As regular readers of this blog well know, Princess Princess is one of my favorite j-pop artists of all time, right up there in my Top Three! At one point or another, each and every album of theirs has been my favorite, and one day for fun, me and my fellow Puri Puri fans decided to rank every single song they’d recorded in order of how much we loved it!
Ah man, that took literally like, weeks, listening to the albums over and over, really poring over the songs, making sure the list reflected a true ranking of our appreciation of those Princess Princess’ songs! But in the end , it was really worth is, and it was such a GAS comparing our lists with each other! Interesting to see just how many songs we like equally, and just as much fun to see how many songs DIFFERED!
Thought that since I’d worked so hard on it I may as well share it with any of you who might care to check it out, and HEY, maybe it might even inspire some of you to create and share a Puri Puri list of your own? Ya never know! Anyway…
As usual with these lists, there’s a general rule of thumb I follow in that each song is placed on the list in a sort of "general" placement of the songs in the list. By that I mean that a song ranked at, say, #11 isn't necessarily more loved than a song at #13, but probably more beloved than a song at #33 or so. The list reflects all of Princess Princess’ regular releases from Kiss De Crime through to The Last Princess (and everything in between, including singles and B sides) but not including their early Akasaka Komachi Album...
Z's プリンセス・プリンセス SONG RANKING!
01. Seven Years After
02. KISS
03. Sayonara Darling
04. Sekai De Ichiban Atsui Natsu
05. Diamonds
06. Go Away Boy
07. 19 Growing Up~ ode to my buddy
08. M
09. One
10. Fly, Baby, Fly
11. Papa
12. My Will
13. Koi ni Ochitara
14. Pilot Ni Naritakute
15. Girl's Night
16. Voice
17. Wonder Castle
18. Parade Shiyouyo
19. So Long, Dreamer
20. Yuuhi ga Yondeiru
21. You are my Starship
22. Ding Dong
23. The Summer Vacation
24. Highway Star
25. Bee-Beep
26. Koisuru Champion
27. Koi no Pending
28. Maware! Merry-Go-Round
29. Bird’s-Eye View
30. Sweet Valentine
31. Rollin' On The Corner
32. Guitar Man
33. Seishun Daydream
34. Sore Jyane
35. Joudan Jyanai
36. Koi wa Balance
37. Kataomoi
38. Get Crazy!
39. Omoide no Sukima
40. Dakara Honey
41. Power
42. Tomodachi no Mama
43. Kiss De Crime
44. Oh Yeah!
45. Tokyo Kanojyo
46. Nagisa Wa Namida no Paradise
47. Futari Ga Owaru Toki
48. Kizuato
49. Kareshi Ga Hoshii
50. Tsukiyo no Dekigoto
51. Uchi Ni Kaerou
52. Street Woman
53. Kaisoku to Watashi
54. Tinker Bell
55. Hitorijime
56. Propose
57. Regret
58. Aibou
59. Romancin' Blue
60. Namae no Nai Machi
61. Motion Emotion
62. Koi Wa Cantare
63. Hypnotized
64. Stay There
65. Shake It Off
66. She
67. I Love You ~Madobe Ni Te
68. The Last Moment
69. Rain
70. Julian
71. Dear
72. Birthday Song
73. AB/AC
74. Love and Blood
75. Melody Melody
76. Bara Iro No Jinsei
77. Kaze Ga Fuitara
78. Bye-Bye
79. Vibration
80. Sorenari ni Iihito
81. Romance
82. Keep on Lovin' You
83. Wedding
84. Sabaku no Taiyou
85. Rock Me
86. Moonlight Story
87. Kanashimi No Aru Fuukei
88. Flame
89. Spies in Love
90. Shoujo AMAZONESS
91. Himawari To Cardigan
92. Tokimeku Tono wo Sukidemo
93. Umi ni Hitoshizuku
94. Hetchara
95. Jyunai
96. Yasashii Satsui
97. Sabitsuki Blues
98. Hitomi Dake wa Mitsumenai
99. Joker to 100 Hito no Mouja
100. Minato No Mieru Oka
101. Nigero
102. Typhoon no Uta
103. Iwanaide
104. Heart Stompin’ Music
105. Kuchizukewa Ohayameni
106. Natsu No Owari
107. Sora Yori Umi Yori ~Pri-Pri Samba ‘91
108. Hello!
109. Oh! Monkey Woman
110. Glass Heaven
111. Hareta Hi Ni
112. Eyewitness
113. Jungle Princess
114. Come Back
115. Summer Madness
116. GARAKUTA wo Fuki Tobase
Looking over the list, one thing strikes me- Princess Princess are one a HELL of a Live Band! For, while some of the songs I simply liked right off the bat, and some songs I learned through PVs, MOST of my favorite songs here have been influenced by seeing one gripping live performance or another, either through TV shows or during one of their many Concerts. In fact, it was a THRILLING live performance on a Music Fair Special that made me fall in love with them in the FIRST place! Ah, Puri Puri, there will never be another one like them!
