Beat of the Week: Extra terrestrial Biological Entities

October 12, 2012
Posted by Tr3xus


Hey guys!

I'm back with this week's beat! Today, rather than reviewing a song, I will be reviewing EGOIST's new album: Extra terrestrial Biological Entities.

For those who watched Guilty Crown, you would definitely know the band EGOIST. EGOIST is a fictional band from the anime, Guilty Crown. The songs are produced by ryo, from the famous j-pop band, supercell. The vocalist is portrayed by Yuzuriha Inori, her vocals are provided by Chelly.

There are 12 tracks in the album. Two of which, are tracks from EGOIST's previously released singles (The Everlasting Guilty Crown, Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~). Planetes was used for the theme song of Guilty Crown - Lost Christmas OVA. The genres of the songs range from electronic, to pop, to slightly jazzy style pop. You can get a feel of EGOIST's unique music style in this album.

This album truly shows the diversity of Chelly's vocals. She can do a cute voice for track 8 (Ce que j’aime ~ inori no kyuuzitu~), and do a soulful voice in track 11 (Planetes). Indeed, a very talented singer. 

My favourite track in this album is The Everlasting Guilty Crown, however, that song has been released before as a single in March 2012. Excluding The Everlasting Guilty Crown, my next favourite track in this album would be LoveStruck.

I highly recommend this album for fans of supercell and EGOIST. For people who have never listened to any of supercell's or EGOIST's songs but enjoy j-pop in general, I recommend you to check out this album.

Album Information

Album name: Extra terrestrial Biological Entities

Album artist: EGOIST

Release date: September 19, 2012 [Released]

Track List
1. Genzai no Akari
2. The Everlasting Guilty Crown
3. Extra terrestrial Biological Entities
4. Ame, Kimi o Tsurette
5. Lovely Icecream Princess Sweetie
6. Teokure
7. LoveStruck
8. Ce que j’aime ~ inori no kyuuzitu~
9. Omoi o Megurasu 100 no Jishō
10. Kono Sekai de Mitsuketa Mono
11. Planetes
12. Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~

There is also a limited edition version which includes a DVD with the music video for The Everlasting Guilty Crown, Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~ & Planetes and Guilty Crown Lost Christmas Movie. It also includes a small booklet talking about EGOIST in Japanese language, pretty cool!

Booklet with Yuzuriha Inori <3

You can listen to the sample audio or purchase the album at cdjapan<< Click the link to check it out!

Tr3xus