The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs

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The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs
Record label: Wave Master
Artist: Crush 40 (Jun Senoue, Johnny Gioeli), Bob Burch, David Braun, Hirotsugu Homma, Bobby Jarzombek, Katsuji, Toru Kawamura, Kimiko Nakagawa Strings, Chris Madin, Yutaka Minobe, Mark Schulman, Naoto Shibata, Takeshi Taneda
Composer(s): The Cult, Tomoya Ohtani, Jun Senoue, Mike Szuter, Kenichi Tokoi
Arranger(s): Johnny Gioeli, Hirotsugu Homma, Katsuji, Toru Kawamura, Mark Schulman, Jun Senoue, Naoto Shibata, Takeshi Taneda
Release Date RRP Code Rating JP 2009-11-18 ¥2,500 WWCA-31207

The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs is the third album by the Sega-affiliated rock group Crush 40. Included are tracks from their previous album, along with a selection of Sonic the Hedgehog-related songs, many of which have been re-mixed specifically for this compilation. Brand new to this release is a cover of the theme to Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, a cover of the song "Fire Woman" originally done by the British band The Cult, and "Is It You," an original Crush 40 composition not written for a video game. The iTunes release also has three bonus tracks, which have been published on other physical releases through Wave Master.

Track List

1. I Am... All Of Me (New Mix) [3:51]
   Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura
2. His World (New Mix) [5:16]
   Music: Tomoya Ohtani; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura
3. Un-gravitify [4:44]
   Music: Kenichi Tokoi; Lyrics: runblebee; Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura; Background Vocals: Bob Burch & David Braun
4. All Hail Shadow [4:01]
   Music & Lyrics: Jun Senoue & Mike Szuter; Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura
5. Never Turn Back [4:39]
   Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura
6. Revvin' Up [4:34]
   Music, Lyrics, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Bass: Naoto Shibata; Drums: Hirotsugu Homma
7. Into the Wind [4:29]
   Music, Lyrics, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Bass: Naoto Shibata; Drums: Hirotsugu Homma
8. Watch Me Fly... [5:11]
   Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Bass: Naoto Shibata; Drums: Hirotsugu Homma; Piano: Yutaka Minobe
9. Fire Woman [5:16]
   Music & Lyrics: Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura; Background Vocals: Bob Burch & David Braun
10. Sonic Heroes [3:28]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Katsuji
11. What I'm Made Of... [3:43]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Mark Schulman
12. Live Life [5:38]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Katsuji; Piano: Yutaka Minobe; Strings: Kimiko Nakagawa Strings;
13. Knight Of The Wind (New Mix) [4:31]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Katsuji; Strings: Kimiko Nakagawa Strings
14. Live & Learn [4:31]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Katsuji
15. Open Your Heart (New Mix) [4:49]
    Music: Jun Senoue & Kenichi Tokoi; Lyrics: Kenichi Tokoi; Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Bass: Naoto Shibata; Drums: Hirotsugu Homma
16. Is It You [4:58]
    Music & Lyrics: Jun Senoue & Johnny Gioelli; Vocals: Johnny Gioelli; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura; Background Vocals: Bob Burch & David Braun

Total Running Time: 73:39

iTunes Bonus Tracks

17. Free [3:21]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Background Vocals: Chris Madin
18. With Me -Massive Power Mix- [3:55]
    Music, Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Lyrics & Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Bobby Jarzombek
19. Seven Rings In Hand [4:49]
    Music: Kenichi Tokoi; Lyrics: runblebee; Guitars & Programming: Jun Senoue; Vocals: Johnny Gioeli; Bass: Takeshi Taneda; Drums: Toru Kawamura

Total Running Time: 85:44

Credits

Session Coordinators:
Kiyoshi Yoshida (Attic-Arcade, inc.), Stan Katayama

Recording Engineers:
Masahiro Fukuhara, Bob Burch, Stan Katayama, Hirokazu Akashi, Yoshitada Miya

