Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra [Import]

1. Pedorazu

2. Skaravan

3. Skambo

4. Just A Little Bit Of Your Soul

5. Holiday

6. Christmas Ska

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Average customer rating: Simply Amazing Finally, affordable Skapara!

Ska Me Crazy: The Best of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Anagram UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska General | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Full Tension Beaters Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Right on Time Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down (D.L.T.B.G.Y.D.) Guns of Navarone: The Best of the Skatalites ASIN: B000776MCQ Release Date: 2005-03-21

Tracks:

1. Last Bandolero
2. 5 Days of Tequila
3. Quick Drunkard
4. Call from Rio
5. Soul Growl
6. (We Know It's) All or Nothing
7. Skull Collector
8. Howlin' Wolves
9. Natty Parade
10. Lovers' Walk
11. Movin' Dub (On the Whole Red Satellites)
12. Film-Makers Bleed
13. Theme from Enter the Dragon
14. Down Beat Stomp
15. Ska Me Crazy [Live]
16. Film-Makers Bleed [Multimedia Track]
17. Monster Rock [Live][Multimedia Track]

Album Description

UK pressing of the acclaimed Japanese root ska band's 2005 compilation includes two bonus tracks, 'Film-Makers Bleed' (PV) & 'Monster Rock' (Live Version @ Eurockeennes). Anagram. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Simply Amazing.......2006-08-30

It's a shame that I am only now discovering the amazing band that is the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Anyone slightly interested in ska music will love the sick horn licks and tight changes on this album. The lead singer's nearly incomprehendible rants only add to the charm. The album delivers high energy music with amazing arrangements and exciting tunes.

Finally, affordable Skapara!.......2006-03-10

I love all of Tokyo Ska paradise Orchestra...that is, all except the price of acquiring their music as imports. This is a set of some of their more outstanding pieces, from the energetic A Quick Drunkard to the soulful Lovers' Walk, and the music videos on the disk are a great bonus. In fewer words: pure fun for cheap.

Average customer rating: Truly the Best of Tokyo Ska

Best of Album Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Cutting Edge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wild Peace ASIN: B000MNOZF6 Release Date: 2007-04-02

Tracks:

1. Don't Beat Stomp
2. Japanese Tittle
3. Japanese Tittle
4. Call From Rio
5. Natty Parade ''Shaken Mix''
6. Japanese Tittle
7. Ska Me Crazy
8. Ocean To Ocean
9. Japanese Tittle
10. Stroke Of Fate
11. Japanese Tittle
12. Walk Between Raindrops
13. Japanese Tittle
14. Japanese Tittle
15. Quick Drunkard
16. Japanese Tittle
17. Raise It All
18. Japanese Tittle
19. Skarada (Original Version)
20. Japanese Tittle
21. Dear My Sister
22. Japanese Tittle
23. White Light - Live At Saitama Super Arena
24. Japanese Tittle
25. Come On !
26. Japanese Tittle

Customer Reviews:

Truly the Best of Tokyo Ska.......2007-04-30

Tokyo Ska. Ska Para. TSPO. Whatever you want to call them, this band is an international institution that's put out more albums over the past 20 years than I can keep up with. The only problem with their studio albums is they can be really hit-or-miss. This best of collection from the past decade culls the excess fat and keeps the meat. The only minor complaint for me is it's missing the awesome cover of the "Love Theme" from the Godfather films that they did on their last labum, Wild peace.

If you've heard of the beand before, but have been wary of giving them a try due to the high import prices then this is the album for you. Ditto for any long-time fans who may have missed their last two or three albums as all the great songs from those albums and more are on this 2 disc collection.

Collects songs from the studio albums: Wild Peace, Answer, High Numbers, and Down Beat Alley.

Average customer rating:

Wild Peace ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Best of Album Fantasia Full Tension Beaters Unstoppable ASIN: B000FBG2M4 Release Date: 2006-07-11

Average customer rating: The best place to start is always at the beginning This is where it all began.

