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Revised Editions: Perfume’s Game, Triangle, JPN, LEVEL3, Cosmic Explorer & Future Pop

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We may not all agree on what Perfume’s best album is, and we may not all agree on which out of Perfume’s albums is the worst. But I'm sure the one thing we can collectively agree on is that the track order on Perfume's albums has been pretty ragged since Triangle. Like, bitch. You're really gonna lead the album with “Love the World” and not “Edge”? You really gonna end Cosmic Explorer with “Hold Your Hand” and not “Star Train”? You really gonna slap “Mirai no Museum” in-between “1mm” and “Party Maker”? LEVEL3 and Cosmic Explorer had more wrong with them than just a shitty track order, but it certainly didn't help and caused the albums to sound worse than they were.

Then there are the infamous album mixes, which did more harm than good until the tables turned with the Cosmic explorer version of “Cling Cling”. So I went and created Spotify playlists for Triangle, JPN, LEVEL3, Cosmic explorer and even Future pop with revised track orders and track listings. So now, “Hurly Burly” is on LEVEL3. “Tokyo Girl” is on Cosmic Explorer. And “Fake It” is on JPN. Amongst a bunch of other tweaks and changes that help the albums flow a little better from top to bottom.

A post header, featuring the text ‘REVISED EDITION’ set vertically / rotated counterclockwise beside a CD slip cover on a green cutting mat. The slip cover is for a revised edition of Perfume’s Game—the cover of which features Perfume [from left to right: a-chan, Nocchi and Kashiyuka] stood wearing Goth Lolita style outfits in a silver room with a grass floor and a lightbox ceiling.

  1. Polyrhythm
  2. Plastic Smile
  3. Chocolate Disco
  4. Ceramic Girl
  5. Butterfly
  6. Game
  7. Take Me Take Me
  8. Secret Secret
  9. Baby Cruising Love
  10. Perfect Star Perfect Style
  11. Seventh Heaven
  12. Macaroni
  13. Puppy Love
  14. Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow

🔊 Stream Game (Revised Edition): 🟢 Spotify | 🔴 YouTube Music | YouTube
💿 Album review: Game (Note: I'd probably give this an extra point or 2 if I were to review this now)

A post header, featuring the text ‘REVISED EDITION’ set vertically / rotated counterclockwise beside a CD slip cover on a green cutting mat. The slip cover is for a revised edition of Perfume’s Triangle—the cover of which features Perfume [from left to right: Nocchi, a-chan and Kashiyuka] all posing against a giant metallic right angle triangle.

  1. Take Off
  2. Edge (Triangle mix)
  3. Dream Fighter
  4. One Room Disco
  5. Love the World
  6. Speed of Sound
  7. Kiss and Music
  8. Night Flight
  9. I Still Love U
  10. Negai (Single Mix)
  11. 23:30
  12. Zero Gravity
  13. The Best Thing

🔊 Stream Triangle (Revised Edition): 🟢 Spotify | 🔴 YouTube Music | YouTube
💿 Album review: Triangle

A post header, featuring the text ‘REVISED EDITION’ set vertically / rotated counterclockwise beside a CD slip cover on a green cutting mat. The slip cover is for a revised edition of Perfume’s JPN—the cover of which features Perfume [from left to right: Nocchi, Kashiyuka and a-chan] all posing against a giant green letters, which spell out JPN.

  1. The Opening
  2. Fake It
  3. Laser Beam (Single Mix)
  4. Nee
  5. Fushizen na Girl
  6. Natural ni Koishite
  7. Voice
  8. Kokoro no Sports
  9. Have a Stroll
  10. Toki no hari
  11. Kasuka na Kaori
  12. My Color
  13. Glitter (Single Mix)

🔊 Stream JPN (Revised Edition): 🟢 Spotify | 🔴 YouTube Music | YouTube
💿 Album review: JPN

A post header, featuring the text ‘REVISED EDITION’ set vertically / rotated counterclockwise beside a CD slip cover on a green cutting mat. The slip cover is for a revised edition of Perfume’s LEVEL3—the cover of which features a black and white shot of Perfume [from left to right: a-chan, Nocchi and Kashiyuka] all posing in black and white print dresses.

  1. Enter the Sphere
  2. Spring of Life (Single Mix)
  3. Magic of Love (Single Mix)
  4. Hurly Burly
  5. Daijyo Banai
  6. Spending All My Time (Single Mix)
  7. Handy Man
  8. Sleeping Beauty
  9. Party Maker
  10. 1mm
  11. Clockwork
  12. Point
  13. Furikaeru to Iru yo
  14. Spice
  15. Dream Land

🔊 Stream LEVEL3 (Revised Edition): 🟢 Spotify | 🔴 YouTube Music | YouTube
🎛️ The LEVEL3 megamix: M3GAMIX
💿 Album review: LEVEL3

A post header, featuring the text ‘REVISED EDITION’ set vertically / rotated counterclockwise beside a CD slip cover on a green cutting mat. The slip cover is for a revised edition of Perfume’s Cosmic Explorer—the cover of which features shot from the tour booklet, of [from left to right: Nocchi, Kashiyuka and a-chan] all posing in silver Star Trek-esque dresses, on a planet which looks like the moon.

  1. Navigate
  2. Cosmic Explorer
  3. Story
  4. Pick Me Up
  5. Miracle Worker
  6. Tokyo Girl
  7. Sweet Refrain (Cosmic Explorer Version)
  8. Tokimeki Lights (Cosmic Explorer Version)
  9. Koi wa Zenkeishisei
  10. Next Stage with You
  11. Flash (Single Mix)
  12. Cling Cling (Cosmic Explorer Version)
  13. Relax in the City
  14. Hold Your Hand
  15. Star Train (Cosmic Explorer Version)

🔊 Stream Cosmic Explorer (Revised Edition): 🟢 Spotify | 🔴 YouTube Music | YouTube
🎛️ The Cosmic Explorer megamix: Cosmix explorer
💿 Album review: Cosmic Explorer

A post header, featuring the text ‘REVISED EDITION’ set vertically / rotated counterclockwise beside a CD slip cover on a green cutting mat. The slip cover is for a revised edition of Perfume’s Future Pop—the cover of which features shot from the “Future Pop” music video, with Perfume [from left to right: Nocchi, a-chan and Kashiyuka] all stood on a white platform, looking ahead.

  1. Start Up
  2. Future Pop
  3. Display
  4. If You Wanna
  5. Chorairin
  6. Ijiwaruna Hello
  7. Housekino Mme
  8. Everyday
  9. Tiny Baby
  10. Toumei Ningen
  11. Mugenmirai
  12. Let Me Know
  13. Tenku
🔊 Stream Future Pop (Revised Edition): 🟢 Spotify | 🔴 YouTube Music | YouTube
💿 Album review: Future Pop

I had also created a playlist full of Perfume’s bops, inappropriately titled Perfume Pussy Poppers. Perfect for workouts at the gym, Twerks in the kitchen whilst your waiting for your pasta to boil or whilst you’re blowing a back out.

Note: Updated on September 25 to include the visual from the Perfume x DoCoMo Future Pop collab.

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