Originally Posted by deadgrandma
I've argued it before, but I feel WtH should be included because in Ringos case the bsides are just as important. And it was marketed as an album, flows like an album, feels as much a part of the set as the others. I forgot to add ZCS too, though most of it is included in WtH anyway.
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And on top of that, the only six tracks from ZCS that
should be included in WtH are included. I think of the Gyakutai Glycogen disc as the A-side of ZCS -- all three of its songs have other studio versions on Shiina Ringo albums, and are easier to recognize as true "Shiina Ringo" songs -- while I think of the Tensai Praeparat and Hatsuiku Status discs as the two B-sides of ZCS. Their inclusion on WtH and the GG disc's exclusion are actually kind of brilliant.
But if I had to make changes to WtH, I would take Sakuran and Karisome Otome out -- they make musical sense after la salle de bain, but the Ringo no Uta single is such a clean way to break off her original solo career, especially now that B-sides from Ariamaru Tomi and Carnation make WtH feel less complete. And then I'd bump the three Hatsuiku Status songs up to non-bonus status, before the three Tensai Praeparat songs (all the other B-sides are in reverse order, so I suppose HS would make sense before TP). That would make 12 songs on the second disc, so I would add Shinjuku Nite to the end of the first disc (as a pseudo-bonus song, without being called such -- just like Ichijiku no Hana is for the second disc) to balance it out.