Shoji Meguro, Atlus Sound Team – P5: Persona 5 Soundtrack

If you're willing to sell this for cost + shipping, hit me up! Thank you!

Nice set, was really difficult and rare to find it at a decent price point. The soundtrack is totally worth it tho lol

What the fuck were they thinking with the packaging and that sticker sheet

I messed up and assumed they'd put all the best tracks in the Essential Edition (4x LP) version, but some of my favorite songs are only in the Deluxe Edition (6x LP). If anyone is willing to sell and/or trade me the 6x LP version, please let me know! I hate myself for missing this, thanks!

I think the packaging is severely disappointing considering the price tag. A holographic cover and 2 extra disc is apparently worth $75 extra. It unfortuntaly feels like iam8bit has been preying on fans and collectors who want the full soundtrack and upped the price accordingly. Even worse is that the thin printed inner sleeves have scuffed all the discs, so even right after opening it looks like they've been mishandled. Fortunately that turned out to be visible damage only, as they all play perfectly fine.

At least I am very satisfied with the pressing and sound quality of the release. Maybe I'm lucky, but unlike the commenter below I didn't experience a single pop throughout all six discs. Overall a very clear and quiet pressing. And the music itself is fantastic throughout.

I expected a better quality set for $175. It feels like a set that was put together for half that price. All six discs are made with 140g vinyl. Wow is noticeable on multiple discs, along with pops in several songs, even after cleaning. All six inner sleeves are split on the bottom. The red disc has a small amount of black vinyl melted into it. I would've liked it if the disc labels had side designations on them (side A, B, C, etc), instead of just a picture of a mask requiring me to look at the back of the inner sleeves to figure out which side is which.

I don't understand how iam8bit teased the artwork for this release for six months before finally revealing it. The finished cover art is the laziest thing they could've presented. It's nothing but reused character portraits surrounding a simple logo. I expected some sort of original work with the level of secrecy surrounding the release.

The label's YouTube account went into detail about the importance of custom packaging for this release, but there's so much left to be desired when you actually have it in your hands. The outer box has the lazy aforementioned cover art, a gimmicky message on the back that you're supposed to fill in with stickers included with the set, and no text or art of any kind on the spine. The record sleeves have artwork featuring the clothing of some of the main cast. It's a decent idea, but the presentation is flat and not including new portrait artwork for the characters represented feels like a true missed opportunity. As for the records housed in each sleeve, they come in various styles and colors. Another contradiction from their YouTube video since they said they used black vinyl for the first disc for "supreme audio quality." Why emphasize the importance of black vinyl if you're going to use multiple colors for the set?

The set includes a sticker sheet with individual letters so you can fill out the back of the box's message about how the soundtrack makes you feel. To me, this is just a hokey distraction. There is a calling card with a message from composer Shoji Meguro on it. Appropriately enough he makes no real mention about how the soundtrack sounds, just that it might look pretty in someone's collection. Something that could be said about iam8bit as a whole. The bottom of the box is adorned with a plaid pattern mimicking the protagonist's school uniform.

The audio quality for my copy is decent. A bit of surface noise, and the mixing adequate. The mastering did have special attention if the video series is to be believed. It's just a shame that the entire package feels so underwhelming. This game deserved much better.