Sailormoon R: A Maiden's Poem Collection
released 4-21-1994
2800 yen
Forte Music Entertainment FMCC-5026

 
Note: My copy of this CD is a CD someone burned for me of the five singles the CD is composed of.  Yeah, I'm evil, get used to it.
TRACK LIST
1.) Poem- Mitsuishi Kotono
2.) Ai wa Energy (Love is Energy)- Mitsuishi Kotono
3.) Poem- Tomizawa Michie
4.) Watashi no Hito Gingahen (My Guy: Arranged by the Stars)- Tomizawa Michie
5.) Poem- Hisakawa Aya
6.) Koibito ni Hanarenai Kedo (We Can't Be Sweethearts But...)- Hisakawa Aya
7.) Poem- Shinohara Emi
8.) Wasureru Tame ni Koi wo Shinaide (Don't Fall in Love When Trying to Forget)- Shinohara Emi
9.) Poem- Fukami Rica
10.) Setsunakuteii (Even if it hurts, it's okay)- Fukami Rica

I have a feeling I'd like this CD a whole lot more than I already do if I understood the poems.  The poems are set to celeste versions of the songs that follow.  They're cool to listen to because of that.  Anyway, the first song is an Usagi song, "Ai wa Energy".  I don't like it too much because Mitsuishi Kotono sounds whiny when she sings the chorus.  Overall this song is way too mellow, what with the backing of an orchestra and all.  Rei's song, "Watashi no Hito Gingahen" is much better.  It's pretty much a rock song.  There's this really cool electric guitar riff in it that I like a lot.  And Tomizawa Michie's vocals are awesome.  "Koibito ni Hanarenai Kedo" is the next vocal song.  This is my favorite Hisakawa Aya song ever.  The lyrics inspired my current fictional project, which has been blown way out of proportion since its original birth two years ago.  But anyway, the music itself is pretty 80's, which is a good or bad thing depending on who you're talking to.  After that is "Wasureru Tame ni Koi wo Shinaide".  While it's not one of my personal favorites, I really like the lyrics.  This song goes away from the usual rain imagery in Mako-chan's songs.  I think this album was an opportunity for the seiyuu to try something new.  Case in point: the last track, "Setsunakuteii".  This has always been one of my favorite Sailormoon songs, and it's only partly because it's a Sailorvenus song.  It's a huge contrast from "Route Venus" and "Ai no Megami no How to Love".  The lyrics are very sad, and on the whole the song is very tragic sounding.  I think it shows a side of Sailorvenus we rarely see.  This CD is very rare, but if you can find a copy of it, by all means get it.