With a handful of tracks anchored by the title Stairway Generation, Base Ball Bear's return to form comes in the form of a teen-based anime action theme.
The title track is a rambunctious piece, riff-heavy and dense with guitars and off-beat singing.
The energy level is unseasonably high, but brings the album to a quick head.
The second track, "User Unknown," uses a cascading bit of keyboard magic as a backdrop for a slower delivery, with more harmonizing for good measure.
The vocals are a bit off, but the tempo and tone changes are drastic enough to provide a glimpse into what Base Ball Bear can do when they aren't simply pumping out a theme.
The small set finishes with "Renai Hakusho," a much more vocally based track that never quite picks up enough to go anywhere, preferring instead to laze about for a few minutes without any obvious goal.
It's a short set, even for a singles collection in Japan, but it's not too bad.
With some stronger album tracks, Base Ball Bear's next effort sounds even more promising.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stairway Generation | Base Ball Bear | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | USER UNKNOWN | Base Ball Bear | Play | 05:17 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 3 | Renai Hakusho (恋愛白書) | Base Ball Bear | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 12 mins | 29 MB | |||||
| 12 mins | 91 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Base Ball Bear | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |