[b]Pantomime:[/b] Energy
[b]90's My Life:[/b] 90's My Life
[b]Moon Gold:[/b] Want to Sleep For...
[b]White Incarnation:[/b] Good Night

Now it starts getting hard.

[b]Kool Spice:[/b] Koi No Spy Ni Kiwotsukero
[b]Living Field:[/b] Daydream Wonder
[b]Please Mr. Lostman:[/b] Ice Pick
[b]Little Busters:[/b] Hybrid Rainbow
[b]Happy Bivouac:[/b] Crazy Sunshine
[b]Runners High:[/b] Instant Music
[b]Fool on the Planet:[/b] Naked Shuffle - Hah! I get to cheat here and bring this one back from Kool Spice
[b]Smile:[/b] Skim Heaven
[b]Another Morning, Another Pillows:[/b] Skeleton Liar
[b]Thank You, My Twilight:[/b] Thank You, My Twilight
[b]Penalty Life:[/b] Terminal Heaven's Rock
[b]Turn Back:[/b] Bokura No Halley Suisei - Second bite at the apple.
[b]Good Dreams:[/b] Xavier
[b]My Foot:[/b] My Foot
[b]Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!:[/b] Century Creepers
[b]Pied Piper[/b]: Ladybird Girl

I guess The Pillows have put out a few more albums since I made my list.

Pied Piper: Across The Metropolis. Upon re-listening, this album has a few more good songs than I remembered but this is still easily my favorite. Sure its main guitar part is really similar to Tiny Boat and the bridge in Gazelle City (seriously, just play all three parts in a row) but hey, why mess with a good thing?

OOPARTS: Beyond The Moon. Sawao sure likes these "(direction) The (location) titles, huh? I love how this song starts, but I feel it gets a bit too conventional sounding once the distortion kicks in, and the chorus seems rather predictable to me. Still, it's a solid track.

Rock Stock & Too Smoking The Pillows: 1989. I'm not too crazy about some of the re-makes since I feel the production (and how Sawao's voice sounded at the time) is a big reason why the originals sounded so good, though Sullivan ni Naritai sounds great. But I've always liked the band's slower, more melancholic types of songs, so 1989 wins.

Once Upon A Time In The Pillows: Flag Star. Yeah, I'll give the "new" song on this collection credit, it's pretty good. But this is one of the stranger best-of collections I've listened to. It's their last release on King Records so you think it'd be the best of what they recorded between Fool On The Planet and My Foot. And it mostly is. But then they throw in Rush, Another Morning, and Please Mr. Lostman! Was there just not room for these on Fool on the Planet?

Thread necro!

