Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki
CD Report: TMR Best Album

Report by: Richard Uyeyama (ruyeyama@best.com)
V1.1  1/21/96


Basic info:

      Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki no Best Album
      Pioneer, PICA-1049, 3000 (y)en
      12 tracks, 50:21


About the title:

      I've seen some references to this CD as "Ryo-oh-ki's Best Album".  
Although the cover does feature a picture of Ryo-oh-ki, I believe that the 
"Ryo-oh-ki" in the title of the CD is merely the latter half of the full 
title for the series, "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki".  Anyway, hope that clears 
things up...


Quick contents:

      Hmmm... this CD should perhaps have been named "Vocal Collection 1".  
It contains all four vocals from the first soundtrack CD, all five from 
the second, none from the third, and one song each from the first CD 
Special, the second CD Special, and the Christmas CD.


Detailed contents:

track #)  title
      character(s)  (original CD and track #)

 1) Imasara Sekitsui Do:butsu (Watashi no Kare wa Reicho:rui)
      Ryo:ko  (ST2, 1)
 2) Ginga ni Ima Sokari
      Aeka  (ST1, 7)
 3) Maho: Sho:jo Pretty Sami
      Sasami (Sami)  (CDS1, 8)
 4) Ueno no Koi no Monogatari
      Tenchi, Aeka, Ryo:ko  (ST1, 13)
 5) Kimi no Carrot Cake (Koi wa Tariki-hongan)
      Tenchi  (ST2, 25)
 6) O:jo-sama to Oyobi! (O:ke no Hanamuko Kyo:iku)
      Aeka  (ST2, 11)
 7) Dai-ichi Hakken-mono Blues
      Ryo:ko  (ST1, 5)
 8) Taiho wa Kaze Makase (Police Magic)
      Mihoshi  (ST2, 10)
 9) Yu:ki no Sanbaime (Kanashiki Iso:ro:)
      Sasami, Ryo-chan (myaa!  __/^_^\__)  (ST2, 18)
10) Ai no Ejiki
      Mihoshi, Kiyone  (CDS2, 7)
11) Ren'ai no Saino:
      Sasami  (ST1, 15)
12) Koi wa Sessho Yaomahen ka
      Aeka  (Christmas CD, 3)


Song notes:

track #) Best Album time, (original album time), comments

 1) 3:37 (3:38)  New version has fade ending, but otherwise is the same
 2) 5:20 (5:18)  (same)
 3) 2:56 (2:51)  (same)
 4) 4:22 (4:10)  No extraneous talking or messing with the karaoke machine
 5) 5:03 (4:50)  No comments from other characters after every line
 6) 4:06 (4:05)  (same)
 7) 4:12 (4:11)  (same)
 8) 4:28 (4:19)  (same)
 9) 4:02 (4:19)  (same)
10) 4:40 (~4:35)  No extraneous talk during interludes
11) 3:48 (3:49)  (same)
12) 3:47 (3:46)  (same)


Closing comments:

Overall, though the original versions of some of the songs may have been 
more amusing to listen to, for the very fact of the extraneous talking, 
comments, and whatnot, the Best Album versions are perhaps more listenable
for the music itself...