Design the Shiina Ringo: Best of album

[Glathannus]

Originally Posted by Glathannus

New Rule:
If your hypothetical "Best Of" album totals to be under 80 minutes, it doesn't matter how many or few tracks are involved.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Jihad

Dude, whose gonna bother looking up track times and doing the math?
I know I wouldn't |=p

(or even option B, dumping all the tracks in your burning program and seeing if it fits in the disc)

Pshaw!
If you don't listen to your combination of tracks back-to-back, how do you really know they go well together?

If and when I'm listening to my own test combinations, the old version of foobar2000 I use tells me the total playtime of selected tracks at the bottom of the window.

If PE'Z can have a 79-minute "Best Stage Zero" album, why can't Shiina Ringo? Oh yeah, and did I mention "Best Stage Zero" is 16 tracks, while "Best 1st Stage" is 17 tracks (76 minutes)? Two different compilation albums pushing the limit - one for release in Japan, and one for international release, both with completely different tracklists. One could argue that Shiina Ringo deserves at least as much in order to do her justice, in which case you'd be choosing 2 hours and 40 minutes worth of music. If that involved all her shortest tracks, that could easily be 50 songs.

But let's not stretch it that far. We'll just keep this down to, what could you fit onto one audio CD? (the kind of CD that will actually play in a standard player - not a GigaRec'd CD with 1 hour and 53 minutes of raw music or an MP3 CD with 4+ hours of 320kbps or worse)

[Tokyo Jihad]

Well if were not stretching it far, lets keep it at 15 tracks |=P

[madpawn]

Originally Posted by justriiingo

Sorry madpawn but I have to say this again, you lose points with me just for including Blackout in your top15. I have a BIG problem with that song. But otherwise, I think your top15 is quite cool.

How many friends have your successfully converted into SR fans?

Six! Three big ones, three significant ones.

I don't want to say this out loud or else I might lose your respect forever, but... I prefer Blackout to Sounan. I listen to it a lot more. I like its handclaps more than Sounan's distortion, I like its piano solo more than Sounan's guitar solo, and I like Blackout's lyrics much better. Sounan is fantastic but... yeah, I prefer Blackout. Sorry. O_O

[fluffiethesock]

Originally Posted by madpawn

I don't want to say this out loud or else I might lose your respect forever, but... I prefer Blackout to Sounan. I listen to it a lot more. I like its handclaps more than Sounan's distortion, I like its piano solo more than Sounan's guitar solo, and I like Blackout's lyrics much better. Sounan is fantastic but... yeah, I prefer Blackout. Sorry. O_O

Good, good! Stand up for your musical tastes -- even when it's difficult! Blackout ftw!





Though Sounan is good too. :p

[justriiingo]

oh. Lyrics. Do you find translations or can you understand Japanese? I myself don't care about lyrics, so I have no idea what SR is singing in most of her songs.

btw madpawn, get your friends in here!

[teattum]

I succeed! It was difficult, because 15 tracks, it's few.
Make a double best of could be a better idea? Anyway, veiled what it remains about it

01 Mesai (KZK version)
02 Starting Over
03 Jusui Negai
04 Remote controller
05 Sakana
06 Toumei ningen
07 Kabukichou no jou
08 Ringo No Uta (single version)
09 Okonomide
10 Yukiguni
11 Hatsukoi Shoujot
12 La salle de bain (yeah, a french title!)
13 Sakuran (HF version)
14 Souretsu
15 Tsumi To Batsu

I tested to get a varieted track/list. I tried to find a continuity on the songs

[justriiingo]

What is this Starting Over track?

[Maou]

1. Koufukuron (Etsurakuhen)
2. Tsumi to Batsu
3. Mayonaka wa Junketsu
4. Suberidai
5. Gibs (must end like the EM version)
6. Superstar (Dynamite ver.)
7. Sounan
8. Ringo no Uta (single vers.)
9. Jusui Negai
10. Souretsu
11. Byoushou Public
12. Honnou
13. Morphine
14. Ishiki ~Sango Saidai Kyou no Boufuuu Kennai Kashou~
15. Izonshou

[Tokyo Jihad]

Originally Posted by justriiingo

What is this Starting Over track?

Utaite Myori cover of the John Lennon song.

And of course I'm digging Maou's selections (especially Ringo no Uta, kzk era) but really, you'd put the B-side ver of Ishiki rather than the album take? I like the way it ramps up at the end on the album.

[Nimh]

Originally Posted by madpawn

Sorry for resurrecting this month-old thread, but I just have a tracklist for the SR/TJ intro-cd I've given to friends, and it only rarely doesn't result in a convert!

The thing I'm most proud about are the transitions. Often one song ends with an instrument the next starts with, or they blend into each other, or a fadeout goes into a sudden opening or vice versa. It works! Make a playlist, try it out!

1. Honnou
2. Meisei (Heisei Fuuzoku version)
3. Aozora
4. Tadashii Machi
5. Sounan
6. Remote Controller
7. Blackout
8. Kono Yo no Kagiri
9. Marunouchi Sadistic
10. Himitsu
11. Tsumi to Batsu
12. Yami ni Furu ame
13. Ekimae
14. Shido to Hakuchumu
15. Jusui Negai
16. Gamble (Heisei Fuuzoku version)
17. Souretsu
18. Memai

MM: 3, SS: 3, KZK: 1 (favourite album, though!), HF: 3, Kyoiku: 3, Adult: 2, B-Sides: 3

I have to say I like this one the best so far. Blackout is a bit of a weak link, but it segues beautifully into KYNK.