[07/15] Chample 1 ~Happy Marriage Song Cover Collection~ (Minimoni, Tanpopo etc)

[Ayabie]

Technically the correct term would be "campur" but katakana being based on pronunciation just makes things harder. In this case they've entitled it as チャンプル and not チャンプルー so I'm keeping it as it is.

[Mugen]

so is it cample? campur or champloo? lol

[JFC]

I forget where I saw it, but it's supposedly a play off of the Okinawan dish "Champuru" (sometimes spelled Chanpuru) The dish is a "mix" of various ingredients that are stir-fried together, thus "champuru" in the album title might be a reference to how the H!P girls are all mixed up, or dare I say...shuffled, in different combinations.

Personally, I've most often seen it romanized as "champuru".

[Slack]

Like Ayabie said, "champuru" is usually in katakana as チャンプルー, while the title of this album has チャンプル without the long sound at the end.
The latter could be romanized as "champur", and though it might seem unlikely, may refer to Nasi Campur, or Indonesian "Mixed Rice".

However, I want to theorize it might be some more of that famous Tsunku♂ Wordplay™, in this case a cross between "champloo" and "sample".

[SomethingWild]

Just listened to the album.. boo-ring 

Absolute highlight is 'only you'. They actually sound like a new Biyuden 

That Tanpopo song is ok too. And I'm happy Lin2 got a solo song!

[Mugen]

I like the album, the only song that I didn't like was the biyuuden song,

I didnt know Lin Lin has such great vocal ability.

Reina's solo was great too. She finally sound less nasally as before lol but its still there

[Wonderboy]

Lin Lin was really impressive in Platinum Disco 

[BigDnm01]

I didn't think I would like most of the songs much, but I DO!  some are good, some are great and some are AMAZING!   

And LinLin really impresses me with her solo, for you...

I love Risa and Eri duet, Mamotte Agetai.  loved Diamonds by High-king and all the other are good, too.

[Rick-e]

I looooove the Gakikame duo, and "kimi ga iru dake de"

oh by the way, how do you read tanpopo #? tanpopo sharp?

[ziggurat]

I love shin minimoni and c-ute feat. manoeri songs, they're such a happy go lucky song. Shin minimoni has the cutest voice grouped together from h!p and of course because of takechan while the c-ute song is really awesome and I really like the manoeri solo part You guys should watch the original pv by KAN, it's epic

[adventwriter]

Favorite song from this has to be Linlin's solo. Other songs I thought were good - Ai-chan's solo, C-ute/Mano Eri, Zyx alpha, and shin minimoni. A pretty good album overall.

[Wonderboy]

I must confess that I'm totally in love with "Yes yes yes"  ...

[redux]

I can't get into this album at all, I've given it time and I've given it several listens but it depresses me even more.

I think the fact that this is more in the same vein as the likes of the Douyou Pops and Folk Songs albums didn't help me really. I expected a lot with the brandishing of the names of Minimoni and the like on there and it did set alarm bells ringing early on that I should be wary, even so I think that I must have been uber excited in the back of my mind as I was left wanting.

The songs are all too dull for me and I can't think of any that stand out for me, I'm hoping for a couple of things from this though. First, that the names of old units being slapped on here wasn't simply a cash-in idea and that we'll never hear of them again. Secondly that if the units do stick around that they'll have a bit more character to them, make them more like the units of old or at least give them something new and unique. I'm not sure if I'd rather them stay around or vanish if they keep giving them this dull as dishwater music to sing.

[Rickker708]

just got my copy today. Have been listening to it while driving around and I am really enjoying it.