Chrissi-chan's top albums (3 months) 1. Dir en grey - Withering to death. (215)

well, unsurprisingly my number 1 album is one I bought over half-term and so it's lovely and shiny and new and I listened to it alot >w< plus it's an AWEsome album and with 14 quite short tracks it just managed to pip Lyrical Sympathy to the post ^__^;; all the same, well done Diru! Withering. is the third Diru album I got and, although not quite as masterpiece-ful as UROBOROS, it is extremely good to the ears and combines the wide variety of styles and feelings with the overall creepily seductive sound that just *makes* Diru Diru ^w^
Favourite songs: Machiavellism, dead tree and KODOU
Most scrobbled songs: THE FINAL (55), SAKU (45) and KODOU (24)
(I had THE FINAL and SAKU before getting the full album - is it a bit obvious? XD)
2. Versailles - Lyrical Sympathy (207) 
VERSAIIIIIILES!!!!! \m/>_<\m/ frickin' love this band to PIECES I tell you ^w^ Lyrical Sympathy is an AMAzing EP: seven songs that are basically seven reasons why Versailles are the best band in the world >x< a brilliant display of musical competence, wonderful song-writing and a perfectly balanced album. Would have been top if it wasn't for the fact that seven long songs were always going to struggle against fourteen short ones XD oh! and if you try it: listen out for the most amazing guitar solos you will EVER hear ^w^
Favourite songs: The Red Carpet Day, Forbidden Gate and The Love From a Dead Orchestra
Most scrobbled songs: The Love From a Dead Orchestra (55), Shout & Bites (40) and The Red Carpet Day (36)
3. Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays (206) 
Sonata.. what can I say? ^w^ we went to go see them earlier this month and earlier in the autumn they gave us this: pretty much a perfect album ^w^ Personally I still prefer Unia, but Days of Grays has a technically more rounded 'album sound' which makes it ridiculously addictive to listen to and just a pleasure to the ears :3 Thanks to my awesome sister teriyaki for getting it so we could listen to it!! >w<\m/
Favourite songs: The Dead Skin, Deathaura and Juliet
Most scrobbled songs: As If The World Wasn't Ending (20), The Dead Skin (20) and Breathing (20)
(wow! a three-way tie for the top spot >w<!)
4. Versailles - Noble (127) 
The first of the not-new-this-season albums is the first full-length album from Versailles and man, everything that comes out of this band I end up adoring - can't wait till JUBILEE!!! >w<
Favourite songs: Second Fear -Another Descendant-, Zombie and History of the Ohter Side
Most scrobbled songs: Aristocrat's Symphony (49), Prelude (41) and The Revenant Choir (39)
5. Dir en grey - UROBOROS (101) 
Just a masterpiece - the first Diru album I got and just mindblowing from start to finish. I have no idea where they're going to go now, but if the new single is anything to go by they're still going up << I didn't really think this was even possible ^__^;;
Favourite songs: TOGURO, REIKETSU NARISEBA and RED SOIL
Most scrobbled songs: INCONVENIENT IDEAL (41), SA BIR (40) and TOGURO (35)
6. Nicholas Hooper - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (89) 
yayyyy! >w< Harry Potter!!! ^o^//~~ seriously, I adore this score - probably my favourite out of all of them: just an excellent use of leitmotif and some absolutely phenomenal composing which I feel really brings together the sounds of its predecessors.. at any rate, a damn sight better than Order XD go Hooper-san! \m/>_<\m/
Favourite songs: Wizard Wheezes, In Noctem and Journey to the Cave
Most scrobbled songs: The Weasley Stomp (14), In Noctem (13), and Wizard Wheezes (13)
7. Dir en grey - VULGAR (86) 
The earliest Diru album I own and just so much fun >w< seriously, I still adore this album even though I'm pretty sure it's the weakest out of the three I have - it just has a certain charm to it :)
Favourite songs: MARMALADE CHAINSAW, audience KILLER LOOP and AMBER
Most scrobbled songs: CHILD PREY (51), RED... [em] (38) and MARMALADE CHAINSAW (25)
8. Sonata Arctica - Unia (82) 
ahh, here it is - Sonata in perfection in my opinion ^__^ I just adore this album, so full of complex lines and each song has a real flow to it << really feels like the album drags you through this nightmarish dream world ^w^ just an awesome album.
