Chara de Rie
VIZL-93
Released 2003 Sept. 10
3465 yen

First press comes in a double CD case, containing a CD, a DVD and a 
small hankerchief. Instead of the usual booklet, there are 6 
postcards the size of the CD case. There is one for each track, 
with photo(s) on the front and lyrics on the back.

The CD contains 6 tracks, featuring Rie versions of three Chobits 
songs, two from Gundam Seed, and a new track.

The DVD is in two parts, totalling about 8 minutes. First is a 
music video for ningyo hime (2nd Chobits ED), where she walks 
around in a white dress in a deserted part of a built up area. 
Second part is promotional for her album 24 Wishes. Random photos 
and video are shown to short clips of songs from the album.

My comments: Although I like the Chobits songs, I didn't find the 
rest of the album very interesting. Worth it more for the 
collectables than the music, I wouldn't recommend this unless you 
were a big fan of hers.

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24 Wishes
VICL-60999
Released 2003 Jan. 3
3045 yen

Her latest album with 11 tracks. This has quite a "chobits" feel to 
it, helped along quite a bit by the inclusion of the two ED songs. 
The enclosed booklet contains the usual lyrics and random photos. 
Most of the photos are recognisable from the promo DVD from Chara 
de Rie.

My comments: I like this album ^_^

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Garnet
SVWC-7168
Released 2003 Jan. 29
2100 yen

A re-issue of her first album. 

My comments: I find this quite mixed, there's some good tracks, 
some not so good... the track "Have you never been mellow" is in 
English, which she sings very well.

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Cover scans for the above are at www.kawaii.demon.co.uk/rie/

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On a totally unrelated and probably off topic note, I recently saw 
an advert that Kotoko is releasing her debut album in Spring 2004. 
Kotoko sings many songs from Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins 
including the OP/ED.

mackerel ~ www.kawaii.org ~ mackerel@kawaii.org