A super budget sounding collection of cover songs I do not know, except for one - because it happens to be covered by everyone. I need to make my own cover and merge the high-points of every cover version. Also, what is an R-GIRL?
Highlights: secret base～君がくれたもの～
6.5/10
Racing into the Night [Single] - INKYMAP
Song of the year for 2024 and this year and every year after. That bridge with the rapping and gang vocals is just perfection.
Highlights: Racing into the Night, Mayday
9/10
RADWIMPS - RADWIMPS
Low budget indie early recordings. The earliest, even! It all sounds poorly recorded and there is something about the guitars that just sound terrible. Which is a shame, because some of the songs could have been good, I think?
Highlights: 「ずっと大好きだよ」「ほんと?..., 愛し ~明くる明け~
5.5/10
RADWIMPS 2 ~発展途上~ - RADWIMPS
More of the same, except maybe the guitars sound even worse? And the drums are mixed so far back in the mix it all honestly sounds like demos. Somewhere along the way they start mixing in rap and it immediately improves the album. 祈跡 is flashes of what made 君の名は。work.
Highlights: ヒキコモリロリン, そりゃ君が好きだから, 祈跡 [Album Version], 俺色スカイ
6/10
RADWIMPS 3 ~無人島に持っていき忘れた一枚~ - RADWIMPS
Things have immediately improved! There is a still a bit of poor production that kind of hampers songs like 25コ目の染色体 and へっくしゅん, but when this album rocks, it rocks pretty hard! Getting a label deal and putting in more effort helped them develop a much more commercial and interesting sound.
Highlights: 最大公約数, 4645, セプテンバーさん, 最後の歌
7/10
RADWIMPS 4 ~ふたりごと (一生に一度のワープ)~ - RADWIMPS
Say hello to the RADWIMPS we all knew and loved! Sure, this is not the absolute peak of their best, but it is the start of that real RADWIMPS sound era. And holy moly were they great!!! And it is crazy that they still got better than this; I actually wish I could just continue with a full RADWIMPS marathon right now to prove it right (and then experience the dramatic downfall).
Highlights: いいんですか?, 有心論, ます, Me Me She
8/10
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
I have said it before and I will say it forever: these guys should have just released this album and bounced and it would have just been the most legendary drop ever. This album is a perfect encapsulation of their anger at everything wrong with the world and has been the anthem of the youth (and angry leftists) since. Lightning in a bottle.
Highlights: Wake Up, Bombtrack, Know Your Enemy, Township Rebellion, Freedom
9/10
Rainbow - Mariah Carey
MC leaning heavily in to the popular hip-hop vibes of *checks notes* 1999? Yeah... that tracks with the sound of this. The G-Funk era had peaked about 3 years prior, so it would make sense to try and copy that here. Missy Elliott is awesome as always.
Highlights: Heartbreaker [Remix], Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Heartbreaker, Crybaby
6.5/10
RAINBOW - Ayumi Hamasaki
That bass line in Real me is so gawdamn ON! This whole album is full of power and emotion and powerful emotions. It is a weird mix of dark and intropective ballads, coupled with the biggest bops of the Summer - I mean, there is literally a song called July 1st. It is all rather glorious and a testament to the kind of diversity I love about Ayu. And the bass playing just kills me.
Highlights: Heartplace, Real me, July 1st, independent+
8.5/10
RAISE YOUR HANDS!! - PSYCHIC LOVER
This is a bit more poppy and upbeat, but then also features the darkest epic PSYCHIC LOVER song to finish things off. And the first song in English, which I do not need but it is still fun. I would like more PSYCHIC LOVER in the world...
Highlights: Welcome to the Real World, BIG BANG, Save My Soul, Vanguard Fight
7/10
Raised on Radio - Journey
I think this must have been the end of this lineup? Because this is definitely their weakest album; a few great songs, but all fairly mediocre harmless radio rock.
Highlights: Why Can't This Night Go On Forever, Suzanne, Be Good to Yourself, Raised on Radio
7/10
Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
The Kings of Rock really lived up to the moniker on this one; a lot of the songs have more energy and a bit more bite, the beats are solid and the guitars are everywhere (and out of tune on the title track). The awesome part is amongst the noise are a few VERY minimalist tracks that either feature just drums or are basically acapella, which gives space to the message the Kings are throwing out there.
Highlights: Proud to Be Black, It's Tricky, Walk This Way, You Be Illin'
8.5/10
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