Favourite songs: Caleb, Fly With the Black Swan and In Black and White
Most scrobbled songs: In Black and White (16), Caleb (14) and The Harvest (13)
9. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - swamp man (80) 
the most recent addition to my Haikara collection, swamp man is the debut album for new member HALCA. I really loved her voice on this, and was hugely impressed by the composition from mACKAz, Kazuto, MEG and especially SASSY - it's rather rare for a drummer to be so good at vocal and melodic composition so kudos to you Sass! the album kind of reminds me of Gou on Progressive though - it all has a similar feel and sounds like a 'finding-our-sound' album.. hopefully next time round there'll be a resurgance of the energy that really *makes* Haikara but whatever happens, I'm looking forward to a new release from these guys ^w^
Favourite songs: living, XYZ and 7.2
Most scrobbled songs: XYZ (59), fly me to the other moon (24) and good bye (23)
10. 北出菜奈 - BONDAGE (68) 
this came through my postbox back in march when it was released and it still isn't dropping out of my top albums >w< I love it so much - it's definitely Nana's most sophisticated and acomplished album to date: the composition is wonderful and the way she uses her voice incredible. Overall, a very mature performance and clearly what *she* wanted to do - bodes extremely well for her new project Loveless, which is still keeping me on the edge of my seat >w< we need news dammit!
Favourite songs: エーテル, My Dear Maria. and She Bop~Bondage Ver.~
Most scrobbled songs: エーテル (39), She Bop~Bondage Ver.~ (29) and Under Babydoll (27)
11. Versailles - ASCENDEAD MASTER (61) 
okay, this goes to show how much I love Versailles: a single with two songs and a soundtrack piece came in eleventh place above full-length albums ^__^;; oops! but so glad both ASCENDEAD MASTER *and* Gekkakou are going to be on JUBILEE (frickin' love that song >w<)
12. 北出菜奈 - I Scream (57)
13. 藍華柳 - 尻尻尻尻尻尻尻尻尻 -キュウケツ- (51) 
was listening to this LOADS over Halloween - it's absolutely perfect >w< Zodiac Pain has become one of my favourites as well, though it's difficult to beat the waltz in Kyuuketsu ^w^
14. Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica (47) 
thank you Teri for another great autumn purchase! seriously, if this album had just had Kingdom for a Heart and UnOpened on it it would have been worth the money XD
15. 藍華柳 - Indigo Blue Story (43)
16. SugarTrip - Humanwatching/下手ナ下心ニ隠サレタ本音ノ裏心 (42) 
Yuki! <3 >w< love to hear him back in SugarTrip.. his cymbal work is just mindboggling! and I adore Jaq's voice (though cannot quite remember how to spell his name? o_O and is too late to check, so that'll have to do for now XD sorry fangirls!)
17. Versailles - PRINCE & PRINCESS (41) 
another EPIC EP from Versailles - SILENT KNIGHT is just phenomenal.. seeing that on Chateau de Versailles made my life >w<
18. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - 参 (39)
19. 北出菜奈 - 18-Eighteen (36)
20. Sonata Arctica - Silence (34)
21. HIZAKI grace project - Curse Of Virgo (33) 
want, want, want! though it's only five tracks and I've got three of them naughtily, I am prepared to spend the roughly twenty pounds it'll cost me to get this - just awe-inspiring guitar work from start to finish! >w<
22. Elias Viljanen - Fire-Hearted (31) 
and more jaw-dropping guitar work from the always-awesome Elias Viljanen!!!
