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Im loving the re-recordings but I agree that 2:03 is horrible. Kyo needs to stop being the Mariah of jrock. He like actually ruined the song halfway in. 

We’re lucky I’ll is on there. 

- Everything (other than the re-recordings) was remastered, but VULGAR/Wtd. aside, the differences are very subtle.
 - Using the single version of 脈 before 理由 was kind of strange, they should have just used the album version. Child prey is the album version, not single version
 - Disc 3 is problematic; only a handful of the songs are terrible, but only less than half I would have voted to include on a best-of album
 
On Disc 1, 太陽の蒼 and ain't afraid to die could have just been replaced by MACABRE (the song), and if there was still room on the CD, add in the original 羅刹国.
My problem with Disc 2 is that they tried to cram in songs from 4 different albums. What I think they should have done is use that disc for just VULGAR/Wtd./MARROW, and put UROBOROS tracks on Disc 3.
 
I made alternative tracklists for each disc, and here's what I picked for Disc 3:
 
I refuse to believe that anyone voted for utafumi, OBSCURE 2011, or Sustain the untruth.

Single version of Clever Sleazoid is a good move though. Almost a curveball. But the Decade collections had some surprises too, mostly Jealous -reverse- and the single version of Embryo. 

Tell me about it. The fact that they missed all of those but heavily represented the shittier remakes is beyond me. Unless the Obscure remake is there to highlight a low point in the band's career? We are trawling through their history after all
 
Skipping Macabre (the song) when you have 3 discs worth of space is a sin. 

Wait a minute...I've only just realised that GRIEF is missing. What the flip?! 

I'm digging how much harder CD 2 is in general. Dead Tree sounds so much fuller, especially with that audible bassline! 

Damn. Remastered Child Prey goes HARD. 

this release is such a trip, remastered I'll vocals sound better than anything they released post-2007 that involves Kyo;
 
hearing mentions of "embarrassment" from this band over their fabulous past is surreal when you consider that dwarf sounds like an alcoholic pixie when he sings, and a hangover alcoholic pixie when he growls
 
vulgar re-recordings they put on this to avoid paying sound engineers extra are unnecessary, the entire first half of CD III is in fact.
 
I'm curious for the new album direction because I actually liked utafumi when it came out, but my interest for everything dir en grey/sukekiyo is almost dead at this point, their younger and more scenic copycats have completely filled the void of 2002-2005 Deg excellence for me at this point.

SPANK UND SPANK is vaguely reminiscent of Rammstein. 

Fukai seems to be the only remake that they actually put a solid effort in.
 
 
I'm also just gonna pretend like the other two remakes don't exist because they were terrible. I may check out the actual re-masters when it leaks but im sure i'll just stick to the originals. This is just a cash grab, nothing more and nothing less. Just give us a new album please for the love of Zordon.

awful new Obscure (2)

MiA and Asagi should form their own fairy tale visual Kei unit IT'S LITERALLY A PERFECT MATCH it's what visual Kei needs. Let's bring back some of the magic that vk has lost in the past years. 

wtf are you guys talking about? They only remade Fukai and Beautiful Dirt.

Im loving the re-recordings but I agree that 2:03 is horrible. Kyo needs to stop being the Mariah of jrock. He like actually ruined the song halfway in. 

You know damn well the fans voted for Garden, but DEG was like “LOL”

All it takes to make X "great" again is just to have Yoshiki SOMEHOW offending Coachella-frequenting journos with his (likely) bad takes.
 
That is, a take much worse than his overall career.

THEY MUST DO DAHLIA, I believe it's an approachable enough song for the western audience? They must really play their cards right if they want this to work for them.

OH MY FUCKING GOD YOU WERE NOT JOKING BITCH 

Im loving the re-recordings but I agree that 2:03 is horrible. Kyo needs to stop being the Mariah of jrock. He like actually ruined the song halfway in. 

Im loving the re-recordings but I agree that 2:03 is horrible. Kyo needs to stop being the Mariah of jrock. He like actually ruined the song halfway in. 

wait...
 

Wow, when bands say they want to tour abroad it’s usually a half-assed statement. However, they really seem passionate in that video to actually really want to go overseas to perform. Good for them. I hope they know they actually do have fans outside of Japan! 

They've got the glitchy electronics from Vulgar back, but the drop tuning still verges on chugfest territory. I wish they would rely less on studio magic in their newer stuff though. I actually liked their one-takes because you could at least feel the space in the recordings.
 
edit: needs more yurayura