers
- Whole Point Ii
- Ghosts Of Dachau
- Sweet Loving Ways
- Casual Affair
- Woman's Song
- Mick's Up
- Waiting On A Connection
- Night After Night
- Piccadilly Trail
- (When You) Call Me
- My Very Good Friend
- April's Fool
- In Love For The First Time
- Big Boss Groove
- Mick's Company
- Bloodsports
- Who Will Buy
- I Ain't Goin' Under
- I Am Leaving
- Stone's Throw Away
- Meeting (Over) Up Yonder (Live)
- Up For Grabs (Live)
- Long Hot Summer (Live)
- One Nation Under A Groove
- Depart (Live)
- Spring, Summer, Autumn (Live)
- Hanging On To A Memory (Live)
- It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands (Live)
- Here's One That Got Away (Live)
- My Ever Changing Moods (Live)
- Man Of Great Promise (Live)
- Boy Who Cried Wolf (Live)
- Stones Throw Away (Live)
- Speak Like A Child (Live)
- Mick's Up (Live)
- Money Go Round/Souldeep/Strenght Of Your Nature (Medley)
- Move On Up (Live)
- Down In The Seine (Live)
- It's A Very Deep Sea (Live)
- Heavens Above (Live)
- My Ever Changing Moods
- Whole Point Of No Return
- Blue Cafe
- Paris Match
- Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
- Solid Bond In Your Heart
- You're The Best Thing
- Gospel
- Strenght Of Your Nature
- Here's Onethat Got Away
- Headstart For Happiness
- Mick's Blessings
- Homebreakers
- All Gone Away
- Come To Milton Keynes
- Internationalists
- Stones Throw Away
- Stand Up Comics Instructions
- Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Man Of Great Promise
- Down In The Seine
- Lodger's
- Luck
- With Everything To Lose
- Shout To The Top
- Walls Come Tumbling Down!
Album Details
10 Cds: Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork. First-pressing-only Box Set Containing Paper-sleeve Editions of 'introducing', 'cafe Bleu', 'our Favourite Shop', 'home and Abroad', 'the Cost of Loving', 'confessions of a Pop Group', 'modernism: A New Decade', 'greatest Hits', 'here's Some that Got Away', and 'in Concert'.
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The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968
Lowell Fulson Manufacturer: P-Vine Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005I40J Release Date: 2002-12-03 |
Tracks:
- Black Nights
- Little Angel
- Every Time It Rains
- Just One More Time
- My Heart Belongs to You
- Too Many Drivers
- Key to My Heart
- Strange Feeling
- What's Gonna Be
- No More, Pt. 1
- No More, Pt. 2
- Shattered Dreams
- Sittin' Here Thinkin'
- Talkin' Woman
- Blues Around Midnight
- Change Your Ways
- My Aching Back
- Trouble I'm In
- Ask at Any Door in Town
- Lonely Days
- Hustler's Game
- Get Your Game Up Tight
- Year of 29
- Two Way Wishing
- Back Door Key
- Confessin' the Blues
Tracks:
- Tramp
- Make a Little Love
- I'm Sinking
- Goin' Home
- Pico
- No Hard Feeling
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- I Cried
- Thing
- I'm a Drifter
- Hobo Meeting
- I Wanna Spent Christmas With You, Pts. 1 and 2
- Tomorrow
- Push Me
- Let's Go Get Stoned
- Letter
- Blues Pain
- Mellow Together
- Funky Broadway
- Feel So Bad
- Going to Chicago
- What the Heck
- Sweetest Thing
- Lovin' Touch
- Price for Love
Tracks:
- Blues Shadow [#]
- New Worried Life Blues [#]
- My Story (Lonely Lonely Man) [Take 6 and 7][#]
- I Won't Care Anymore [#]
- Don't Bother Me [#]
- Lost Lover [#]
- Llittle Girl [#]
- Unknown Instrumental, No. 2 [#][Instrumental]
- Worried Life Blues [#]
- Let's Talk It Over [#]
- Everything That I Took Away [#]
- Welcome Home [Take 13][#]
