The original Persona soundtrack pressed to vinyl, and it sounds like it was always meant to be there. That PS1-era fusion of jazz, new age, and industrial grime just hits different on warm analog. "Battle - Awakening" still goes unreasonably hard, all crunchy synth bass and tension.
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"Satomi Tadashi Pharmacy Song" is the earworm you forgot lived in your brain. Maki's cheerful theme feels fragile in the best way, while Kandori's sorrowful motif does more with atmosphere than most full orchestras attempt.
The Snow Queen arc tracks ("Night Queen," "Ice Castle") bring this eerie frozen beauty that the SEBEC side never quite matched. Worth it just to hear how wild Atlus was before they had a formula.