(there's yoghurt in the fridge >x<)
23. Dir en grey - 激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇 (30) 
the new single from Diru and SERIOUSLY D: I didn't think they could do anything new of UROBOROS standard and then they just do D: I wa shock! but seriously, this song is amazing and the remake of Zan and Shokubeni are well-worth getting your paws on (although I haven't actually got the original version of Zan so feel free to tell me I am wrong and the remake is utter shite ^__^) seriously, Shokubeni (SHOT IN ONE TAKE) makes me even more impressed with Kyo's vocal ability than before - and that's *saying* something D::::::::
24. Frou Frou - Details [Bonus Track] (29) 
yayyy! >w< Frou Frou!! get some English pride in there or people will start thinking I'm Japanese ^__^;;
25. 北出菜奈 - Slave Of Kiss (26)
26. Rob Lane - Merlin - Original Television Soundtrack (26) 
haha, Merlin - the love of my life >w< and dammit it's difficult to find a correct tag for this album, I just went with what Wikipedia and/or Amazon said (I can't quite remember which now) but I will fix it when I actually get the soundtrack >w< and then I'll be able to play more than the one song I have ^__^;;
27. 藍華柳 - 海賊盤~Aye.藍.sir~ (26) 
ahah! cue the mistags!!!!! >w< yes, these scrobbles are from before I got the actual album and instead had a couple of songs that I accidentally mistagged DX all it is is that the little '~' wiggles are shorter than they should be ¬__¬ how lame is that? anyways, I ended up getting this album six days ago, so not so many scrobbles yet but it's so wonderful it will just collect more and more as I go >w< I love how much fun this band have and how ridiculous (and ridiculously good D:) they are. Only Aikaryu could stick a comic strip in their lyrics sleeve in which their bassist frees himself from prison by running straight through a brick wall and their drummer gets raised from his grave ^__^;; listen out for the AMAzing work of my dear Terukichi, who I will marry one day and all >x< epic fangirl for the win! ~~\^o^/~~
28. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night (25) 
ToT//~ this album could be so good but it's so half-assed.. it just hasn't got the energy.. of course, it's still brilliant but compared to other Sonata albums? >.< I can't help but treat it as a half-way house to the pinaccle that is Unia ^__^
29. 藍華柳 - 海賊版~Aye.藍.sir~ (24) 
and hello! here we have the rest of the Kaizokuban~Aye.Ai.Sir~ scrobbles << we met this album a couple of scrolls up the page but there we are, that's mistagging for you DX epic apologies!
30. Andy Price - Robin Hood (24) 
ach, I miss this show >w< but Merlin makes up for it I have to say XD still, love the Robin Hood score and it always makes me go all naustalgic and gooey for the good ol' times with Robin and Guy *__*
31. 北出菜奈 - 撃たれる雨 (23)
32. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - G∞VER (23)
33. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - 傲音プログレッシヴ (23)
34. 北出菜奈 - Cutie Bunny ~菜奈的ロック大作戦♥ コードネームはC.B.R.~ (21)
35. DEATHGAZE - DEAREST (21) 
I stumbled across this song on the Dir en grey radio aaaaages ago and finally got my paws on this single (through naughty means again >.< nuu! I will get round to buying stuff I promise! it's only research!) and seriously, I love it to pieces!
36. Scandal - DOLL (21) 
ahh, I really do love the sound of this band - four singers who are also four musicians.. it just makes for a good dynamic, you know?
37. 北出菜奈 - 月華-tsukihana- (20)
38. Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (19)
39. Stewart Copeland - Spyro The Dragon Ost - Disc 2 (18) 
yayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! >w< Spyro!!!!!!! seriously Copeland-san is one amazing composer - possibly my favourite D: just love all the intricate little pieces that all sound so congruous and yet also so individual and really good to listen to even when you're not going round charging and flaming gnorcs ^__^
40. Stewart Copeland - Spyro The Dragon OST - Disc 1 (18)
41. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - ROCK PIT (18)
42. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - HOT LIMIT (16)
43. 北出菜奈 - 消せない罪 ~raw “breath” track~ (16)
44. HIZAKI grace project - Ruined kingdom (15)
45. YUI - Single (15) 
oops, more mistagging DX sorry! I didn't check whether the songs I had came with album tags and they didn't.. they just said 'single' ¬__¬ I must find out the correct tags right away before I get lynched!
46. 藍華柳 - 藍染京都 (14)
47. 北出菜奈 - Suicides Love Story (14)
48. Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol 2: No World for Tomorrow (13)
49. D'espairsRay - Coll:set (13)
50. 北出菜奈 - Antoinette Blue (12) and there we have it folks! my top 50 albums of autumn 2009 which quickly turned into my top 50 albums, mini-albums and singles because I don't have enough time to scrobble as much as I want to xD well, hope you had vague amounts of fun/didn't die of boredom reading all that and have a great holiday!!!! >w<//~~
toodlepip!












































































