- Welcome Home [Take 14][#]
- Drifter/You're Gonna Miss Me [#]
- Blues Soul [#]
- It Takes Money [#]
- Choclate Walk/Lonesome Train ... [Extended Version]
- I'm Sinking [Extended Version]
- What the Heck [Extended Version]
- Blues Pain [Extended Version]
- Price for Love [Extended Version]
- My Aching Back [Stereo Mix]
- Black Nights [Edit Version]
Tracks:
- Radio Ad, Wokj, Jackson, Mississippi (Too Many Drivers)
- Too Many Drivers [Take 5]
- My Heart Belongs to You
- What's Gonna Be [Take 15]
- Strange Feeling [in a Session]
- Strange Feeling [Take 8]
- Get Your Game Up Tight [Take 4]
- Blues Around Midnight [LP Version]
- Year of 29
- Talkin' Woman [Take 5]
- Talkin' Woman [Take 17]
- Ask at Any Door in Town [Take 1]
- Tramp [Take 1]
- Let's Go Get Stoned [Take 4]
- Let's Go Get Stoned
- I Cried [Take 2]
- Feel So Bad [Take 2]
- Blues Pain [Take 3]
- What the Heck [Take 5]
- Funky Broadway [Take 1]
- Sweetest Thing [Take 2]
- Everyday I Have the Blues [Take 4]
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Kids With Guns Japan Only EP
Gorillaz Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000E6G6BW Release Date: 2006-05-08 |
Tracks:
- Feel Good Inc
- Spitting out the Demons
- Bill Murray
- Murdoc Is God
- Feel Good Inc
Album Details
Japan-only EP Release of the Gorillaz Fourth Single Release from their Second Hit Album "Demon Days". "el Manana" Includes Exclusive B-sides and the Enhanced Promotional Music Video for "el Manana" as Other Extra Content.
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Only the Strongest Will Survive
Hurricane #1 Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000JCVR Release Date: 2000-04-25 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- N.Y.C.
- Greatest High
- Remote Control
- Price That We Pay
- Separtation Sunday
- Rising Sign
- Only the Strongest Will Survive
- Long Way Down
- Twilight Road
- Come Alive
- What Do I Know?
- Afterhours
- Outro/N.Y.C. 2
- Sweet Insanity
- You Wear It Well
Album Details
Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'Sweet Insanity'& 'You Wear it Well'.Customer Reviews:
A welcomed departure........1999-06-02
The first attention grabber is "The Greatest High," which is very deceivingly titled. The song contains more angst than optimism, but is quite anthemic nonetheless. However they did the vocals sure sound cool...
"Remote Control" seems to focus its criticism towards all those who are capable of making a decision without considering the consequences. I guess it helps that it flows into the ear easily, too.
"The Price That We Pay" is the album's acoustic, and definitely stands out. Gotta love the lyric "And the time that we stole in Garden of Eden was worth the price that we pay/ no regrets, no revivals, no tears/ it's a brand new day."
The centerpiece of the album is the title track, which begins with strings very similar to those of Whatever by Oasis. However, after the strings fade out, the hip-hop beat moves in, which is actually quite confusing. It's a great song about how it can be easier to tolerate pain than it can be to see pleasure disappear.
"Afterhours" is the most melancholy of the songs, with backing vocals by Andy's wife Idha. This song, and maybe "Come Alive," show that Andy hasn't yet forgotten what Ride was all about.
The other songs (and there are a lot of them) are all quite good, these are just some of the highlights. It's a really good album, it's a shame that they don't get any press.
