Track Listing
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Yakusoku
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innocence
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Shangri-La
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Yakusoku (off vocal version)
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innocence (off vocal version)
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Shangri-La (off vocal version)
1. Yakusoku
I’m actually surprised that angela went for a ballad as their next A-side. I really like how calm and then powerful atsuko can get with her voice when the arrangement call for either. I can’t blame KATSU either because he made a pretty sweet arrangement as well. Way to go!
2. innocence
OMG, the beginning of this song is so ripped off from Nami Tamaki’s “Sunrize”…After that though, the song becomes more of what I’m used to by angela. It’s a bit like rock but with strings in it as well to make it more epic. I think KATSU’s guitar solo was just amazing here, he never seems to not surprise me whenever he plays guitar. Pretty good B-side.
3. Shangri-La
Shangri-La is actually not a new track of theres. It’s actually the same song from their 5th single of the same name. It’s on here because the single is a tribute to Soukyuu no Fafnir so it’s understandable that the opening theme would be on the single itself. Understanding that, the song does have an opening kind of sound and since it’s a recut track, you can hear that atsuko sounds kind of meh in the song and the arrangement is a little messy, but it’s nice to see the track make a return.
angela’s 2nd single of the “Land Ho!” era was actually a lot better than “Beautiful fighter” since Yakusoku was a sweet ballad and innocence was more of the sound they were going closer with. Shangri-La was nice treat for the fans of the anime, but it sounds dated actually so it was the worst song off the single, but it’s not terrible…
