Track 06 - Selaginella 9
Original: Touhou 06 - Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea )
This is a far more melodic theme on the surface, but argh that rumbling low guitar. Looking past that one issue, it's not too terribly bad. Solid melody, good solo that isn't "how fast can you play", and I don't really feel like it drags on too much at all.
Rating: 6.5/10
Track 07 - Puppet of the Magus, Pt.1
Original: Touhou 04 - Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star )
A good track, I guess. Why is it eight minutes long, though? It drags pretty hard in the middle, but looking past that it's relatively good. Not too much to say about it, though, because nothing about it really stands out to me <_<
Rating: 7/10
Track 08 - Necro Phantasia
Original: Touohu 07 - Necrofantasia )
And here. Here's probably the highlight of the album. You take a great (And one of the most famous) touhou track and you do an excellent arrangement of it, and just in general do everything right, and you get this. The guitar melodies are excellent, there's none of that rumbling guitar that I hate, and the solo is well-done too. Excellent track.
Rating: 9/10
Track 09 - Still Winter
Original: Touhou 07 - Paradise ~ Deep Mountain )
Now this being a stage 1 theme of a game I play, I actually know it reasonably well <_<. And I'll just say I don't really feel like this captures the original too well. However, ignoring the remix part, this is still a decently listenable track. Not Necro Phantasia levels of great, but still good enough. Also mostly lacks the rumbling guitar that I hate, which is always a plus.
Rating: 7/10
Track 10 - Gray Thaumaturgy
Original: Touhou 10 - Faith is for the Transient People )
Another listenable track, featuring good guitar work. The downside to this one is probably its drums, actually. I appreciate some good drum work, but this feels like "how much can we bang the drum and make noise" which I really don't like. But another solid track, this one. Nothing aside from the drums that I notably dislike.
Rating: 6/10
Overall, a pretty solid album with one stand out (Necro Phantasia), a couple more "good" tracks, and the rest are solid and listenable, at least. Nothing really bad here.
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