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Vision Of Escaflowne: Lovers Only
Japanimation , and Yoko Kanno Manufacturer: Jvc Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000058AAM Release Date: 2001-01-05 |
Tracks:
- Yakusoku Wa Iranai [TV Edit]
- Vision of Escaflowne [Take 2]
- Memory of Fanelia
- Dance of Curse
- Zaibach
- Flying Dragon
- Cradle Song
- Tomodachi
- Bird Cage
- Chain
- Epistle
- Perfect World
- Blaze [Take 2]
- Hitomi Theme
- Angel
- Neko No Kimochi
- Arcadia
- Days the Wind Blows
- Mystic Eyes [TV Edit]
- Story of Escaflowne - End Title
Album Description
Full Title - Tenkuno Escafrone - Lovers Only. Japan exclusive anime soundtrack, features 20 tracks. Victor. 2004.Customer Reviews:
Best of Escaflowne.......2006-04-27
Not the best of Escaflowne.......2005-07-22
If like most people who watched Escaflowne, you loved the music, doubtless you want to buy at least one of the soundtracks so that you can experience the music in all of its glory. You may however, be wondering where to start. This soundtrack features music the three other soundtracks, as well as music which is not featured on any of the others.
The first piece of music is an alternate and slightly longer than television size version of the opening song from the show No Need to Promise. It's nice and interesting, but no match for the full version featured on the first soundtrack.
The second track is an alternate version of Vision of Escaflowne, which I believe is played on the final episode of the series. The third track Memory of Fanelia is the string instrument version of Fanelia from the second soundtrack, and is only featured in this cd. This music is played in the episode where Van returns to the destroyed Fanelia to meet with his brother, and is a simply exquisite piece of music that led to many an evening of me whistling that tune as I worked.
The fourth track Dance of Curse is played at the beginning and end of the series during the most dramatic moments and largely recalls Duel of the Fates from the new Star Wars trilogy, except of course that I happen to like it better. This track is also featured in soundtrack one. The fifth track Zaibach is a piece that grows on you. It is the perfect piece of music for a scene of total destruction and shocking brutality, as it is used in the series for the invasion of Fanelia and subsequent attacks by lord Dilandau. This track is also only found on this soundtrack.
Track six, Flying Dragon, is the music played when Escaflowne transforms into a dragon and flies through the air. It is highly reminiscent of E.T., but it's still an awesome piece of music. Track seven, Cradle Song, is also featured on the second soundtrack and is a beautiful sad piece played during flashbacks throughout the series. Track eight is a vocal song played when Hitomi starts to think about the life she left back on earth.
Track nine, Bird Cage, is of the most dramatic and searing of the pieces to be found in the show, and plays when (if I'm not mistaken) Hitomi, Van, and Allen are captured by Zaibach and kept in a giant bird cage. Track ten is one of the best pieces in the entire series. Chain is the fantastic piece of music that plays in the episode where Faulkin uses the Fate Alteration Engine to make Hitomi and Allen fall in love instead of Van and Hitomi. It is a huge part of that episode, and one greatest just-plain-cool pieces of music I have ever heard. Why this piece of music is only featured on this soundtrack I will never know.
Track eleven Epistle is played when the luck soldiers attack and during various other attacks through the series. It starts out good and just gets better. It is also featured on the third soundtrack. Track twelve is a forgettable piece of J-Pop called Perfect World. Track thirteen Blaze is splendid piece of mood music, but not as good as some of the other music featured on the soundtrack (also found on the third soundtrack). Track fourteen Hitomi Theme is definitely one of the best pieces on this soundtrack (also found on soundtrack two) and plays during some of the moments when Hitomi is dreaming about what her life used to be like back home on earth. Simply beautiful.
Track fifteen Angel (soundtrack one also) is not only one of the best pieces on this soundtrack, but of the best in the entire series. It plays during important flashbacks, ceremonies, ect., and is the kind of music you wouldn't be embarrassed to have play at your wedding. In fact this piece of music is so beautiful you may find yourself listening to it over and over again (on a side note this piece of music always makes me think of the happiest moments of my life). Track sixteen is a little lullaby type song in super-cute Japaneses. Throwaway track.