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ska Me Crazy: The Best of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra ASIN: B00005G4E2 Release Date: 2001-08-13

Tracks:

1. Pedorazu
2. Skaravan
3. Skambo
4. Just A Little Bit Of Your Soul
5. Holiday
6. Christmas Ska

Customer Reviews:

The best place to start is always at the beginning.......2007-01-26

If you've never bought this before because you thought Ska Para Toujou, AKA Skapara's Introduction, was this amazing band's first musical effort, you thought wrong. This was a 6 track 12" record that was pressed by some soon to fold indie Japanese label, but thankfully it survives in CD form.

rom start to finish, this record is amazing, especially cause it contains Pedorazu, the first track, and their famous cover of Duke Ellington's caravan, appropriately deemed "Skaravan." If you don't own this, do yourself a favor and buy it. And then get all your friends hooked on it.

This is where it all began........2005-11-02

Before they became the world famous Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, selling out stadiums in Japan, they started performing in small venues and on the streets of Tokyo. This album is where it all began, and while it's not the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra you may know today, it is a definately MUST have for any Skapara fans.

Consisting mainly of covers (including a cover of The Skatalites' cover of Caravan), this album shows that even from the beginning, this was an amazing band. Traditional ska, yet not attempting to sound like another Skatalites, innovating a genre, yet not ignoring their roots, which many ska bands tend to do today.

Whether you're a new fan looking for an introduction to Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, or a Skapara fan who might not be familiar with their earlier works, or simply a ska fan looking for something new, the self titled debut of this amazing band is a great buy.

Average customer rating:

World Famous Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005G4EG Release Date: 2004-12-14

Tracks:

1. Japanese
2. Japanese
3. Japanese
4. Japanese
5. Go!
6. Japanese
7. Japanese
8. You Are A Miracle
9. Japanese
10. Japanese
11. I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped
12. Japanese
13. Japanese
14. Japanese
15. Japanese
16. Japanese
17. Japanese

Average customer rating: Are they insane? They DO know what ska is... Great place to start

Moods for Tokyo Ska: We Don't Know What Ska Is Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005G4NP Release Date: 2001-08-13

Tracks:

1. (Tracks 1 Through 2 Listed In Japanese)
2. Monster Rock
3. (Track 4 Listed In Japanese)
4. Shot In The Dark
5. (Tracks 6 Through 8 Listed In Japanese)
6. Burning Scale
7. The Look Of Love
8. Catch The Rainbow
9. Skadon
10. You Dont Know (What Ska Is)
11. Hurry Up
12. Mr Mystery Shuffle
13. (Track 16 Listed In Japanese)

Album Description

Sony. 1997.

Customer Reviews:

Are they insane? They DO know what ska is... .......2007-01-26

"We don't know what ska is..." I don't know how they can call a song, much less an entire record that, considering how amazing they are. What makes this record awesome is that the last 3 tracks on here are unreleased material from the first two records, Skapara Toujou and World Famous.

What is weird is that on my copy, they have yellow suits, not pink. Doesn't much matter, since they had both colors back in the day anyway, it was just weird.

Great place to start.......2002-08-06

This is a greatest hits album with some great cartoony album artwork. If you're looking to discover Japan's nouveau-trad-ska outfit Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra from the ground floor, this is a pretty good place to start. A good selection of cuts spanning an influential career.

Average customer rating: One of the best they've made!

Fantasia Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wild Peace ASIN: B00005G4HO Release Date: 2001-08-13

Tracks:

1. Japanese
2. Fantasia
3. Magical Fin
4. Japanese
5. Dream Express
6. Japanese
7. Steppin On The Road
8. Fantasia Ii
9. Moments In Heaven
10. Japanese
11. Skadon
12. Black Swan Kae
13. Japanese
14. Hi Speed Bus
15. Fantasia Iii
16. Moments In Heaven

Customer Reviews:

One of the best they've made!.......2003-07-22

This album is perfect for the first time buyer, specially if you like ska spiced up with other rythms that are not to heavy. (If you want ska-punk this band is not for you).
Funk, Jazz, Swing, and even Dixie beats are sprinkled over without eclipsing the main ska feeling to make a well performed buffet in this album. Dream Express is like nothing you've heard before (track 5), Stepping on the road (track 7) has that funky feeling that reminds you of the good brass ensembles of funk in years gone, before a nerdy computer guy could make music with fake trumpets, trombones, saxes and drums.
Lemon Drops (track 13) makes you feel in Vegas watching a line of Chorus girls if you close your eyes.
If I had to start my collection all over again I would choose this album as my first choice.
A must have if you play baritone sax.

