MASTER ARTIST 3 series CDs

[suzushinayuriko]

I totally called it! I was hoping so much for a Fate of the World solo!

I wasn't expecting the Kosmos, Cosmos. Asakura Azami's singing has improved (especially that 99 Nights) so I'm looking forward to it.

[ChocoCats]

And here are the links to the original songs

Chihaya's non season cover
数え歌 (The Counting Song) by Ayako Ikeda
Chihaya's winter cover
恋人がサンタクロース (My Love is Santa Claus) by Yumi Matsutoya

Mami's non season cover
Yeah！めっちゃホリディ (Yeah! Big Holiday) by Aya Matsuura
Mami's winter cover
WHITE BREATH by T.M.Revolution

Yukiho's non season cover
Agape by Melocure
Yukiho's winter cover
Snowdome by Kaela Kimura

Edited, which include full versions of Kazoe Uta, Koibito ga Santa Claus, and Snowdome.

Facts
Kazoe Uta - The numbers 1-7 are sung in the following languages: Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese, German, Turkish, Swahili, and Old Japanese.
Koibito ga Santa Claus - Azumi Asakura, Manami Numakura, and Yumi Hara covered this song in the 124th broadcast of THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! that later appeared on the Nouvelle Vague CD.
Yeah! Meccha Holiday - Yumi Hara covered this song in the 56th broadcast of THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! that later appeared on the THIRD TRAVEL WANTED CD.
Agape - Insert song for the anime UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie. Agape is a Greek term for love: esp. compassion, forgiveness, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God. It developed in Christian theology as the love of God or Christ for humankind.
Snowdome - Asami Imai and Chiaki Takahashi covered this song in the 46th broadcast of THE IDOLM@STER RADIO.

[Yukibro]

So no one got LMG? That's pretty odd. The pattern has been consistent so far, and now I realize this might be held over Yukiho's head for quite a while for upcoming albums... oh well. I'm still kinda miffed about Kosmos as well, but I figure an Azumin version of any older Yukiho image song is well overdue. I'm looking forward to the rest of the album for sure, though.

As for the others... I would have suspected Chihaya would get Fate if not LMG, so that seems fine. And T.M. Revolution by Asapon? I'm totally down.

[OniZetto]

Edited, which include full versions of Kazoe Uta and Snowdome.

Facts
Kazoe Uta - The numbers 1-7 are sung in the following languages: Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese, German, Turkish, Swahili, and Old Japanese.
Koibito ga Santa Claus - Azumi Asakura, Manami Numakura, and Yumi Hara covered this song in the 124th broadcast of THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! that later appeared on the Nouvelle Vague CD.
Yeah! Meccha Holiday - Yumi Hara covered this song in the 56th broadcast of THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! that later appeared on the THIRD TRAVEL WANTED CD.
Agape - Insert song for the anime UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie. Agape is a Greek term for love: esp. compassion, forgiveness, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God. It developed in Christian theology as the love of God or Christ for humankind.
Snowdome - Asami Imai and Chiaki Takahashi covered this song in the 46th broadcast of THE IDOLM@STER RADIO.

Apparently they included some "old" covers... I have nothing to say.

If someone else have covered some of these in the past, what's the point to let the other cover it again? Only if it really worth a revival, other than that it's just the proof of laziness!

[Maka]

They're radio covers, which means they're super informal, usually very short, and done with a budget of approximately 5 dollars. There are only so many imas appropriate songs in Japan, so some repeats are inevitable.

[Okayu]

They're radio covers, which means they're super informal, usually very short, and done with a budget of approximately 5 dollars. There are only so many imas appropriate songs in Japan, so some repeats are inevitable.

This isn't the first time they've reused Radio Covers either.
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ut7q763t8buplfq/Tsuki+no+Shizuku+-+Chihaya+and+Ranko+duet.mp3

As for Chihaya's cover choices it's not what I was expecting.
At first I didn't understand why she was given the counting song, but looking at the lyrics it reminds me of Shiny Festa's theme a bit.

Maybe it'd help if the lyrics were translated
http://pastebin.com/vizE7sDR

As for the Christmas one I'll have to wait to hear her version to see what I think of that one.