[u][b]Pantomime:[/b][/u] Energy
[u][b]90's My Life:[/b][/u] Paris Girl Marie. Never Find is a close second.
[u][b]Moon Gold:[/b][/u] This one is really tough. Unlike what I've read around here, I'd count Moon Gold among my favorite albums. Kimi ga Iru is probably my number one, but there are a lot of close seconds.
[b][u]White Incarnation:[/u][/b] Compared to the albums before it and after it, I find this one to be slightly underwhelming. I mean, it's still really good, but it's got less going for it than Moon Gold or Kool Spice, IMO. 気にしてないよ wins easily. Colorful Pumpkin Fields is another standout.
[b][u]Kool Spice:[/u][/b] The whole album is really strong. It's hard to choose a favorite, but I guess I'd have to go with Monochrome Lovers.
[u][b]Special CD:[/b][/u] Ano Hito Onaji Sora No Shita De. This is one of their best songs. EvAr.
[b][u]Living Field:[/u][/b] This is probably my favorite album overall. I'm going to say The Killing Field, but Climbing on the Roof is way up there too. Fucking awesome album.
[b][u]Please Mr. Lostman:[/u][/b] Another excellent album. I'd have to say Trip Dancer. Not a [i]huge[/i] fan of the title track or Stalker, however.
[u][b]Little Busters:[/b][/u] One Life. Patricia is close behind.
[u][b]Runner's High:[/b][/u] not a huge Runner's High fan. I'm not sure why so many IMers have enormous boners for this album. It's not bad, but it's not at all up to par with any of its predecessors. Borderline Case.
[u][b]Happy Bivouac:[/b][/u] Masterful album. Last Dinosaur. Nearly everything else on it is God-tier as well, though.
[u][b]Fool on the Planet:[/b][/u] Fool on the Planet.
[u][b]Smile:[/b][/u]Smile, not unlike Runner's High, isn't [i]bad[/i]. It's just not up to par with some of their other works. Hibi no Uta is pretty swank, though.
[u][b]Thank You, My Twilight:[/b][/u]Shiroi natsu to...Robotman is a close second.
[u][b]Another Morning. Another Pillows:[/b][/u] Lesser Hamster!
[b][u]Penalty Life:[/u][/b]The re-recording of Boku wa Kakera is one of the best things they've ever recorded. I like it better than the original, in fact. Other than that, I suppose I'd have to say "I Know You" is my favorite.
[u][b]Turn Back:[/b][/u] I'll say Liberty, although it pales in comparison to its original incarnation. I loved Ano Koro ni Modotte a ton as well. Seems that most IMers didn't really care for that one, though.
[u][b]Good Dreams:[/b][/u] Frontiers Not a perfect album by any means, but a fairly solid one.
[u][b]My Foot:[/b][/u]I'd have to say Gazelle City. Of all their more recent albums, I'd say this one is the strongest as a whole.
[u][b]Wake Up! x3:[/b][/u]Sweet Baggy Days. This one was pretty good overall as well.
[b][u]Pied Piper:[/u][/b] New Animal. I felt like New Animal was probably their best single since Shiroi Natsu to...
Haven't really listened to Ooparts or Horn, Again yet.

Ano Koro ni Modotte needs more love. It's pretty rare to see a fan who prefers their older stuff.

If you don't like PML (song) that much, you should listen to the live BotP version of it, which has this KICKASS intro not in the studio recording.

[quote="Blank"]Ano Koro ni Modotte needs more love. It's pretty rare to see a fan who prefers their older stuff.

If you don't like PML (song) that much, you should listen to the live BotP version of it, which has this KICKASS intro not in the studio recording.[/quote]

Hm, I may have to look into that. I mean, I like the song, but it's one that I don't listen to very often. Can any of you post the BotP version by chance? I still need to build up a collection of Live pillows stuff

I was thinking of the 15th Anniversary edition version, my bad. Let me do some Google-fu and then I'll update this post if I find it.

Not 15th Anniversary Special, but it has the awesome intro (and video quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71TF4kQ9Sr0

Thanks for the link, Blank. I'll definitely check this out once I get home from work.

I've been listening to a lot more of the pillows lately. Mostly the PML-Runners High stuff. I feel a relapse in obsession coming on...

Pantomime - Razorlike Blue
90's My Life - Never Find
Moon Gold - Hello Girl
Honorable mention for 1991 - Kimi To Boku To Otsuki-Sama
White Incarnation - Ki Ni Shitenai Yo
Special CD - Angel Fish
Kool Spice - Akanai tobira no mae de
Living Field - Native World
Please Mr. Lostman - Swanky Street
Little Busters - Like a Lovesong
Runners High - MIDNIGHT FUCKIN' DOWN
Happy Bivouac - Happy Bivouac
Smile - Vain Dog
Thank You My Twilight - Shiroi Natsu
Penalty Life - Lonesome Diamond
90's My Life Returns - I DON'T CRY
Turn Back - Liberty
Good Dreams - Xavier
My Foot - The Third Eye
Wake Up! - Century Creepers

Uhhh

So...... any reason why your avoiding Pied Piper, OOPARTS, and Horn Again?

Ok I'm redoing this because my tastes have changed.

Pantomime - Energy
90's my LIFE - Boku wa Kakera (though Parii no Josei Mari comes close for the Pees cover)
MOON GOLD - Ame ni Utaeba
WHITE INCARNATION - Kono Mama de Koko De
Special CD - ANGEL FISH
KOOL SPICE - Sha-la-la
LIVING FIELD - Angel Fish
Please Mr. Lostman - Trip Dancer
LITTLE BUSTERS - Patricia
RUNNERS HIGH - Let's See if That's True or Not (possibly my favorite overall, too)
HAPPY BIVOUAC - LAST DINOSAUR
Smile - Kono Yo no Hate Made
Thank you, my twilight - Winona
Another morning, Another pillows - Sonna Fuu ni Sugoshitai
Penalty Life - I Know You
TURN BACK - Tiny Boat
GOOD DREAMS - Good Dreams
MY FOOT - Nonfiction
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! - Scarecrow

and I like every song on the last three albums equally, which is not very much.

