Song Collection Special
Jinzo Ningen Kikaida & Kikaida 01


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This single CD was released in 1989. It has fourteen songs from Jinzo Ningen Kikaida, with complete lyrics, including the opening and ending theme songs and Hakaida's themes; two songs from Kikaida 01, with complete lyrics, the opening and ending themes; and twelve karaoke (instrumental) "bonus tracks" (some of which are on the anniversary CD). The karaoke themes though based on the vocal themes have their own titles.

This CD comes with a 19 page booklet. Besides the one color photo on the cover, there are four black and white photos (two of which are in the anniversary CD booklet as well). The booklet includes the lyrics for all the songs, in Japanese of course.

There are 28 songs on this CD, with a total playing time of 67 minutes and 39 seconds. The song titles are:

Kikaida

  1.  Go Go Kikaida [op] - lyrics: Ishinomori, Shoutarou, vocals: Hide, Yuuki & Columbia Cradle Club
  2.  Fight!! Mechanical Man Kikaida [ed] - lyrics: Hatte Saburo, vocals: Hide, Yuuki & Columbia Cradle Club
  3.  Go On Kikaida! - vocals: Shimon, Masato & Columbia Cradle Club
  4.  Professor Gill's Song - vocals: The Swingers
  5.  Kikaida Counting Song - vocals: Shimon, Masato & Columbia Cradle Club
  6.  Today Too, The Devil Plays The Flute - vocals: Shimon, Masato & Columbia Cradle Club
  7.  Our Kikaida - vocals: Columbia Cradle Club
  8.  Kikaida's Lullaby - vocals: Shimon, Masato
  9.  Hakaida's Song - lyrics: Ishinomori, Shoutarou, vocals: Mizuki, Ichiro
10.  Who's Behind You? - lyrics: Ishinomori, Shoutarou & ?, vocals: Shimon, Masato & Columbia Cradle Club
11.  Dark Rock - vocals: The Swingers
12.  Saburo's Theme - lyrics: Ishinomori, Shoutarou, vocals: Mizuki, Ichiro
13.  If Spring Comes - vocals: Ban, Daisuke
14.  Where Will You Go? - vocals: Shimon, Masato & Columbia Cradle Club

Kikaida 01

15.  Kikaida 01 [op] - lyrics: Ishinomori Shoutarou, vocals: Shimon, Masato
16.  O1 Rock [ed] - lyrics: Hatte Saburo, vocals: Shimon, Masato

Bonus Tracks (Karaoke)

17.  Android Of Justice [Go Go Kikaida]
18.  The Young Man Who Held The Guitar [Fight!! Mechanical Man Kikaida]
19.  Failure Of The Conscience Circuit [Professor Gill's Song]
20.  The Target Is My Older Brother [Saburo's Theme]
21.  The Dark Sniper [Hakaida's Song]
22.  Red and Blue [Our Kikaida]
23.  Like A Flash Of Lightning! The Appearance Of 01 [Kikaida 01]
24.  The Shadow's Plot [Dark Rock]
25.  The Death Of The Great Swordsman Waruda [Kikaida's Lullaby]
26.  Zero One's Life Energy [Today Too, The Devil Plays The Flute]
27.  01 Action [O1 Rock]
28.  The Soldier's Return [Go On Kikaida!]

All songs composed by Watanabe, Michiaki. In most cases I don't know the names of the lyricists (I can't read the Japanese).

CD numbers is 28CC-3177. I got this CD from Tower Records, Aiea, Hawaii. Thanks to InfraMan for purchasing it for me, and mailing it to me and for translating some of the lyrics into English. Title translations 1-4, 7-12, 14-17, 22, 26, 27 by Wayne Vincent, 5 by SaburoA, 6 & 13 by Damien Martinet, 18-21, 23-25, 28 by Mark Masutomi.

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