- Audio CD (28 Jun 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Sony Bmg
- ASIN: B000A1IK8S
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 458,619 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This CD includes all four opening credit and closing credit songs from the brilliant anime series Fullmetal Alchemist. Each of these eight songs is a catchy J-pop track that I have found myself humming from time to time. My favourite track on the CD is Incredible Sin, the series first closing credit song, and this set also includes the music video for this song which is quite fun. If you liked the series then this CD is a must buy.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
The TRUE Tracklist.
14 Oct 2005
Format:Audio CD
This mix is great, if your a longitme fan whos seen the whole series.
HERE IS THE COMPLETE TRACKLIST TRANSLATED:
01 Melissa (first season intro)
02 Kesenai Tsumi (first season closer)
03 READY STEADY GO (second season intro)
04 Tobira no Mukou He (second season intro)
05 UNDO (third season intro)
06 Motherland (third season closer)
07 Rewrite (fourth season intro)
08 I Will (fourth season clower)
If your following them in english, I suggest the first collection, as it has music from the anime. This is just the intros/closers.
~Whodaimen.
HERE IS THE COMPLETE TRACKLIST TRANSLATED:
01 Melissa (first season intro)
02 Kesenai Tsumi (first season closer)
03 READY STEADY GO (second season intro)
04 Tobira no Mukou He (second season intro)
05 UNDO (third season intro)
06 Motherland (third season closer)
07 Rewrite (fourth season intro)
08 I Will (fourth season clower)
If your following them in english, I suggest the first collection, as it has music from the anime. This is just the intros/closers.
~Whodaimen.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Equivalent Exchange?
1 Oct 2006
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
"COMPLETE BEST" is a bit of an awkward title for this collection. Yes, it is "complete" in that this CD compiles the eight songs that opened and closed the credit segments of the anime TV series, but titling it "best" is a bit superfluous, since these are the ONLY songs to bookend the episodes. None of the fine instrumental music heard throughout the series is included here.
If you've watched the series on DVD then you should already be familiar with each of these songs but, if you're like me, and followed the show as it aired in the US on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (which only used two of the opening themes), then some of the music will be new to you. Your enjoyment of this CD will rest heavily on your tolerance for commercialized pop music, which for me, can be a bit of a challenge.
The CD is sequenced so that opening and closing themes alternate. This was a wise choice, as the opening songs tend to be up-tempo rockers sung by men, the closing numbers being mostly sweet or melancholic songs sung by women, and switching between the two in the linear fashion of playing the disc in track order helps to highlight the differences between them.
Of the four opening-credit songs L'Arc-En-Ciel's "Ready, Steady, Go!" and Asian Kung-Fu Generation's "Rewrite" packs the most punch (it didn't hurt that both were accompanied by well-crafted animated sequences). In this catergory Porno Graffitti's "Melissa" sounds out of step not just within the soundtrack, but the series in general, taking a sunny upbeat tone that clashed with some of the earlier episodes' darker themes that it shared (the "Mother" and "Night of the Chimeras Cry" episodes comes to mind).
The closing-credit songs served well as reflective meditations on whatever misfortunes the protagonists faced by episode's end. I don't play these as often, but Yellow Generation's "To The Other Side Of The Door" is, I think, the strongest in this category.
The cover of the booklet is the only place where artwork of the characters is featured. The interior contains the lyrics to each track (in Japanese only) and postage stamp-sized photos of each band/artist. A bonus DVD is included with a video of Nana Kitade's "Indelible Sin", but it's accompanying visuals has only vague themes that tie it to the series (and no FULLMETAL animation). The running time for the music disc clocks barely over 34 minutes, so I suspect the DVD was tossed in to justify a full CD's sticker price, making the whole package seem unnecessarily padded.
Final Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars (based on my enjoyment of the music alone)
If you've watched the series on DVD then you should already be familiar with each of these songs but, if you're like me, and followed the show as it aired in the US on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (which only used two of the opening themes), then some of the music will be new to you. Your enjoyment of this CD will rest heavily on your tolerance for commercialized pop music, which for me, can be a bit of a challenge.
The CD is sequenced so that opening and closing themes alternate. This was a wise choice, as the opening songs tend to be up-tempo rockers sung by men, the closing numbers being mostly sweet or melancholic songs sung by women, and switching between the two in the linear fashion of playing the disc in track order helps to highlight the differences between them.
Of the four opening-credit songs L'Arc-En-Ciel's "Ready, Steady, Go!" and Asian Kung-Fu Generation's "Rewrite" packs the most punch (it didn't hurt that both were accompanied by well-crafted animated sequences). In this catergory Porno Graffitti's "Melissa" sounds out of step not just within the soundtrack, but the series in general, taking a sunny upbeat tone that clashed with some of the earlier episodes' darker themes that it shared (the "Mother" and "Night of the Chimeras Cry" episodes comes to mind).
The closing-credit songs served well as reflective meditations on whatever misfortunes the protagonists faced by episode's end. I don't play these as often, but Yellow Generation's "To The Other Side Of The Door" is, I think, the strongest in this category.
The cover of the booklet is the only place where artwork of the characters is featured. The interior contains the lyrics to each track (in Japanese only) and postage stamp-sized photos of each band/artist. A bonus DVD is included with a video of Nana Kitade's "Indelible Sin", but it's accompanying visuals has only vague themes that tie it to the series (and no FULLMETAL animation). The running time for the music disc clocks barely over 34 minutes, so I suspect the DVD was tossed in to justify a full CD's sticker price, making the whole package seem unnecessarily padded.
Final Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars (based on my enjoyment of the music alone)
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A must have for FMA fans...
28 Feb 2006
Format:Audio CD
If you're new to Anime and find the price to be a little high for your taste, bite the bullet and buy this CD. You'll be getting the full length versions of the outstanding opening and ending music played throught the Fullmetal Alchemist series. The performances on this CD range from rock/alternative to pop/soul and are a refreshing change from the oft-recycled themes peddled by many American record labels. AND, at (when this was written) less than $24 it's one of the less-expensive J-Pop compilations available on Amazon. Take the plunge, you'll wear this CD out...
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