TRACK LIST (italicized tracks are exclusive
to the Son May version)
Sailormoon Sailor Stars
1.) Sailor Stars Song- Hanazawa Kae
2.) Nagareboshi He (To the Shooting Stars)-
Three Lights (Niiyama Shiho, Tsunoda Narumi, Sakamoto Chika)
3.) Todokanu Omoi- My Friends Love (Unreachable
Feelings)- Three Lights
4.) Kaze mo, Sora mo, Kitto (The Wind,
The Sky, Surely)- Mizuki Arisa
Sailormoon Supers
5.) Moonlight Densetsu (Moonlight Legend)-
Moon Lips
6.) "Rashiku" Ikimashou (Let's Go as Ourselves)-
Meu
Watashi Tachi ni Naritakute (Wanting to be
With You)- Elena (Pretty Cast)
Sanji no Yosei (Three O'Clock Fairy)- Pretty
Cast
Morning Moon de Aimashou (See You At Morning
Moon)- Pretty Cast
Sunshine Moonlight- Pretty Cast
Sailormoon S
7.) Tuxedo Mirage- Peach Hips
Moonlight Destiny- Elena (Pretty Cast)
Sailormoon R
8.) Otome no Policy (Maiden's Policy)-
Ishida Youko
Moon Revenge- Pretty Cast
Sailormoon
9.) Heart Moving- Takamatsu Misae
10.) Princess Moon- Hashimoto Ushio
This is one of the few Sailormoon CDs I actually
still listen to occasionally. I don't think that really says a lot
seeing as I only have the few of the multitudes of CDs avaliable.
Anyway, I'm a bad girl because I got the Son May of this one, but for the
sake of those who aren't planning on shopping Son May (good for you!),
I'll add comments on their additional tracks at the end.
The album starts off with the Sailorstars song.
This is the song that got me into Japanese music. Someone sent it
out on a mailing list I was on a while ago, and I figured, what the heck.
Soon I was addicted. This song is fast-paced and fun. I don't
see how I could have helped falling in love with Japanese music after hearing
this song. The second track is a trio consisting of Doris, Shun,
and Tsunoda Narumi... I mean Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki Kou. It's kinda
funky, the seiyuu really sound pretty good together. The back-up
singers sound really disturbing, because I think they're guys singing in
a falsetto. But what I love most is Seiya's solo. Niiyama Shiho
is awesome... I heard she died this and she was only 29. Anyway,
the next Three Lights song "Todokanu Omoi" totally blows me away.
It rules! It's really cool because it's fast and has interesting
instruments. Track 4, "Kaze mo, Sora mo, Kitto" is one of my favorite
ending songs in all anime if you overlook the animation. Oddly enough
I prefer this version to the original slower one. I like the instrumentation,
since it's more acoustic sounding and less synthesized. The guitars
(lead and bass) are pretty cool. The singer is good, not anything
special, but she's good. And I can (miraculously) actually understand
most of the lyrics, even though there's not a word of English. And
now, the improved version of Moonlight Densetsu, featuring the Sailormoon
Musical Actresses! I've decided I like this much better than the
DALI version. The instruments are awesome (electric piano, electric
guitar, etc.) Moon Lips is AWESOME- I love them! It would have
been cooler if it was Peach Hips (they sing it on one of the LDs and it's
good). "Rashiku Ikimashou"- this song I have mixed feelings on. I
think it's pretty childish, and I think that was the effect it was trying
to have. I like the singer, she's good. I hate the harmonies
though. "Tuxedo Mirage" was one of my favorite songs back when I
was going through my Tuxedo Kamen fangirl stage. I love Peach Hips-
they're an awesome bunch of seiyuu, and they just sound FANTASTIC together.
Just because of that this song scores some points, even though I wish it
was more the entire group singing and less Usagi. Her voice doesn't
really work with a serious song like this. I'm not in the mood for
the next track "Otome no Policy", so I'm just going to paste my comments
from another review I did: "The album suddenly takes a turn for the worse,
as I scream in horror at "Otome no Policy". Well, no, not really,
I just don't enjoy this song as much as I could. I think the lyrics
are pretty awesome, and I really like Ishida Youko who sings this.
The instruments I could do without however." You know, this really
suits my purposes, why repeat myself?
Heart Moving: "I used to really like this song,
but now I don't. It's very fast, I don't like the tambre of the singer's
voice, and the harmonies get on my nerves. The instruments aren't
all that cool either. "
I haven't reviewed this version of Princess Moon
yet, so here goes. The instruments are the same as Apple Pie's version
(see Ai wa Doku ni Aru no), but the singer is a lot
more pleasant. Hashimoto Ushio has this really light voice that's
kind of like Hamada Rie's only not annoying.
Son May Tracks: Son May messed with this
CD, and unlike some of their meddling, the results are not pleasing.
Why? Two words: Pretty Cast. They're two little girls, and
they scare me. It's not as bad at first. Elena's version of
"Watashi-tachi ni Naritakute" doesn't sound that bad, a lot better than
my infamous cover of "Koibito ni wa narenai kedo...". Elena's voice
doesn't have the same tambre as the original singer's voice, and I think
she might actually be an alto (gotta check with Becky), and I know the
original singer was soprano. Or maybe the difference is that one
sings flats and one sings sharps. I dunno. "Sanji no Yosei",
a song actually written for them, has got to be one of the most obnoxious
songs in all anime. I can't listen to it because it superglues itself
to my ear canal and it won't go away! So all day I have these scary
little girls along with scary children singing "aa, yume ga ippai!
Minto pie to apple pie!" etc, and it scares me. I guarantee you will
feel the same way about this song if you are over the age of 8. "Morning
Moon de Aimashou" is much more tolerable, and I actually kind of ::gasp::
like it. It's cute, but not horribly so. The girls sound good
here. "Sunshine Moonlight" is a bit more disturbing. It goes
back to little girl mode, frightening me greatly. But nothing can
compare to the shock of their version of "Moonlight Destiny". Really,
since when did this song have a French motif complete with French back-up
singers (actually, they aren't that bad). I think it's the calypso
tempo paired with Elena's voice that makes this song so frightening in
comparison with the original, which was great. And as if you couldn't
get any more cover songs, here comes "Moon Revenge", which I might need
to to take. Their voices have no where near the power that Peach
Hips does. But, the other girl's voice (Leona, right) is a lot better
than Elena's, and I don't understand why they don't use her near as often.
Conclusion: Get the CD if you like anime music,
and trust me, the Son May version is not worth the money you save buying
it.
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