SHO-CO-SONGS collection 2

2nd Box Set

Sony Music Direct MHCL-1460~62

Released 12.24.2008

Track listing
Disc One

1. Sweet Thing (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
2. Hourglass (words: Yasuo Sugibayashi/music: Shoko Suzuki)
3. Little Wing (words: Yasuo Sugibayashi/music: Shoko Suzuki)
4. Happiness (New Arrangement) (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
5. Kotoba (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
6. Hanataba (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
7. Todokukashira (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
8. Love Child (words: Yasuo Sugibayashi/music: Hiroaki Sugawara)
9. Silent Dream (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
10. Farewell Song (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
11. Ai wa Itsumo (Remix) (words: Masami Tozawa/music: Shoko Suzuki)
12. Circle Game (single version) (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
13. Happiness (single version) (words & music: Shoko Suzuki)
14. Anata wo Shitte Irukara (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
15. Lovin' You (words & music: Richard Rudolph & Minnie Ripperton)

Disc Two

1. Radio no Youni (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
2. Koufuku no Ki (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
3. Chime (words: Mariko Okabe/music: Shoko Suzuki)
4. Tokimeki wa Namida ni Makenai (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
5. Sora no Kyuuka (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
6. Goodbye, My Friend (words: Yuki Kajiura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
7. Original Aim (words & music: Corey Hart)
8. Ryoute Ippai (words: Mariko Okabe/music: Shoko Suzuki)
9. My love, my love (words: Mariko Okabe/music: Shoko Suzuki)
10. Yasashii Ame (words: Kyoko Koizumi/music: Shoko Suzuki)
11. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (words: Hal David/music: Burt Bacharach)
12. I Say a Little Prayer (words: Hal David/music: Burt Bacharach)
13. Aozora no Kakera / This Girl's in Love With You (words: Hal David/music: Burt Bacharach/Japanese words: Shoko Suzuki)
14. Make It Easy on Yourself (words: Hal David/music: Burt Bacharach)
15. Kaze ni Orenai Hana (words: Masumi Kawamura/music: Shoko Suzuki)
16. Yasashii Ame (single version) (words: Kyoko Koizumi/music: Shoko Suzuki)
17. I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus (words & music: Tommie Connor)

Disc Three (Bonus DVD)

1. Happiness (promotion clip: 1991)
2. "Shoko Suzuki Sings Bacharach & David" (digest)
3. Anata wo Shitte Irukara (live: 1992.8.10)
4. Sweet Thing (live: 1992.8.10)
5. Ryoute Ippai (excerpt/live: 1994.1.21)
6. Sora no Kyuuka (live: 1994.1.21)
7. Tokimeki wa Namida ni Makenai (excerpt/live: 1994.1.21)
8. Goodbye, My Friend (excerpt/live: 1994.1.21)
9. Yasashii Ame (excerpt/live: 1994.1.21)
10. Love Child (live: 1993.8.5-6)
11. Dokonimo Kaeranai (live: 1993.8.5-6)

Shoko's second box set, collecting songs from 1989 through 1994 into one set, along with the odd track that couldn't make it onto the last set for reasons of space ("Circle Game"). Along with various single versions and songs from hits collections (in addition to the full albums, obviously), a previously unreleased track -- a cover of Minnie Ripperton's "Loving You" -- is at the end of disc one. Like the collection 1 set, this is a terrific set for any Shoko fan (especially those of us who can't get the original records very easily), putting together a bunch of out-of-print albums in one place along with a bonus DVD. As for the DVD itself, many of the performances are mere excerpts, likely due to source degredation, but it's still nice to see these old performances and PV clips (I get a kick out of the "Happiness" PV, where it looks like Shoko just walked out of a '90s grunge video from the U.S.). It's not very often an artist gets these kinds of collections for all their old material, so I'm grateful to Shoko and Sony for putting these out.

SHO-CO-SONGS collection 2 [2CD+DVD] / Shoko Suzuki - Purchase album at CDJapan

Disc 1, track 12 from Station Wagon CD single
Disc 1, tracks 1-10 originally released as Hourglass
Disc 1, tracks 11, 14 & Disc 2, track 15 from Harvest
Disc 1, track 15 previously unreleased
Disc 2, track 16 from Radio no Youni CD single
Disc 2, tracks 1-10 originally released as RadioGenic
Disc 2, track 17 from Original Aim CD single
Disc 2, tracks 11-14 originally released as Shoko Suzuki Sings Bacharach & David

See individual album pages for album credits.