Compilation Produced for Release by Jun Senoue

Label Staff
Executive Producer: Fumitaka Shibata
A&R Director: Kazuo Koizumi
Sales Promoter: Osamu Igarashi (avex marketing)

Sega Staff
Licensing: Toshimasa Kubo, Junichiro Takahashi, Eishin Miura

Mastered by Isao Kikuchi at Warner Music Mastering, Tokyo, Japan
Design: Chiaki Kuroda (Windansea Design)

Johnny would like to thank all of the "Crushers" who year after year support Crush40 and all of the Sega teams involved in making great games and great music!
Special thanks to the Senoue family for treating me so awesome! And to my family....it goes without saying...I love you all. Brandon wants it louder! Katy wants it lower! What the heck?! Go to you rooms........and play CRUSH40!
Thanks everyone...

Jun would like to thank... Chieko, Juri, Joshua and rest of my family. Naofumi Hataya and everyone at Sega sound team. All the development teams at Sega I had worked with.
Hiroki Hayashi at ESP guitars, Michelle Silberman at Line 6, Scott Uchida at Jim Dunlop, Yasu Yokote at Performance guitars
Kaz Hirose and Yumiko Haba at BURRN! magazine
Parminder Gill, Martin Sturrock, Naoko Hayashi
Special thanks to the Gioeli family, you guys are so sweet!
And all out friends and fans! Love ya!

Jun Senoue uses ESP guitars, LINE 6 Products & Jim Dunlop Picks

Scans

Album, JP
File:BestofCrush40 CD JP booklet.pdf Cover
Tray Disc Obi

External links

• Crush 40 discography page
• The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs on iTunes: US, UK, JP
• The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs on VGMdb

1990s albums Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (1994) | Sonic & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) | Virtual Sonic (1996) | Sonic the Fighters Sound Tracks (1996) | Sonic the Hedgehog (1996) | Sonic Live in Sydney (1997) | Sonic R (1998) | Sonic Adventure Songs With Attitude ~Vocal mini-Album~ (1998) | SONIC Adventure REMIX (1998) | Sonic Adventure "Digi-LOG Conversation" Original Sound Track (1999)

2000s albums Cuts Unleashed SA2 Vocal Collection (2001) | Multi-dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track (2001) | Sonic the Hedgehog 10th Anniversary (2001) | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack (2002) | Sonic Adventure 2: Battle - Sampler (2002) | Triple Threat Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax (2004) | Complete Trinity Sonic Heroes - Original Soundtrax (2004) | Sonic X ~Original Sound Tracks~ (2004) | Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack (2004) | Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush (2005) | Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax (2006) | Shadow the Hedgehog Original Soundtrax (2006) | Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack "Speedbeats Grand Prix" (2006) | Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills (2007) | Sonic the Hedgehog Original Sound Track (2007) | Seven Rings in Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track (2007) | Sonic and the Secret Rings Game Soundtrack (2007) | Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack (2007) | Sonic Underground: The Greatest Hits (2007) | Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack "Zero Gravity Tracks" (2008) | True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog (2008) | Sonic Underground: The Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (2008) | Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack (2009) | Face to Faith: Sonic and the Black Knight - Vocal Trax (2009) | Tales of Knighthood: Sonic and the Black Knight Original Soundtrax (2009) | True Colors: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2 (2009)

2010s albums Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack: Break Free (2010) | Vivid Sound x Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack (2010) | Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack (2011) | Sonic Generations: 20 Years of Sonic Music (2011) | Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition (2011) | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition (2011) | History of Sonic Music 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack: Blue Blur (2012) | Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I & II Original Soundtrack (2012) | Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack [Special Selection] (2013) | Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack Without Boundaries (2013) | Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Original Soundtrack (2014) | SEGA ALL-STARS Premium Sound Collection (2014) | Sonic The Hedgehog "Passion & Pride" Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era (2014) | Sonic Adventure Music Experience (2016) | Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Selection (2016) | Sonic Runners Complete Soundtrack (2016) | Sonic Adventure Music Experience Vol. 2 (2017) | Sonic 25th Cafe Selection (2017) | Sonic Mania (2017) | Sonic Forces Vocal Traxx - On the Edge (2017) | Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - A Hero Will Rise (2017) | Sonic Adventure Official Soundtrack Vinyl Edition (2017) | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack Vinyl Edition (2017) | Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - The Vinyl Cutz (2018) | Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack (2018) | Maximum Overdrive - Team Sonic Racing Original Soundtrack (2019) | Sonic CD (2019)

2020s albums Sonic the Hedgehog: Music from the Motion Picture (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog DJ Style "Party" (2020) | Sonic Colors: Ultimate Original Soundtrack "Re-Colors" (2021) | Rock 'n' Sonic The Hedgehog: Sessions! (2022) | Sonic Colors: Ultimate 2xLP Vinyl Soundtrack (2022) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Music from the Motion Picture) (2022) | Sonic Spinball (2022) | Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack Stillness & Motion (2022) | Sonic Frontiers: The Music of Starfall Islands (2022) | Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack Paths Revisited (2023)

Singles SUPERSONIC (1992) | Super Sonic Dance Attack (1992) | Super Sonic Dance Attack Remix (1992) | Winter Song (1994) | Wonderman (1994) | Wizards of the Sonic (1994) | Wizards of the Sonic Remix (1994) | They Call Me Sonic (1996) | King of the Ring (1996) | Sonic Mix 3 (1996) | Wizards of the Sonic (1998) | Sonic Adventure Remix (1998) | Work It Out (1999) | Mi-Ra-I (2003) | Sonic Drive (2003) | Hikaru Michi (2003) | T.O.P (2004) | Moshimo Yukinara/Kyoudakeha (2006) | So Much More... (2009) | Speed Me Up (2020)

Digital releases Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I Original Soundtrack (2012) | Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II Original Soundtrack (2012) | Sonic and the Black Knight Official Soundtrack (2012) | Sonic Generations Official Soundtrack (2012) | Shadow the Hedgehog Official Soundtrack (2012) | Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP (2013) | Sonic Runners Original Soundtrack (2015) | Sonic Forces Hi-Res Collection (2017) | Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) (2018) | Sonic the Hedgehog Non-Stop Music Selection Vol.1 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Throwback Collection Vol.1 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Non-Stop Music Selection Vol.2 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Non-Stop Music Selection Vol.3 (2020) | Sonic Sound Station Selection Vol.1 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Non-Stop Music Selection Vol.4 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Throwback Collection Vol.2 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Throwback Collection Vol.3 (2020) | Sonic the Hedgehog Non-Stop Music Selection Vol.5 (2020) | Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony (Live) (2021) | Sonic the Hedgehog Tribute (2022) | Sonic Frontiers - Main Theme EP (2022)

Associated albums SONICTEAM "PowerPlay" (1998) | Thrill of the Feel (2000) | Crush 40 (2003) | SonicTeam Unplugged Live 2004 (2004) | The Works (2009) | The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs (2009) | Rise Again [EP] (2012) | Live! (2012) | 2 Nights 2 Remember (2015) | The Works II (2016) | The Works III (2019) | Driving Through Forever The Ultimate Crush Forty Collection 1998-2018 (2019) Tsugino Seno! De - ON THE GREEN HILL - (2021)

Compilations Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 1 - Mega-CD Super Music Collection (1993) | Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 2 - Mega Drive Super Music Collection (1994) | SEGA Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix (1995) | Club Saturn (1996) | Club SEGA (1997) | Club Sega 2 ~Beat Grooves~ (1999) | Radio DC (1999) | The Very Best of SEGA (2004) | Play! A Video Game Symphony Live! (2009) | Video Games Live: Level 2 (2010)

Miscellaneous The Better One Wins!: Album | Single | Sonic Dance: 1 | 2 | Sonic Mix: 1 | 2 | 3 | Sonic Dance Power: I | II | III | 4 | V | VI | VII | VIII