[1989] Bread & Butter (ブレッド&バター) - Missing Link (Full Album)

Tracklist: 1. Wyoming Girl [0:00] 2. Missing Link [4:03] 3. Fashion Lover [7:52] 4. Eleanor [11:49] 5. Still In Need [16:58] 6. You Are The Magic [21:38] 7. Happier Than The Morning Sun [25:54] 8. White Moustache (Shirohige no Painter) [30:11] 9. Riding High [35:10] 10. Ano Kono [39:06] 11. The Last Good-Bye [42:44] Arranged by Murray Weinstock CD purchased by me, ripped/scanned by squidlin "Missing Link" is another Bread & Butter album I encountered while checking the band's discography a while back. This already has a FLAC rip on private torrent sites but no scans from what I've seen, so I secured my own copy to fix that issue—and because the self-titled track on this album was REALLY good and promising. Well, after having listened to this... eugh. TL;DR: the arrangements on here don't sound bad but what I take issue with are the compositions; besides "Missing Link", the album's first half really did not catch my attention at all. I was about to lose hope for this album when I reached the second half of tracks on this album... I don't know what happened but the quality spiked up like crazy. The second half legitimately has much better compositions than the tracks before it!! Overall I don't dislike this album but that mismatch in composition quality really makes it hard for me to return to this album again in the future. As far as favorites go: I'd go with "Happier Than The Morning Sun". I prefer the key change here than with the original song. Regardless, enjoy!