▁by ▁All Music ' s ▁Ro ch ▁Paris ien ▁pra ised ▁Br ust ' s ▁" eng ross ingly ▁po etic , ▁impression ist ▁story " ▁but ▁called ▁the ▁album ' s ▁technical ▁aspect ▁" a ▁failure ▁of ▁multimedia ▁integration ," ▁in ▁that ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁ 1 7 ▁chap ters ▁were ▁presented ▁as ▁" scroll able ▁text ▁only , ▁which ▁also ▁inter s per se ▁some ▁ 8 0 ▁song ▁ly ric ▁ex cer pts ▁that ▁you ▁can ▁play ▁from ▁hot ▁buttons . ▁An no ying ly , ▁you ▁must ▁f lip ▁back ▁to ▁a ▁main ▁menu ▁index ▁to ▁move ▁from ▁one ▁chapter ▁to ▁the ▁next ." ▁The ▁review , ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁pred ated ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁popular ▁e - book ▁readers ▁that ▁began ▁to ▁emer ge ▁about ▁ten ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁Track ▁listing ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 9 5 ▁albums ▁Category : Bo iled ▁in ▁Le ad ▁albums <0x0A> </s> ▁Mother ▁Earth ▁is ▁the ▁sevent h ▁studio ▁album ▁by ▁Japanese ▁J - pop ▁singer ▁and ▁song writer ▁M aki ▁Oh g uro . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 9 ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁under ▁B - G ram ▁Records . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁arr anger ▁T akes hi ▁became ▁the ▁main ▁producer ▁of ▁this ▁album . ▁ ▁Album ▁consist ▁of ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁previously ▁released ▁singles , ▁Ne ! ▁~ On na ▁J ou net su ~ . ▁▁ ▁Two ▁tracks ▁out ▁of ▁th ir teen