[ChocoCats]

Apparently they included some "old" covers... I have nothing to say.

If someone else have covered some of these in the past, what's the point to let the other cover it again? Only if it really worth a revival, other than that it's just the proof of laziness!

Maka and Okayu already mention it, but if you did a bit of research on the wiki, then you wouldn't make such a rash statement. =/

This isn't the first time they've reused Radio Covers either.
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ut7q763t8buplfq/Tsuki+no+Shizuku+-+Chihaya+and+Ranko+duet.mp3

As for Chihaya's cover choices it's not what I was expecting.
At first I didn't understand why she was given the counting song, but looking at the lyrics it reminds me of Shiny Festa's theme a bit.

Maybe it'd help if the lyrics were translated
http://pastebin.com/vizE7sDR

As for the Christmas one I'll have to wait to hear her version to see what I think of that one.

I think you're looking for Manami and Yumi's cover of Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara (covered by Juri in the MA FINALE CD and that other CD) because Asami covered Tsuki no Shizuku way before Maayu did.

And thanks for finding that pastebin. It wasn't the full version, but the last lines are needed and allows me to do a couple fixes. While I'm not a fan that it's another slow song (and finding Kanji lyrics), I think it's a very fitting cover for her. I hope she does it right because a couple of her covers were really eh.

[Chihayaa]

Chihaya's Fate of the World in the game sounded rather off to me, so I can't wait to hear her redone version! I actually really like Counting Rhymes after listening to it just once, and having her CD include Saihyou and Shizuka na Yoru ni Negai wo... makes me really happy.
If I'll get one of the CDs in the series, it'll definitely be this one for sure! If Azusa's comes out great, I'll buy Chihaya's, Hibiki's, and Azusa's.

[Vas]

I've mainly only heard Fate of the World being sung from Chihaya, Miki, and Haruka  from the movie and never in game. I didn't think it sounded bad, but just watching some videos of OFA with Chihaya's solo just now, I'm actually liking it more than the previously said trio's cover on it. Hope it isn't redone too differently.

[ZetaFlare]

I always imagined hearing Azusa sing Agape (really liked the song and Valkyrie), but Yukiho's got a great voice for that song too. Can't wait to hear it!

[Maka]

Miki's and Takane's are already ripped; Iori's is nowhere to be found. I'll post impressions later, but dang, that was fast.

[Kimiko]

Nostalgia and Futatsu no Tsuki were great in m@ster version
and I really like mikis and takanes solos of 99 Nights
Takanes Destiny is also a great cover,
and Mikis Kyun was also good, but I don't like mikis catch you catch me that much... If she would have sung it with a diffrent voice of hers, like the nostalgia voice I would have been happier but overall takane and miki are great
now waiting for ioris

[OniZetto]

Miki's and Takane's are already ripped; Iori's is nowhere to be found. I'll post impressions later, but dang, that was fast.

What? Seriously!? Aren't they supposed to be released tomorrow??

[Naryoril]

What? Seriously!? Aren't they supposed to be released tomorrow??

Hmm... you are right. But i got an e-mail from CD japan that my CDs (Miki and Takane, i don't care for Iori) were shipped yesterday. The will take a while to get here though.

Edit: When i check the release date i saw that the next batch is up for order, so i went and ordered Yukiho and Chihaya

[OniZetto]

Hmm... you are right. But i got an e-mail from CD japan that my CDs (Miki and Takane, i don't care for Iori) were shipped yesterday. The will take a while to get here though.

Edit: When i check the release date i saw that the next batch is up for order, so i went and ordered Yukiho and Chihaya

You're probably in US or Europe?

Then it must be some guys live near Japan (like Chinese or Korean,) and have received their orders already. Only that way it would make sense.

===EDIT===

Just got Miki's, her new covers are pretty nice, although I've never heard those two songs, I'm really satisfied with them.

But talking about Nostalgia... the middle part is a little messed up, just like some old master versions did. Can't really say I hate this one, but can't say I like it, either.

So let's put it this way: Good enough, although it can be better, but that's what we get.