2 CDs
2 CDs + Blu-ray
The release of The Best flumpool 2.0 ~ Blue[2008-2011]& Red[2019-2023]~ is to celebrate flumpool's 15th anniversary in the business .
Aozora Brand New , Beginner's Note & Naiteiinda are included in the 2nd disc of the best album , Red[2019-2023] .
Track 2 Naiteiinda was used as the opening theme to promote the anime Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. . This song was 1st released digitally on 5th Oct & a video was made to promote the song .
Beginner's Note is found as Track 5 in Red[2019-2023] while Aozora Brand New serves as Track 8 .
flumpool marks the 15th anniversary of their music debut with the 2 CDs best album The Best flumpool 2.0 ~ Blue[2008-2011]& Red[2019-2023]~ !
The 1st disc Blue mainly composed of early songs released from 2008 to 2011 . All songs included in Blue , the vocals were all newly recorded for this 1st disc .
The 2nd disc Red consists of songs released during 2019 to this year , including prior digital released songs Sono Tsugi ni , Magic , Hiasobi & 3 additional new songs that haven't previously been released in a CD ie. Aozora Brand New , Beginner's Note & Naiteiinda .
Knowing it has been 15 years since flumpool made their music debut is mind blowing . This means I've supported them for so long and it felt like yesterday when they released their debut mini album Unreal .
Material wise I definitely feel the Blue disc is more substantial & nostalgic . It has been 15 years since Unreal EP was released but yet some of flumpool's best material such as Hana ni Nare , Over the rain ~Hikari no Hashi~ , Harukaze still stood the test of time til now .
Hearing how much vocalist Ryuta has improved vocally in the re-recorded songs in the Blue disc is heartening especially since he had problems with his vocals before he underwent surgery .
As for the 3 new songs included in the Red disc , Aozora Brand New , Beginner's Note & Naiteiinda are all different from each other but in a good way .
I personally wished flumpool would have make both discs separately to purchase as to me , I prefer the contents in the Blue disc a lot more over the Red disc . In addition , I'm not a fan of the material included in the Red disc as it felt oddly incomplete .
Considering the best album is titled The Best flumpool 2.0 ~ Blue[2008-2011]& Red[2019-2023]~ , it's a bit strange that 2012-2018 worth of material was left out . Perhaps flumpool is saving this for a future new best compilation ? That reminds to be seen .
For now , happy 15th anniversary flumpol & here's looking forward to the next music chapter of their career .
A newly re-recorded version of SPYAIR's 2014 / 14th single , this is the 4th song that SPYAIR re-recorded this year after Samurai Heart (Some Like It Hot!!) , My World & RAGE OF DUST .
The new updated version of Imagination doesn't stray so much from how the original sounded like which's not a bad thing .
1 thing interesting about the digital release date of Imagination -New Version- was that it was released on the same day as Haikyu!! ︎Festa 2023 which I don't think it was a coincidence .
And during Haikyu!! ︎Festa 2023 , SPYAIR sung the 3 songs that they provided for the Haikyu!! anime ie. Imagination , I'm・A・Believer & One Day .
With 2023 coming to an end soon , I'm interested to see what will be the 1st musical release SPYAIR will put out with their new vocalist YOSUKE .
I think SPYAIR might do something similiar with what they did with their 5th album KINGDOM ie. a 2nd disc that has re-recorded versions of existing songs while the 1st disc might have new songs including RE-BIRTH .
Only time will tell which I'm waiting in anticipation on .