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Old 2012.02.20, 03:07 PM   #4
Tokyo Jihad
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No one is talking about this? After listening to it, that sounds about right. It is sadly uninteresting. Forgiving the fact we've heard basically all these recordings before (I can understand the technical why fors) it isn't even a particularly engaging smattering. You get the three obvious songs (OSCA, Killer tune, and Senkou Shoujo) three suprising selections (Fukushuu, Pinnochio, Superstar) three songs you can't wait til you never have to hear them again (Toumei Ningen, Mirrorball, Marunouchi) two Dynamite Out songs (not already mentioned) that have been dragged around so much since it is hard to face them anymore (Gunjo, Yume no Ato) and some other relatively "deep cuts" to start things off. The musicianship actually is a plus, especially to start things off, but as the album goes on, once Killer Tune is in the rearview, it gets spottier (until we get to the Dynamite songs of course, which are so hot I'd fuck em.)

Tokyo Jihen started off as a much better live band than in the studio, and it sounds like they finished that way as well. Unfortunately the long middle displays the band prominently at their least adept. Nor does the album even really qualify as a solid best of, with glaring omissions (that translated really well live too!) and laughable inclusions. But then, that was always Jihen's way. An unfortunately neutered release almost any way you look at it.
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