Ah, Fushigi Yuugi.  For the past two years (approximately), I have been engaged in a love-hate relationship with this series.  Conclusion- the stuff about it that's good is pretty good, what's bad is awful.  And that is true of Fushigi Yuugi music.
The Prologue is basically an extremely long intro to "Wandering".  Believe it or not, I like this song.  It's very ominous and... damn, I am so sick of TENORS!  EVERY SINGLE BOY I KNOW IS A TENOR!  ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Anyway, Furusawa Tohru is soooooo not a tenor, he's either a bass or baritone.  His voice matches the song so much it's kinda hard to hear.  "Never Get Away" is a very 80's sounding song sung by Suboshi.  It's scary, but Ueda Yuuji and Kanemaru Jun'ichi (Ginta of Marmalade Boy) sound almost the same when the sing.  I prefer Ueda Yuuji, in part because this song is pretty awesome.  It's very angry, and like, the instruments are cool.  "Pride of Ice" rocks.  It's got lots of brass instruments in it, and Tanaka Atsuko is such a good singer!  The thing is, there's this one part that sounds kinda like Irish music, and so I get this weird picture of Soi being "LORD OF THE DANCE!".  All I have to say about the next track ("For My Darling") is that it just isn't good without the words.  It's actually kind of annoying that way.  Speaking of annoying... no, I'm kidding.  Araki Kae, voice of Sailor Chibi-Moon, is singing this song.  I used to love this song when I idolized Miaka.  Now it's fair... she's done better.  The song is pretty catchy, with all the brass sections, and the repetition of words.  But really, if you're having one of those "I don't want to hear a first soprano sing", skip it.  The next song, "Nocturne" is creepy, but only because I find Amiboshi satanically evil and bad.  It sounds very much like FFII (US) music, because there's lots of woodwind and a harp.  Ueda Yuuji sounds exactly the same as Suboshi, except this song lacks any sort of emotion that "Never Get Away" possesed.  "Please Shiver" is a pretty funky song.  It's worth it just to hear Tanaka Atsuko sing- she's great, really she is.  The music is very... er, seductive-sounding, which suits Soi.  Then there's the instrumental version of the ending song, and I say the same about this song as I did about the instrumental of the instrumental of the opening theme.  The next track, "Legacy" is surprising, not just because it's Hotohori, emperor of Konan-koku singing on a Seiryuu CD, but because it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!  It's a very big song, very powerful and emotion filled.  It brings tears to my eyes.  And now, the track everyone is nuts about, "Sad Gales" better known as "Aoi Arashi". (Hey, sad=blue, gale= storm).  It's a very depressing song, and it's very creepy.  Great to listen to when you're pissed off.  It doesn't really do much for me ever since I started taking prozac.  One of my favorite tracks on the CD is the next one "Seiryuu God Unsealing".  It's basically an orchestral version of "Wandering" without the singing.  The last track is "Blue Eyes... Blue".  It's pretty infamous, but it's not that bad.  I think it has nice lyrics.  This is definitely the FY CD to buy.

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