My 2nd favorite track is Mayakashi Yasaotoko. It's one of the most exciting things Ringo has done, it has so much bite to it. When she sings "So no, let it go
There’s nothing left to say" I just swoon. The lyrics are SO GOOD too, the right kind of poetry without being too obtuse like most of Ringo's lyrics.
"I recited lines by heart
Scripted by your flawless art
I am much to blame"
Is particularly amazing.
SG is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite Ringo solo album. (It's a toss up between SG and HF). I only really hate Rodousha as a track, and I think otherwise Yokyou could have had an arrangement between the SG and Expo versions (keeping the SG orchestration but keeping the backing vocals and bringing the rock instruments more forward).
My FAVORITE track is Bonsai Hada, because Ringo sings the SHIT out of that song and Coba is a virtuoso with the accordion. Ringo is channeling Edith Piaf so hard during Bonsai Hada, and the vocal runs during the last verse are breathtaking. I honestly feel like Bonsai Hada is the best raw vocal performance Ringo has EVER done.
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