Namie Before Namie
I mostly bought this to complete my Namie Amuro albums. This album is a collection of songs she did prior to going solo when she was still part of SUPER MONKEYS, many of them still include those members, so it's extremely different from anything released after she went out on her own. It's pretty decent, but still not fantastic. There are a couple songs on it I'm not at all fond of, the worst being track 2, "Koi no Cute Bear" which I find exceptionally irritating. However, I also found plenty of songs I like too. "Taiyou no SEASON", "Aishite Muscat" & "TRY ME ~Watashi wo Shinjite~" are my personal top favorites on this CD. The SHM-CD format also makes the sound even clearer and much better quality than the original 90s release as well. I have seen photos of the original release though, and the packaging is no different from the original. The disk, booklet and everything else is completely identical.