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In commemoration of Gundam's 30th anniversary, Andrew W.K. who's famous work includes "Party Hard" that is the subject to an internet meme, has created a new album consisting of English covers of various Gundam soundtracks from the original TV series.

You can listen to all of the tracks on his website:
http://www.andrewwk.com/index.php?page=page.php?id=60

Just scan through the albums on the bottom part where a flash music player will load. I actually liked the way he re-arranged most of the tracks and done in English, especially his version of "Char is Coming", though his version of "Soldiers of Sorrow" seems to be a bit of a direct translation, but otherwise enjoyable as well.

Listen, laugh, cringe, enjoy.

For some comparison, here's Ai Senshi (Soldiers of Sorrow) in its original Japanese format:
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And here's Andrew W.K's English version:
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Track sixteen is definitely awesome!
Yeah, his re-dubbed versionof Gihren's speeches were well done. Maybe they could get him as the next Engligh VA of Ghiren in future Gundam releases :p.