Artist: Princess Princess (V:Okui Kaori, K:Konno Tomoko, G:Nakayama Kanako, B:Watanabe Atsuko, D:Tomita Kyohko) Title: Teleportation Production Co: CBS/Sony Cat#: 32DH670 Release: 87/05/21 Price: Length: 44'38" (10 tracks) Track Data: 1 ga-luzu naito 4'41" Girl's Night 2 koi wa baransu 4'07" Balancin' Love 3 iwanaide 4'25" Don't Say Love Me 4 so-rongu dori-ma- 4'16" So Long, Dreamer 5 omoide no sukima 5'11" Sad Memories 6 yu- a- mai suta-shippu 4'27" You are my Starship 7 umi ni hitoshizuku 4'17" In your arms 8 hipunotaizuto 4'31" Hypnotized 9 mo-shon emo-shon 4'14" Motion Emotion 10 vaibure-shon 4'11" Your Vibration Goodies: (regular release in standard jewel box) Comments: This was Princess Princess' first CD. Compared to their other CD's, it has a more produced sound. As yet in this CD they have not found their harder rock edge, evident in their later works. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) Corrections. (Kazuo Uezumi) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V:Okui Kaori, K:Konno Tomoko, G:Nakayama Kanako, B:Watanabe Atsuko, D:Tomita Kyohko) Title: Here We Are Production Co: CBS/Sony Cat#: 32DH5004 Release: 1988/02/26 Price: 3200yen Length: 42'37" (10 tracks) Track Data: 1 19 Growing Up 4'17" (ode to my buddy) 2 Wonder Castle 3'33" 3 My Will 4'17" 4 Flame 4'48" 5 Keep on Lovin' You 4'05" 6 Go Away Boy 4'12" 7 She 4'44" 8 Romancin' Blue 5'01" 9 joudan janai 3'36" 10 koi no pending 3'46" Goodies: (regular release in standard jewelbox) Comments: This Princess Princess' second CD. This CD brought Princess Princess to the public's attention and propelled them to become one of Japan's most sucessful female rock band. It has a good mix of ballads and rock tunes. My personal favourites are tracks (1,4,5,7,8). I've been told "19 Growing Up" was a big hit in Japan when this CD was release. (at least I know you can find this song on karaoke lists) The Panic Tour video set mainly contains songs from this and their previous CD. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V:Okui Kaori, K:Konno Tomoko, G: Nakayama Kanako, B:Watanabe Atsuko, D: Tomita Kyohko) Title: Let's Get Crazy Production Co: CBS/Sony Cat#: 32DH5149 Release: 1988/11/21 Price: 3200yen Length: 47'27" (11 tracks) Track Data: 1 Get Crazy 4'32" 2 sorenari ni ii hito 4'42" Good in His Own Way 3 Stay There 4'27" 4 Love and Blood 4'09" 5 hetchara 3'27" 6 yuuhi ga yonde iru 4'12" The Sunset is Calling Me 7 hitomi dake wa mitsumenai 4'27" Can't Only Stare at Eyes 8 hitorijime 4'12" All to Oneself 9 sutori-to u-man 4'07" Street Woman 10 M 4'32" 11 Heart Stompin' Music 4'10" Goodies: (regular release in standard jewelbox) Comments: This is Princess Princess' third album. This CD is quite a departure from their previous CD's and in retrospect from any of their other CD's as well. It has a much stronger rock feel. As well there appears to be some funk and even punk influences. As evident in tracks 4 and 5 respectively. "M" was a singles release and is the only ballad in this CD. Also outstanding in my opinion is "Stay There" which has a very driving rock rhythm. "M" has been romaized and translated by me, and is available on request or by ftp at ferkel. The "Let's Get Crazy - Live at the Budokan" video contains songs mainly from this CD as well as some favorites from previous CD's. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V:Okui Kaori, K:Konno Tomoko, G: Nakayama Kanako, B:Watanabe Atsuko, D: Tomita Kyohko) Title: Lovers Production Co: CBS/Sony Cat#: CSCL1044 Release: 1990/11/17 Price: 2800yen Length: 44'22" (10 tracks) Track Data: 1 mu-nraito suto-ri- 4'44" Moonlight Story 2 tomodachi no mama 5'01" As friends 3 Ding Dong 3'53" Ding Dong 4 rein 5'06" Rain 5 koi ni ochitara 3'56" When in Love 6 supai in rav 4'14" Spies in Love 7 sheiku itto ofu 3'59" Shake It Off 8 papa 5'13" papa 9 kaisoku to watashi 4'32" Pirate and Me 10 pare-do shiyou yo 3'28" Let's Have a Parade Goodies: (regular release in standard jewelbox) Song book has some nice black and white photos of band members. Some of these have been digitized and ftp'd to ferkel by yours truly. Comments: considered a ballad. "Papa" was release with the "Oh Yeah!" CD single and in my opinion "Papa" is the best song on this CD. Incidently one of my favourite songs and a ballad at that. Other songs I recommend are (1,2,3,4, and 7) "Koi ni Ochitara", "Papa" has been romanized and translated by me and is available on request or by ftp from ferkel if demand warrants. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) Corrections. (Kazuo Uezumi) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V:Okui Kaori, K:Konno Tomoko, G: Nakayama Kanako, B:Watanabe Atsuko, D: Tomita Kyohko) Title: Princess Princess Production Co: CBS/Sony Cat#: CSCL1598 Release: 91/12/21 Price: 2800yen Length: 50'53" (11 tracks) Track Data: 1 Rock Me 4'05" 2 teinka-belu 5'13" Tinker Bell 3 taifuu no uta 4'42" Typhoon Song 4 nigero 5'06" Escape! 5 jurian 5'07" Julian 6 Rollin' On The Corner 5'21" 7 sabitsuki bulu-su 3'20" Rusty blues 8 tsukiyo no dekigoto 3'30" Moonlight Episode 9 The Last Moment 4'47" 10 Highway Star 4'51" 11 One 4'21" Goodies: early release comes with a stick pin (regular release in standard jewelbox) Song book has nice colour pictures are band members. These have been digitized and ftp'ed to ferkel by yours truly. Comments: This is Princess Princess' fifth CD. This in my opinion is representative of this band. It has a mix of songs representing rock, ballads, pop, and blues. This is a great start for anyone not familiar with their music. In particular "Rock Me" has a very good rock edge, and great use of the base guitar. This song was release with "Julian" as a CD single which was very popular in Japan at its release, and ranks right out their in people's all time favourites. Other songs which I highly recommend are tracks (9, 10 and 11). "Highway Star" has a good rhythm which seems oddly appropriate for cruising in your wheels. :) "Nigero" is also a good rock tune with good guitar and drum work. Track 7 is also interesting as it uses a sort of 50's rock/blues feel and is song by the Guitarist. Track 8 also stands out, in that it was song by the keyboardist, incidently it is a ballad. In my opinion this CD is their best album. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) Corrections. (Kazuo Uezumi) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V:Okui Kaori, K:Konno Tomoko, G: Nakayama Kanako, B:Watanabe Atsuko, D: Tomita Kyohko) Title: Dolls In Action Production Co: Sony Cat#: SRCL2256 Release: 91/12/07 Price: 2800yen Length: 44'58" (11 tracks) Track Data: 1 Dear 2'25" 2 namae no nai machi 4'37" Town with No Name 3 jangulu purinsesu 5'04" Jungle Princess 4 sora yori umi yori 3'19" More than Sky or Sea (puri pri sanba '91) 5 sabaku no taiyou 3'13" Desert Sun 6 jo-ka- to 100 hito no mouja 3'38" Joker and 100 Gamblers 7 Seven Years After 4'43" 8 Summer Madness 5'42" 9 Come Back 4'12" 10 romansu 4'49" Romance 11 I Love You 3'06" Goodies: (regular release in standard jewel box) Nice black and white photos of band members. Some pictures have been digitized and ftp'd to ferkel by yours truly. Comments: This is Princess Princess's seventh CD. This CD contains a very eclectic mix of styles. Princess Princess tackles in addition to their usual rock and pop styels, attacks samba, reggae, calypso and funk. "Jungle Princess" has been released as a single. As well as "Seven years After" in conjunction with "I Love You". My favourites from this CD are tracks (2, 7, and 10). "Joker and 100 Gamblers" is also note worthy in my opinion as it has a very good driving blues/rock feel to it. "Jungle Princess" is also good as a fun kinda song. Tracks 2 and 7 has a good rhythm and feels very vivacious. In "Summer Madness" the vocals gives it a real moody feel which I think is very appropriate to the song. "Romance" being one of my favourites is a very catchy ballad that really sticks to your mind, you'll be humming it for days. :) Another good album to start of with for those not familiar with their music. "Romance", "I Love You" has been romanized and translated by me, and is available on request or if demands warrant available for ftp at ferkel. The "Dolls in Vegas" video contains songs from this CD with the exception of "Romance" and "Joker and 100 Gamblers". There is also some "home video" style outtakes on this video from the bands trip to Nevada to film this video. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) Corrections. (Kazuo Uezumi) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V: Okui Kaori, K: Konno Tomokoi, G: Nakayama Kanako, D: Tomita Kyohko, B: Watanabe Atsuko) Title: Singles 1987-1992 Production Co: Sony Music Cat#: SRCL-2435 Release: 92/07/15 Price: 3000yen Length: 70'44" (16 tracks) Track Data: <#> <length> <other comments> 1 The Private Fanfare 3'51" Intrumental 2 19 Growing Up 4'15" 88/02/26 from "Here We Are" - Ode to My Buddy 3 Sekai de Ichiban 3'47" 87/07/16 Atsui Natsu 4 Oh Yeah! 4'08" 90/04/21 5 Kiss 4'31" 91/05/10 6 Jurian 5'07" 90/11/21 from "Princess Princess" 7 Koi wa baransu 3'43" 87/04/22 from "Teleportation" 8 Go Away Boy 4'11" 88/05/21 from "Here We Are" 9 Get Crazy! 4'35" 88/10/21 from "Let's Get Crazy!" 10 M 4'33" 89/04/21 from "Let's Get Crazy!" 11 My Will 4'17" 87/11/21 from "Here We Are" 12 Jangulu Purinsesu 5'04" 92/02/05 from "Dolls In Action" 13 Seven Years After 4'43" 91/10/25 from "Dolls In Action" 14 Pairotto ni Naritakure 4'20" 92/05/21 15 Diamonds 4'58" 89/04/21 16 Hareta hi ni 4'28" Goodies: Comes in opaque gray CD case with raised molded gold lettering in the back. Song book has interesting pictures of how the "look" of the group has changed over the years. Comments: Collection of singles released over the last 5 years by Princess Princess. This is the first compilation CD they've released, with 16 tracks and over 70 minutes of music. Tracks 3,7 and 11 are remixed. They've added more guitar into "Koi wa baransu", and more reverb into "My Will". There is a video version of the Singles CD which has all of the songs contained in this CD and well worth getting. A must of Pri-pri fans. (Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Princess Princess (V: Okui Kaori, K: Konno Tomokoi, G: Nakayama Kanako, D: Tomita Kyohko, B: Watanabe Atsuko) Title: Bee-Beep Production co: Sony Music Entertainment Cat#: SRCL 2553 Release: 93.1.21 Price: 2800yen(tax included) Length: 54'46" Track Data: 1.Guitar Man 2.Melody Melody 3.Kareshi Ga Hoshii 4.Bee-Beep 5.Uchi E Kaerou 6.Regret 7.Minato No Mieru Oka 8.Power 9.Eyewitness 10.Wedding 11.Sweet Valentine 12.Voice Goodies: Its CD Box is decorated as a clockwork, a part of which is seen from a small window and when the disk(not CD) is spinned, you'll enjoy "Make Up Show" starring the members of Princess^2. Comments: This is the first album since they have had their greatest hits album titled "Singles 1987-1992". Perhaps it's their second beginning, but has a very relaxed atmosphere. (Kazuhiro Sanada: sana@McLaren.pontneuf.tis.co.jp) Well, initial impressions: the packaging is cool. The CD is in a cardboard sleeve with a drawing of a girl's body (kinda tomboy-ish...looks like a super-deformed character too) with Kyoko head on it. She is looking over her shoulder at you. The 'wheel' is inside the sleeve...it has head shots of the other members of the group. When you turn the wheel, the faces go around and a hand with a pen in it comes into view...then the faces come back with drawings on them...moustaches, etc. So it's made to look like Kyoko is drawing on the girls faces. Pretty cool. The CD itself is in a clear plastic jewelbox and has nice head shots of the girls on it. Very well done. The book is nice and think with neat pictures of the girls wearing either all blue or all yellow...and Tomoko looks so cute! The music is well...it's definitely P^2, but different somehow. The previous reviewer in the discography said they were more laid back...some songs, I could say this is true, but others...no way. There's a country song on here (which is good) and the title song which is sung by Kaori, gives each of the other members a line to say. It's pretty cool...and Tomoko has such a cute voice! So overall, I'd say it's a good album. There's not a song on here I don't like. (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu)