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		“Otoko”, 75 sec. [127kb WAV] [255kb RA] The first Ruriko I ever heard, and it still gives me a charge. I love that powerful held note before this chorus.
		Hayaku shiteyo, 65 sec. [119kb WAV] [239kb RA] I love everything about this song, but especially that little catch in her voice...
		reduce, 27 sec. [53kb WAV] [106kb RA] Dark, painful, far removed from the vacuous cheer of idols...
		Sayonara, 51 sec. [100kb WAV] [200kb RA] The drums give this chorus great momentum: it chugs forward relentlessly.
		Travellin’ Life, 55 sec. [107kb WAV] [215kb RA] Other backing vocalists sometimes appear on her records, but all these gorgeous harmonies are just Ruriko on overdubs. Celestial!
		Pride, 54 sec. [105kb WAV] [211kb RA] Has a dark urgency to it...
		Concrete Jungle, 69 sec. [134kb WAV] [266kb RA] Love the get-down scat at the end!
		Ashita genki ni nahre, 54 sec. [106kb WAV] [212kb RA] Melody and harmony are great, and she wrote it all on her lonesome...
		Tsugi no yume, 33 sec. [65kb WAV] [129kb RA] Her versatile voice makes her “pretty-songs” really pretty.
		Futari nara, 75 sec. [146kb WAV] [290kb RA] Much of her later work is fairly mellowed-out, but there are still a few hot ones [like this] to be found.
	Note: all WAVs are mono ACM-compressed files -- Windows Sound Recorder can play them fine. Mac users can get afree SoundApp 2.5 player here. All RAs are downloadable [i.e., not streaming], stereo, RealAudio-5 files -- the latest free RealAudio player is available here.