A Good Cover Album

Ringo really stretches herself on this album, covering songs from all sorts of genres, and in several different languages. Everything from rock and roll to Motown R&B to classical music to French standards are on this record, and Ringo puts her personal stamp on them all.

There are two discs, one for each arranger Ringo worked with. One disc has the harsher, more rock and roll songs, and the other is a bit poppier and more intricately arranged. The rock disc's highlight is probably the cover of The Beatles' "Yer Blues," and the other disc's highlight is either the cover of the Carpenter's "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (a duet with Utada Hikaru) or Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "The Onion Song" (a duet with Ringo's brother, Shiina Junpei).

That being said, it's not the best Ringo Shiina album you can buy, simply because she's not singing her own songs. Cover albums are usually a marketing stunt or something an artist does to mark time between albums, but Ringo nonetheless ends up with an outstanding album here.