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Cowboy Bebop Tank: Best

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So yeah, as far as Cowboy Bebop material goes, there's already been 3 OSTs, the movie soundtrack, the 4-disc box set, the remix CD, Vitaminless, Cowgirl Ed and Ask DNA. Now there's this one. Nine of the 12 songs from this can be found on one of those other records. The three that aren't are nothing particularly new and nothing to write home about. "Diamonds" is ballady track that's a bit over the top, and the other two newbies are filler compared to the rest of the album.

Moreover, the pop vocal songs from the movie OST/Ask DNA ("No Reply" and "Gotta Knock a Little Harder" and "Cosmic Dare," great songs all) don't quite mesh with the more jazzy selections from the show. It's a rather weird selection. So while the content of this album is terrific, Bebop fans with many of the aforementioned releases already in their clutches don't really need it.

I am a Cowboy Bebop fanatic. So, when I heard there was allegedly a CD that includes the music that will be used in the video game - set to be released in June of 05 - including some new tracks written especially for it - I had to have it.

The CD is wonderful (like a Bebop fan would expect any less from Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts by now with their existing body of work) and provides a few changes of pace that might surprise and the softest vocals I've ever heard from Steve Conte. However, a real treasure is the booklet with the CD which chronicles the career of The Seatbelts with mock up album covers and one song noting that it was from a short film about a dog named Ein who meets up with a European lady...hmm...now that's something I'd like to see.

Point is, even though all of the tracks except for three are tracks you've heard before - it is an excellent compilation and some of the new ones might surprise you. I'm not a big gamer, but I know I have to try this game at least once when it comes out.

I love the Seatbelts and Cowboy Bebop so I may be more than a tad biased. This album is great and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys great music and something fresh.

"Cowboy Bebop: Tank" is an excellent album for any music enthusiast, much less a Cowboy Bebop fan. Its eclectic selection of songs range from jazz to pop to steel string blues. The music is top notch in quality and energy. Perfect CD for a summertime roadtrip.

This has a decent selection of songs from the Cowboy Bebop anime. I recognized a couple of songs from Cowboy Bebop: The Movie ("Cosmic Dare (Pretty With a Pistol)" and "Gotta Knock a Little Harder"). I know I also recognized one of the songs appearing in an episode ("Mushroom Hunting" came from the episode, "Mushroom Samba").

This disc was sequenced in such a way that most of the up-tempo numbers appeared during the first half of the disc, and most of the mid-tempos and ballads appeared on the second half. Unfortunately, this kind of track sequencing makes it hard to listen to the disc all the way through (by the time I hit the last three songs, I was starting to fall asleep).

There's a good selection of music here, but it's probably best not to listen to this CD straight through. You're porbably better off either programming the songs in a different order, or have your CD player randomly choose the order in which the songs are played.