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I had some fun going through the entire discography and choosing the songs, so I decided to bring the challenge to you guys as well and see how different each member's playlist would look like!
Here's what I came up with. I boldened the number 1 song from the album, just because lol. I'll try to add some comments regarding what went through my head when deciding.
- Best Scandal: Space Ranger | Doll
It was really hard to leave Shoujo S out, but I couldn't bring myself to change any of these two. Space Ranger is such a cool song, and Doll is an absolute classic, this playlist would be weird without it.
- Temptation Box: Shunkan Sentimental | Hi-Hi-Hi
Another classic, Shunkan Sentimental was my first Scandal song, so no way I'd leave that one out. Hi-Hi-Hi rocks too much, I was between this or Aitai but Hi-Hi-Hi came out on top.
- Baby Action: Very Special | Scandal Nanka Buttobase
Scandal Nanka Buttobase is actually my second favorite Scandal song ever (it's weird, I know haha), and the reason I wanted to make this playlist. I love this song, it's so energetic and the way they sing makes it so cool, I love how they alternate between each other mid-sentence, really makes the song special to me.
- Queens Are Trumps: Queens Are Trumps | Koe
Koe is my number one song, so that was a given. I absolutely love Koe, and the first time I listened to it it made me really emotional even before I looked up the lyrics, I just felt it was something special (and I was totally right). My second choice was between Queens Are Trumps, Rock'n Roll or Taiyou Scandalous, but I ended up going with the title song for the album.
- Standard: Awanaitsumorino Genkidene | Kagen no Tsuki
When I thought about making this playlist, I thought I would have a hard time choosing my favorites from Standard, as it is my favorite album overall. It ended up being pretty easy, as these two songs are just so good. Kagen no Tsuki is another one of my Top 5 songs and Awanaitsumorino Genkidene is just amazing (I feel like it's probably the best Scandal song overall and the one I find the easiest to recommend to someone who doesn't know Scandal and is not into Japanese music per se, not sure why).
- Hello World: Onegai Navigation | Runners High
Ok so here it gets weird. Hello World is my second favorite album, but I had a harder time choosing my second song for this playlist (Onegai Navigation was instantly included lol). I was between Departure, Honn Wo Yomu and Runners High but ended up with Runners High after I decided to cheat a bit and include the Best Album disc. More below:
- Best Album (Disc 1): Departure | Freedom Fighters
- Best Album (Disc 2): Flashback no. 5 | Scandal in the House
So, two reasons why I decided to include this album on the list. First I didn't want to go with singles otherwise I'd just include almost all of them and render this whole playlist pointless, but I had to include Flashback no. 5 in this somehow as it is in my top 5. Also, Freedom Fighters fucking rules and it's only available here. For the first disc I went with Departure, that I had a hard time leaving out on the Hello World selection, and for the second I went with Flashback no. 5 for the reasons stated and Scandal in the House because as contradicting as it is since I've already chosen Departure, I didn't want to choose another song I could pick from another album... also, it adds a different flavor to the playlist, since nothing else quite sounds like this song here.
- Yellow: Heaven na Kibun | Suki Suki
Yellow was, to my surprise, the hardest album on the list and the one I did last, because I simply couldn't choose. It's not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination, I actually think it's one of the weaker albums to me, so all the songs kind of blend together and I don't feel particularly strong about any of them. I'm not sure which one is my favorite of them and to be honest this section is still open for future revision. EDIT: I ended up listening to this album a lot more and it grew on me quite a bit. Heaven na Kibun is now my favorite track on the album (funny cause it wasn't even on the list before lol), Suki Suki remains at number 2, but now I like the album as a whole a lot more. I still think it's probably the second least favorite one to me though, with Honey being last.
- Honey: Midnight City | Electric Girl
Another album I'm not a huge fan (it's actually my least favorite), but this time it was easy to choose from. I actually really like Midnight City, and after seeing Electric Girl live I went with it over Oh! No!, even though I'm a sucker for songs with Mami singing. Both of these songs are great.
- Scandal Show: Beauteen!! | Love Survive
Since I included the Best Album, there was no reason not to include this one. I went with Beauteen!! since it's not available in any other album and went with Love Survive since it almost made it on the Baby Action selection.
- Encore Show: Midnight Television | Emotion
Lastly, I couldn't leave Encore Show out since as far as I remember none of these songs are on other albums, and Emotion is another one of my top 5. I absolutely love both of songs, as well as this album as a whole.
Anyway, here's my list! Of course, it's still subject to changes as I listen to the albums again and get obsessed over different tracks lol. I'll probably keep listening to Yellow for a few more days until I can come up with a selection I'm more comfortable with. I'm curious about what other people come up with!
Also, I apologize in advance for any misspell or wrong words. I'm not used to writing that much at once in English lol.
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EDIT 1: Included R-GIRLs ROCK!, that I forgot about when making the playlist originally.
- R-GIRLs ROCK!: Rock n Roll Widow | Secret Base
This one was kind of easy. Although it's a really short album and every song here is really cool, these two are easily the best for me. But as Don Dio said, if Don't Say Lazy was here, it would be instantly included, probably replacing Secret Base.
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EDIT 2: I changed my second pick for Baby Action. Pride leaves, Very Special enters. I altered the comment for that album to reflect the new pick.
Last edited by hohenheim on Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:42 am; edited 4 times in total (Reason for editing : changed Baby Action's second song!)