2002.05.27Kame-pact Disc
1. Haiiro no Hitomi / Grey Eyes feat. Kusano Masamune T
2. More
3. Chiisa na Konomi / Small Fruits T
4. I Wanna Be Loved By You
5. Shiroi Kobato / Little White Dove T
6. Love Is Blind
7. Momen no Handkerchief / A Cotton Handkerchief feat. Nao Matsuzaki T
8. Yer Blues
9. Nobara / Wild Rose T
Mori-pact Disc
1. Kimi o Aisu / I Love You T
2. Jazz a go go T
3. Kareha / Autumn Leaves T
4. I Won’t Last A Day Without You feat. Utada Hikaru
5. Kuroi Orufe / Black Orpheus T
6. Mr.
Wonderful7. Tamanegi no Happy Song / The Onion Happy Song feat. Shiina Junpei
8. Starting Over
9. Komoriuta / Lullaby T
Album info: This two-disc album (Kame-pact Disc, produced by Seiji Kameda, the future Tokyo Jihen bassist, is the white disc; Mori-pact Disc, produced by Toshiyuki Mori, is the black one. Both titles are meant to be a play on the word "compact disc") is a collection of Ringo's favorite songs, covered by herself. She sings in not only Japanese and English but French, German, and Portuguese here.
Georgy Porgy
2002.04.10Yokoshima
Georgy Porgy
Info: An online-exclusive track, also a cover, released about a month before this album, this can be seen as a lead-in single for the album. The track was available for download, free off Ringo's website, between April 10 and 17, 2002 and between May 1 and 9, 2002.
Yokoshima (meaning "Evil") was a Toto cover band formed by Ringo and her brother Junpei specifically to cover the Toto song "Georgy Porgy." As Junpei released a cover album himself on the same day of Utaite Myouri's release, entitled discover, this online collaboration cover track served to promote both albums.
Takashi Numazawa, the drummer on Utaite Myouri, knew Toto's drummer, Jeff Porcaro, because his father Joe Porcaro had taught Numazawa how to drum. Because of this, Ringo conceived the idea to cover a Toto song. At first she was going to sing the whole song herself, but then decided to let Ukigumo, future Tokyo Jihen Phase 2 guitarist, sing the male part, that of Toto's vocalist Steve Lukather, because his voice resembled his more, while she sang the female part--guest backing vocals originally provided by Cheryl Lynn. Junpei can also be heard as background vocals during Ringo's parts.
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