Kinda funny, i'd change almost everything I wrote down a year ago.

Native World love ftw!

[i]*Note: Listing the albums I've listened to/heard a song from* [/i]

White Incarnation - I want to be sullivan [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBphBvRYcJU](This version)[/url]

Kool Spice - Naked Shuffle

Please Mr. Lostman - Today She

Little Busters - Patricia

Runners High - Bran-new lovesong

Happy Bivouac - Happy Bivouac

Smile - Calvero/Kono yo no Hate Made

Thank you my twilight - Biscuit Hammer

Penalty Life - Terminal Heavens Rock

My Foot - Nonfiction

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! - Scarecrow

Pied Piper - Pied Piper

Ooparts - Melody

Another Morning, Another Pillows - She is perfect (I already forgot if this was on another album lol)

Although I haven't listened to all their albums in depth as I have for other's I'll do my best with what I can.

[b]90's My LIFE:[/b] Title track. Catchy, good music, I'm glad they still perform it sometimes.
[b]Please Mr.Lostman:[/b] 'Swanky Street', so much emotion in both the music and the lyrics, one of my all time favourites (yes, but terribly predictable). Though I must mention that the chorus fuzz guitar almost rips my ears off at the chorus, making me favour the single version, or even better yet, the remake on 'Rock stock & too smoking the pillows'.
[b]LITTLE BUSTERS:[/b] [i][u]HOW DOES ONE CHOOSE A FAVOURITE SONG FROM A SOLID ALBUM?[/u][/i] Ah... ah... ah... Either 'THAT HOUSE' or 'Patricia'. Why? Because I said so.
[b]HAPPY BIVOUAC:[/b] Same as 'LITTLE BUSTERS'. But 'Back seat dog' is such a goddamn earworm.
[b]Smile:[/b] 'Calvero', heard it first on 'LOSTMAN GO TO BUDOKAN' and it grew on me. Lyrics don't make much sense, but it's a fun song. But to be honest I haven't heard this album much, yet.
[b]Thank you, my twilight:[/b] Same situation as 'Calvero', the live version is amazing.
[b]MY FOOT:[/b] Title track. Straight away, solid drums, great fuzz bassline (I wonder if Jun composes his own, I like to think he does), and catchy lyrics.
[b]Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!:[/b] 'SCARECROW'. Hands down probably my favourite pillows song. Perfection, beauty, emotion.
[b]PIED PIPER:[/b] (I don't see why many of you hate this album...) 'Tokyo Zombie(The Knock Came At Dead Of Night)' love this instrumental. It's brutally powerful. And fun to play on guitar. Every member is highlighted at some point, even Jun. ([b]Also Yay! Tokyo Ska horns on 'Tokyo Bambi'![/b])
[b]Rock stock & too smoking the pillows:[/b] '1989', great and well deserved remakes also.
[b]OOPARTS[/b]: 'Beyond the moon'. Absolutely stunning. Easily my favourite.
[b]TRIAL:[/b] The title track and 'Energiya' so far. 'TRIAL' is simple but the vocal melody and feel do it for me. 'Energiya' has the music and vocals, especially when Sawao hits that high note, shivers man.

Bonus:
[b]SYNCHRONIZED ROCKERS:[/b] Easily goes (for me) to ELLEGARDEN's cover of 'Funny Bunny' they eject the energy into that song that the original somewhat lacks.
Also, BUMP OF CHICKEN for their originality (amazing arrangement) and just listened to Satou Chikuzen's cover, stays true and pulls it off.

[quote="ongakuseikatsu"]HOW DOES ONE CHOOSE A FAVOURITE SONG FROM A SOLID ALBUM? Ah... ah... ah... Either 'THAT HOUSE' or 'Patricia'. Why? Because I said so.[/quote]