Customer Reviews

Just Fade Away: Music of Cowboy Bebop and Other Sounds for the Discerning Otaku

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wouldn't recommend this to anyone who likes the original soundtracks, it is much different than cow boy bebop's sound tracks. The remixed songs were very tacky, the last song was a interview that didn't make much sense for me to hang around to listen to. 2/13 songs are decent to listen to, the others have been thrown around. Production value of this cd would be 0/5 stars if i could rate that.

At first I was a little disappointed by these covers with rap overlays. Still not pleased with all of them. I had ordered this because it had my favorites and didn't require a $40 investment. But, when I listened to it, they seemed ruined by the rap. However, I was caught by surprise by "Words We Cannot Say". In fact, I'd like to share it with my friends. I think that half-listening to it was helpful. Still, though, one great song is the only reason for the 3rd star.

In the track "Brian Burns meets Ed" a voice says "I don't know what's going on here." this is obvious through the whole album.

"Tank" a biting theme denoting the fast paced action that the film noir theme of the show demands is turned into more of a driving on a cruise tune.

"Rain" is turned into a love song instead of a memory of love lost that won't fade into pain as life goes along. I could give examples for every track, but they would all be the same thing.

While the female vocals are excellent, the occasional droppings of the male "urban street" vocals are jarring and do not fit at all. Frankly they are as welcome as bodily byproducts in a punch bowl, but not as tasty. The time the "urban street" voice tried to sound like a member of the Yakuza, was just pitiful, and probably appeared racist.

It is a well produced album with excellent instrumental work and arrangement, but next time, watch the show first.

The album is not a straight rip of the Cowboy Bebop and other tunes; instead, it is a thoughtful interpretation of them by a group of skilled musicians.

The lead-off Tank! sets the tone for the album. It is less driving and raw than the original by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts, but still pulses with high energy tempered with an urban sophistication that I find myself liking... and that I can listen to repeatedly without exhaustion.

Although sometimes heavily produced, much of the music on the album is slightly unpolished or arranged quirkily. I think this is actually a nice surprise, since it brings a sense of human experience to the album. I mean, you can see the musicians at work here, making choices and getting into the beats.

I will be looking for more in this vein from RAYZD!

this is really good music, i wasn't sure if these versions, particularly the real folk blues, were the ones actually used in the cowboy bebop series but they are really good songs none the less.