Okay, I know I shouldn't double post but I just can't not share this awesome piece of news.
Remember TRIBAL LINK?
(If not, just take a look at my post above.) Anyway, TRIBAL LINK isn't just a live event. I've will also be releasing two cover albums called
TRIBAL LINK-L and
TRIBAL LINK-R on 29th of July. I was aware of these albums before, but I never said a word because I thought it would be just a bunch of other anisong and eroge singers covering I've songs (like
unify, a cover album released ages ago containing I've songs re-sung and re-arranged by some eroge group I can't remember more about). Now that the tracklists have been revealed though, we can see that it's totally not just guests covering I've. Tracklist below. Also, covers.
EDIT: The tracklists for each release got confirmed.
TRIBAL LINK-L
1. IMMORAL (KOTOKO)
2. Abyss (奥井雅美)
3. blossomdays (Larval Stage Planning)
4. birthday eve (橋本みゆき)
5. 砂の城 -The Castle of Sand- (川田まみ)
6. アナタだけのAngel☆ (榊原ゆい)
7. 常識！バトラー行進曲 (nao)
8. Face of Fact (詩月カオリ)
9. For our days (MAKO)
10. Collective (飛蘭)
11. Princess Brave！ (桃井はるこ)
12. Leaf Ticket (佐藤ひろ美)
13. SHIFT -世代の向こう- (島みやえい子)
TRIBAL LINK-R
1. Velocity of sound (飛蘭)
2. The Maze (詩月カオリ)
3. ジェットスマッシュ！ (桃井はるこ)
4. Ever stay snow (nao)
5. Lupe (川田まみ)
6. Automaton (奥井雅美)
7. Close to me… (島みやえい子)
8. jihad (榊原ゆい)
9. Permit ～許しの塔～ (佐藤ひろ美)
10. Lilies line (Larval Stage Planning)
11. Philosophy (橋本みゆき)
12. FLY TO THE TOP (KOTOKO)
13. Double HarmoniZe Shock!! (MAKO and 川田まみ)
So, as we can see it's the same line-up the live event has, which is only predictable. This tracklist makes me excited for many reasons: Kaori Utatsuki actually gets to sing something other than denpa or ballads, Mami Kawada gets to make her own rendition of Eiko's undying classic Suna no Shiro, Eiko's version of Close to me... sounds like an awesome idea, KOTOKO's FLY TO THE TOP will most likely top MELL's original and MAKO will appear on an I've release for the first time since 2004! Her return is certainly welcomed, as her songs were (for me) some of the highlights of the earlier I've Girls Compilations.
The one complaint I have would be about Larval Stage Planning: it seems they're the new Kaori Utatsuki, releasing nothing but denpa songs.
Though Airi's
two HeaRt and Nami's
piece of my heart definitely showed these girls have potential, they are reduced to being the new denpa girls. But maybe I'm just being too cynical; after all, the LSP girls have barely been with I've for a year.
The guest line-up also looks promising. Hiromi Satou's duet with KOTOKO way back in... 2004, I think, was definitely great and I think she can also pull off songs on her own. nao I know from her work with fripSide and I expect great things from her tracks, since especially the later fripSide have her sounding great. Also, her distinctive voice should do wonders to the endlessly bland Ever stay snow.
The rest, however, I have never listened to. I've heard about Yui and Halco though, so at least they shouldn't be complete nobodies.
So, I'm definitely looking forward to the TRIBAL LINK albums! What about all of you others (if there's anyone following this thread). Do share your opinions, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who wants my monologue to end!
(PS: Cookies for you if you actually read through this whole monster of a post! It seems I still have much to learn about not writing huge walls of text...)