Average customer rating: I felt two stars was a bit unfair, so I chose three... The Best and Worst

Grand Prix Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005G4J6 Release Date: 2001-08-13

Tracks:

1. Jam
2. Japanese Title
3. Stubborn Kind Of Yellow
4. Japanese Title
5. Pit # 1
6. Skug-Fu Man '95
7. What A Wonderful World
8. Watermelon
9. Pit # 2
10. Japanese Title
11. Japanese Title
12. Japanese Title
13. Let's Stay Together
14. Just A Little Bit Of Your Saul

Customer Reviews:

I felt two stars was a bit unfair, so I chose three..........2007-01-26

Grand Prix is not a great album, let's face it. It is definitely the worst Tokyo Ska record to date, and I'm sure the only pothole in their road so far. The problem here isn't the music, but what the band is lacking: Cleanhead Gimura. He passed away in April of 1995, most believe from HIV. It comes as no surprise then that this record feels completely uninspired. Even the solos seem to feel kinda meh, which is not their style at all. I think this was a record produced by a band who had lost themselves with the death of their longtime friend and frontman, and really, who can blame them?

The crazy thing is that Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra is such an amazing band that this record is STILL better than 90% of the other ska band records I've got.

The Best and Worst.......2003-06-30

The absolute best track in this album is track 14:
"Just a little bit of your soul" which they had recorded in their first self-titled maxi single "Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra" with only 6 tracks, all of them flawless.
Track 14 gets the treatment from the most recorded drummer of all time MR. Bernard Purdie in this album.
The worst track of Japanese Pop I ever heard is track 5 "Pit #1", which tries to be funny but in the end is just phony, track 7 is also not worth mentioning, ditto for tracks 11 and 12.

What a wonderful world is quite nice to listen to as well as Let's stay together, which are covers but so skillfully arranged that they get their own merit.

If you are a die-hard fan of the Tokyo Skaparas like me or a fan of Bernard Purdie a.k.a. Mr. Groove you won't mind adding this to your collection, otherwise you'll be happier with Tokyo Ska Paradise "TOJO" their first full lenght album, which has all tracks skillfully groovily played.

The SkaParas prove once more that the less they sing and the more they play, the better the album.

Average customer rating:

Tokyo Strut Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005G4L1 Release Date: 2001-08-13

Album Details

Features enhanced material.

Average customer rating: You'll want to see them live... Skank those dreads and don't drop your sushi! Ska at its best.

Ska Para Toujou Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005G4DH Release Date: 2001-08-13

Tracks:

1. Strange Bird
2. Vampire
3. Monster Rock
4. Kozou No Kousin
5. Uuhan No Onna
6. Tin Tin Deo
7. Getsumen Butou
8. Nigai Namida
9. Inishie No Hana
10. Golden Tiger
11. Hit the Road Jack
12. Dokidoki Time
13. Kimi to Boku

Customer Reviews:

You'll want to see them live..........2002-06-19

I saw this band live ten years ago and I've been hoping to find an album of theirs ever since then. This is a great album to start with. Most of the songs are crisp and full of energy. They do an amazing cover of "Baby Elephant Walk" that will bring anyone to the dance floor. As for being Ska, Ska Para incorporates many different style of music seemlessly but it's driving force is a huge horn section. I love to play this album for my friends who are skeptical of a Japanese Ska band and watch their jaws drop when they hear what a great sound they have.

Skank those dreads and don't drop your sushi!.......2002-03-29

Many years ago I was listening to the radio (to a now defunct programme) when the car turned into a mosh pit! What in the hell was that? None other than this album. What a blast.Twelve practitioners of the genre, still learning on this album, but quite capaable of pumping out a strict ska beat with jazzy solos over the top. Some of the compositions are not at the same standard as the others, but on the whole, a fun fun fun purchase. Just be glad that it is still in print.

Ska at its best........2002-01-07

If you're a fan of Ska, I suggest that you pick up this recording. I assume no one is reviewing this band because they are a mainstay in Japan, and haven't really made it big in the United States (what Ska band has REALLY made it big in the United States after all).

Anyway, these guys are great, and the sound quality is awesome. I would also recommend picking up their live album Gunslingers. Another good Japanese Ska band is Kemuri.

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