MARIMITE CHRISTMAS ALBUM? Oh my gaaaawd. Someone first told me about it on IRC last week and I knew I HAD to hear it for myself. Well... I found it and took a listen:
The premise here is simple, make the cast of "Maria Watches Over Us" sing arranged Christmas songs. What actually resulted is the most hilariously cheesy engrish album I've possibly ever laid ears upon. All the tracks are sung in English, accompanied by obviously fake instruments. I'm sure it wouldn't have been hard to translate the songs into Japanese, which might have made the CD pleasant to listen to. This album is pretty good for a laugh though. You'd think they could pronounce "year" instead of just "eeee" or "kin" instead of "key."
Tracklist is as follows:
1 - Fukuzawa Yumi (Ueda Kana), Shimazu Yoshino (Ikezawa Haruna), Toudou Shimakao (Noto Mamiko) - JOY TO THE WORLD
2 - Matsudaira Touko (Kugimiya Rie), Nijou Noriko (Shimizu Kaori), Hosokawa Kanako (Koshimizu Ami) - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
3 - Fukuzawa Yumi (Ueda Kana), Shimazu Yoshino (Ikezawa Haruna), Toudou Shimakao (Noto Mamiko) - O Come All ye Faithful
4 - Toudou Shimakao (Noto Mamiko), Nijou Noriko (Shimizu Kaori) - Silent Night
5 - Fukuzawa Yumi (Ueda Kana), Matsudaira Touko (Kugimiya Rie) - Angels we Have Heard on High
6 - Fukuzawa Yumi (Ueda Kana), Shimazu Yoshino (Ikezawa Haruna), Toudou Shimakao (Noto Mamiko) - We Wish You a Merry Christmas