Released exactly three years after the first Disgaea arranged album, Disgaea 2 comes to us as one of Tenpei Sato's strongest works to date, in composition, arrangement, and production value. I say this as no stranger to Sato's works. I've heard many of his lesser-known works from the previous decade, and I'm certainly aware of his more recent work with Nippon Ichi. But, veteran that I may as a Tenpei Sato fan, Sato himself is much more a veteran at creating music. By now, I'd be willing to call him a master in his field. I'm nearly willing to call Disgaea 2's score a modern masterpiece in popular art. The sad thing about Sato's work with NIS (from Disgaea forward) has been that the complete OSTs have been extremely difficult to obtain. They were released as limited bonus items with the PS2 titles (usually retailing at about 9000 yen in Japan). Near after this release, a more widely-printed "arranged album" would be released for the title. Th...