Track seventeen Arcadia is a piece of music so sad, and so heartbreaking (it plays mostly when death is remembered, or you are finding out just how terrible a past and future Faulkin is having to live under) that it made me buy the soundtrack just for itself. This piece of music is absolutely awesome in the beginning, and then goes into an opera piece (which is not bad, but not as good as the beginning). They are almost two pieces though so I don't count that as a disadvantage. This piece is also featured in soundtrack three.
Track eighteen is probably the best piece of pop music in the entire series (well, except for the opening song). This song is played when Hitomi gets back to earth and relives the entire day over again, realizing how flawed her perspective was and how childish she had been acting. A really great song sung in Japanese. Very good. Track nineteen, Mystic Eyes, is one of those pieces that you will either love or hate. Personally I think it clashes terribly with the rest of the music in the show. For those who care it is the TV Edit, not the full version.
Track twenty The Story of Escaflowne, is a very good reason to buy this cd. The final piece of music in the entire series, played only at the very end of the final episode, is one of the greatest ending themes you will ever hear. Absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful. If you loved this music from the TV show then you have to buy this cd, because it is the only place you will find it.
There is a tremendous amount of variety in the music in Escaflowne, but the show is best when it uses the rousing orchestral themes. The best pieces of music in the entire series are probably Chain, The Story of Escaflowne, Dance of Curse, Gloria, Wings, and Revenge. Gloria is the piece played at the royal wedding, and also when Van comes home to Fanelia after slaying a dragon in the second episode. Wings is an absolutely FANTASTIC combination of Flying Dragon, Angel, and other music. It is played when Van is rescued from the flying fortress, and features a grander, bigger, better rendition of Angel at the very end that is so beautiful it's hard to describe. Revenge is THE theme of the show (if you ask me). Played at the very end of the show when everything comes to a showdown, it starts out like an action scene from Star Wars, then swiftly transitions into a sorrowful march rendition of the Escaflowne theme, and then picks up momentum until it climaxes like the end of the Firebird Suite (good old Stravinsky).
If you want the best soundtrack to start off on the music from this series, get the first soundtrack which features Dance of Curse, Flying Dragon, Escaflowne (awesome), Angel, Ne Zu Mi (Merle's theme {another awesome!}, Wings (so awesome is defies description!), and Gloria (repeat last parenthetical statement). If you want the single best piece of music get the third soundtrack (REVENGE!!!!!). It's more of a mixed bag but has a couple of truly awesome pieces. Get the second track last because it has the least amount of really great music. Get the Lovers Only soundtrack if you want a specific piece not found on the other soundtracks or want to have everything.
If you are only going to buy one Escaflowne CD.......2005-06-17
Wonderful OST.......2004-04-11
Unlike a great deal of soundtrack music, the Escaflowne songs and instrumentals are, for the most part, very non-intrusive. They mesh well with a variety of moods and provide everything from upbeat, catchy stuff to sorrowful and soulful pieces that will really move you. You don't need to be a fan of the series to enjoy the music, either.
This particular OST is my favorite of the five Escaflowne OSTs that I own; it takes many of the best pieces from the series and puts them all on one CD. It also includes one of the most beautiful and addictive musical pieces from Escaflowne, the ominous "Chain" - which is absent from other Esca OSTs. (This is the background piece heard playing during the scene where Folken and Eriya alter Fate, among other scenes.)
Best Escaflowne OST.......2003-05-20
Maaya Sakamoto's songs on this track are just as lovely, especially "Kaze ga fuku hi" (Track 18) which is still my all-time favorite song after 5 years of owning the CD. This track is has deep, soothing bass accompanied by a lovely saxophone and instruments get added in seemlessly as the song goes on...by the time it reaches the climax of the piece, you're shocked by all that's there.
I'd highly recommend this CD to anyone who likes Yoko Kanno, Maaya Sakamoto, symphonic/choral music, or anime.
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