1995 Oracion

## Oración

Sound Selection of "Ai no Kusabi" - Oración (meaning "prayer" in Spanish) is the first compilation album for Ai no Kusabi. It came out on January 25, 1995 and contained two disks with rearranged songs from previous 4 original soundtracks. The songs chosen for Oración are all performed with classical instruments, in contrast to the original synth-dominant tracks. In addition all of them are instrumental only, without any singing, narration or background voices. The songs also differ in length even though most follow the same melody.

Even though every song on Oración is different from its original version, all of them are rearranged versions of already released tracks.

From 1992 Original Soundtrack:

* Ceres
* Blondy Iason and Z107M Riki
* Ai no Kusabi
* Riki and Guy
* Riki (CD2)

From 1993 Sense of Crisis:

* Riki (CD1)
* Double Cross
* Secret Love

From 1994 Ambivalence:

* Guardian ~Eden~
* Metallic City "Tanagura"
* Eternal
* Black Market
* Apatia

From 1994 Sympathy:

* The Nobility
* Before a Storm
* Black Moon
* Dilemma
* Jean Farina

Oración was re-released in 1996 as part of the Deluxe edition with the same tracklist. The two versions can be distinguished by the catalogue number on the cover. 1995 edition's number is TDCD - 1061~2 while the Deluxe edition's is TDCD - 1141.

## Tracklist

**Disc 1**

1. Guardian ~Eden~ (03:34)
2. Ceres (04:51)
3. Riki (04:31)
4. Metallic City "Tanagura" (03:50)
5. Blondy Iason and Z107M Riki (05:03)
6. The Nobility (04:11)
7. Double Cross (03:55)
8. Before a Storm (05:27)
9. Black Moon (04:58)
10. Eternal... (05:08)
11. 間の楔 (Ai no Kusabi) (03:52)

**Disc 2**

1. Riki & Guy (02:56)
2. Black Market (03:57)
3. Secret Love (04:09)
4. Apatia (03:22)
5. Dilemma (03:02)
6. Riki (04:20)
7. Jean Farina (04:47)

## Booklet Contents

The Oración booklet contains artwork that was previously released as cel photos in Sense of Crisis and Ambivalence.

### Message

"PRAYER...(プレア)"

沈黙の夜の、 やさしいーーささやき｡

"GEBET...(ゲベート)"

渇きを癒やす、無垢なるーー音色(ひびき)。

静寂は、流れない。

揺らがない。

ーー沈まない。

"PRIERE...(プリエール) "

目をとじて｡ 心ーー静かに。

"ORACIÓN...(オラシオン)"

いつか、この想いが、

あなたのもとへーー届くよう……。

by 吉原理恵子

#### Translation (by Darcy)

"Prayer..."

A gentle whisper on a silent night.

"Prayer..." (tn: from German)

The pure echo that alleviates the thirst.

The silence persists.

Unwavering.

Unsinkable.

"Prayer..." (tn: from French)

Close your eyes. Calm your heart.

"Prayer..." (tn: from Spanish)

Someday, these feelings,

Might perhaps reach you...

### Credits

* Selection: Rieko Yoshihara
* Producer: Hisaki Terasawa (TDK Records)
* Sound Producer: Kazuo Nobuta, Yuichi Kobayashi
* Director: Hisaki Terasawa
* Recording and Mix Engineer: Jiro Ishii (Nikkatsu Studio Center), Manabu Sakurai
* 2nd Engineer: Mitsue Narahara (Nikkatsu Studio Center)
* Recording Studio: TDK Studio, Nikkatsu Studio Center
* Mastering Engineer: Satoshi Ogawa
* Mastering Studio: Hitokuchizaka Studio
* Musician Coordinate: Kazuo Sudo (Hot Wave), Kiyomi Ueda (Hot Wave)
* Designer: M. Egashira
* Keyboards: Kazuo Nobuta, Yuichi Kobayashi
* Bass: Toru Kase
* Guitar: Teiji Mihata
* Latin: Eiji Narushima
* Percussion: Isao Kanayama
* Flute: Mitsuru Soma, Michiya Koide
* Ocarina: Michiya Koide
* E-Horn: Atsushi Matsumoto
* Fugotto: Masanobu Kimura
* B-Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
* Blues Harp: Nobuo Yagi
* Violin: Chieko Kinbara, Kuniyo Fukami
* Viola: Tatsuya Murayama
* Cello: Masami Horisawa, Shinobu Terada
* Special Thanks: June, Toshihiko Sagawa (June), Katsumi Michihara