Persora: The Golden Best
Persora: The Golden Best, stylized as PERSORA -THE GOLDEN BEST-, is a compilation album featuring songs in the Persona series.
Production
Persora: The Golden Best is the first of five concept albums that are based on the "Persora Theater" (Japanese: ペル空耳劇場, romanized Perusoramimi gekijō) segment of Persona Stalker Club. Viewers would submit what the English lyrics in Persona music sounded like to them in Japanese, and the songs that frequently came up during the Persora segments were collected into the five albums. The album was created so that Atlus would have music to give to All Nippon Airways (ANA) after they requested a selection of Persona songs to play during in-flight broadcasts. Songs featured on the "Persora Theater" segment were chosen because Katsura Hashino made the conection between the "soramimi" in the segment's name and "sora," the Japanese word for sky. Hashino served as the creative director for the visuals and layout of the album.[1]
Release and reception
The album was announced on May 12, 2014, and the 13 song album was released on a single disc in July 2014, published by Atlus Co., Ltd. and distributed by Mastard Records.[2] The album was also available as in-flight music on All Nippon Airways for a period of time.[3]
All art for the album was illustrated by Yuji Himukai, the main artist for the Etrian Odyssey series. Alongside the disc, the album came with a 20 page booklet containing liner notes from Persona Stalker Club hosts Tomomi Isomura and Mafia Kajita, vocalists Yumi Kawamura, Lotus Juice, and Shihoko Hirata, artist Yuji Himukai, director Katsura Hashino, and composer Shoji Meguro. The booklet also contains lyrics for each song, with the misheard lyrics colored in red, and artwork on each page depicting what the lyrics were misheard as.
On the Oricon charts, the album peaked at number 36 and held a placement on the top 300 album list for 6 weeks.[4]
Tracklist
| No. | Track title (Japanese) | Composer | Arranger | Lyricist | Duration | Source |
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| 01 | Pursuing My True Self | Shoji Meguro | — | Yu Namba, RyoRca | 1:28 | Persona 4 |
| 02 | Wiping All Out | Shoji Meguro | — | Lotus Juice | 2:42 | Persona 3 Portable |
| 03 | Best Friends | Shoji Meguro | — | Benjamin Franklin | 3:52 | Persona 4 Arena |
| 04 | Time To Make History | Shoji Meguro | — | Benjamin Franklin | 2:38 | Persona 4 Golden |
| 05 | When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 2:35 | Persona 3 |
| 06 | Your Affection | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 4:05 | Persona 4 |
| 07 | Joy | Shoji Meguro | — | — | 2:53 | Persona 3 |
| 08 | Deep Breath Deep Breath | Shoji Meguro | — | Lotus Juice | 2:22 | Persona 3 |
| 09 | Reach Out To The Truth (Moonbug REMIX) | Shoji Meguro | Moonbug | Reiko Tanaka, Teppei Kobayashi, Lotus Juice | 4:24 | AT1st Persona 3 and Persona 4 Club Arrange |
| 10 | Time | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 2:50 | Persona 3 Portable |
| 11 | Heartbeat, Heartbreak | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 2:17 | Persona 4 |
| 12 | Shadow World | Shoji Meguro | — | Benjamin Franklin | 4:46 | Persona 4 Golden |
| 13 | MAZE OF LIFE | Shoji Meguro | — | Benjamin Franklin | 4:25 | Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth |
Samples and Remixes
- "Joy" - Vocals sampled from "Rapper 1-2" on the Best Service: Hallelujah sample CD
Personnel
Staff
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Album Production
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Gallery
References
- ↑ Album Booklet Liner Notes
- ↑ Atlus, 「ぺル空耳劇場」コンセプトCD「PERSORA -THE GOLDEN BEST-」発売決定. Published May 12, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2025. p-ch.jp.
- ↑ Atlus, 「PERSORA -THE GOLDEN BEST-」ジャケット＆収録曲公開！. Archived: [1]. Published June 13, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2025. p-ch.jp.
- ↑ Oricon Listing