While the first Silent Möbius soundtrack album focuses on the more sweeping symphonic sounds of the show, the second soundtrack, Melody, focuses on the vocal songs used throughout the show. While these songs are used infrequently during the show, they usually do a good job of supporting the action on-screen, either by directly commenting on the current scene or by providing some clues as to where things are going to go. The big surprise for this album, though, is the fact that every song, with the exception of one instrumental track, is sung in English.

One of the problems that the first Silent Möbius soundtrack album had was the fact that the album just didn't work well as a pure listening experience. The songs didn't flow very well into each other, and the album just didn't feel cohesive. Thankfully that is not the case here, as the songs all flow well into each other, and they also have a thematic unity that was surprising. It is true that the songs range from the straight pop of "You Paint the Sky" to the rock sounds of "Card Shark" to the "New Age feel of Love Can Never Be Erased," but it all fits together surprisingly well, which is either by dumb luck or excellent musical direction, as each song is written and performed by a different person or group.

The relationships of the main characters are the primary basis for the use of vocal songs throughout the show. Roy and Kasumi get the lion's share of the attention.

What really works in this album's favor is the fact that all of songs have a "late '80s" feel to them. For example, "You Paint the Sky" would fit very easily into a late '80s or early '90s Peter Cetera (lead singer of Chicago at the time) album, and the rock song could easily be sung by any hair band out there. Still, good pop music is the order here, and the album delivers in spades. In fact, I can only say the following bad things about this album:

• The songs really don't have anything to do with the show Silent Möbius, so hearing them won't really bring you memories of the show unless you have seen it way too much and memorized which songs occur in which scenes.
• The lady that sings "'Til the End of Time" has too thick of an accent, and is sometimes hard to understand.
• Only 10 tracks makes the album a little shorter than I would like.

And that's it, folks. Everything else is great (assuming you don't hate '80s sounds, that is). We also get some nice features, such as the theme song sung in a full English translation, the second ending theme that shows up late in the show, and the full version of the original ending theme, "Silently." In fact, due to the fact that the songs are all in English and aren't really tied directly to the show, this doesn't really feel like an anime soundtrack at all. Instead, it is a good general-listening album for all purposes, whether or not you actually like the show that spawned it.