C-ute - Shocking 5

[Special Needs Tricycle]

1. EVERYDAY Zekkouchou!!

2. The Party!

3. Aa Koi (Airi)

4. Bye Bye Bye!

5. Lonely girl's night (Maimi)

6. Kimi no Senpou (Chisato, Mai, Saki)

7. SHOCK!

8. Shigatsu Sengen

9. Zansho Omimai Moushiagemasu.

10. Yume ga Aru Kara

11. Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu



Shigatsu Sengen preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_HmTUk7DAc



Airi's solo owns. This song is kind of boring, but they at least sound really good!



It would've been a better ending song though, I think.

[Farrah]

Kind of gross to see Maimai posing all ~sexy~ in the other cover and I don't like the song much, but I'll live XD Kind of disappointed at the Maimi solo being Lonely Girl's Night, because I was really looking forward to that song based on it sounding like a kind of RnB ballad thing, and if it IS that, I don't think Maimi can pull it off at all.

[tsukinobyouin]

[quote name='Ang' post='74977' date='Feb 2 2010, 03:54 PM']Kind of gross to see Maimai posing all ~sexy~ in the other cover and I don't like the song much, but I'll live XD Kind of disappointed at the Maimi solo being Lonely Girl's Night, because I was really looking forward to that song based on it sounding like a kind of RnB ballad thing, and if it IS that, I don't think Maimi can pull it off at all.[/quote]



None of them look like they're posing all that sexy to me, it's more like ~*model*~. With bad photoshop and awkward angles.



Also Maimi can do whatever she wants because she's a beautiful princess.





edit: Oh yeah, Shigatsu Sengen draaaags. I'd probably like it a lot better if it was sped up juust slightly.

[Pucchi-Mo]

Lonely Girl's Night? So there WAS an 11th track for Maki's 4th album after all! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... hahaha.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':doh:' /> ("Ima ni Kitto...FUCK MY LIFE" aside)





Also, note that [Shoju Oh Me, Oh My!! Mobekimasu] will at least be a remix. (by someone named H22)



Err.. Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu, I like my title more. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whatthe:' />

[thamychan]

I actually find Airi odd in those covers, maybe it is because of the resolution... As for Maimi she is also looking strange in the regular one but I love her hair in both of the editions! And Chisato! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> Will this year be hers? She's gorgeous there.

[Special Needs Tricycle]

LONELY GIRLS NIGHT!!!!!!!

The Party!



Lonely Girl's Night is a really good song but FUCKING MAIMI IS HORRIBLE. That girl's voice is so hard to listen to, ugh. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> Should've been an Airi solo.



The Party is boring.

[tsukinobyouin]

Man those colors are horrible. The LE looks like they're sitting in front of a dirty window and the posing is mega awkward in the RE. I see someone has discovered the lens flare in the photoshop department.



[quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='75286' date='Feb 6 2010, 04:35 PM']Lonely Girl's Night is a really good song but FUCKING MAIMI IS HORRIBLE. That girl's voice is so hard to listen to, ugh. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> Should've been an Airi solo.



The Party is boring.[/quote]



SHUT YO MOUF. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... dammit.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />



But yeah The Party isn't doing anything for me. Other than making me want to yell "HI!" back.

[AEUGNewtype]

[quote name='TnB' post='75001' date='Feb 2 2010, 09:43 PM']Also Maimi can do whatever she wants because she's a beautiful princess.[/quote]

This.



[quote name='TnB' post='75294' date='Feb 6 2010, 04:38 PM']Man those colors are horrible. The LE looks like they're sitting in front of a dirty window and the posing is mega awkward in the RE. I see someone has discovered the lens flare in the photoshop department.



[quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='75286' date='Feb 6 2010, 04:35 PM']Lonely Girl's Night is a really good song but FUCKING MAIMI IS HORRIBLE. That girl's voice is so hard to listen to, ugh. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> Should've been an Airi solo.



The Party is boring.[/quote]



SHUT YO MOUF. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... dammit.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

[/quote]

This as well. Lonely Girl's Night is the best C-ute-related song in a long fucking time, its gorgeous and I love her voice. Seriously. Shigatsu Sengen is really good too. And holy crap, The Party is awesome too, AKIRA arrangements for the win. Sounds kinda similar to One's Life from their last album, but that can't be more of a good thing. This is looking to be a really good album. A pretty nice change since their last 3 singles have been utter garbage. So there's only 3 songs from this CD that we haven't heard yet..

[Farrah]

[quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='75286' date='Feb 6 2010, 04:35 PM']Lonely Girl's Night is a really good song but FUCKING MAIMI IS HORRIBLE. That girl's voice is so hard to listen to, ugh. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':party:' /> Should've been an Airi solo.[/quote]

This. Airi and Chisato are pretty much the only vocalists in C-ute I can stand now (while I found Erika's voice a bit babyish for my tastes, it was inoffensive to me). Maimi has the looks of a front girl, but notttt the sound.

[Shoujo Q]

Chisato, Mai, and Saki's song was released today on the radio. Kimi no Senpou





... I'm so disappointed with this album so far. T_T

[Storm121693]

Lonely girls night seems like one of airi's solos though. she doesn't sing it badly though! can't wait till the album releases.

[Haru]

Dude, as of late; everything seems like an Airi solo.



Downloading it now (inb4 you should buy albums...really cba...). Will provide review in a bit. My internet moves like the speed of smell.



EDIT - Dude, did they record this album quieter than any other song?

Because I cannot find a single download with decent volume.

[sadude]

[quote name='TightWetPucchi' post='75003' date='Feb 2 2010, 11:08 PM']Also, note that [Shoju Oh Me, Oh My!! Mobekimasu] will at least be a remix. (by someone named H22)



Err.. Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu, I like my title more. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />[/quote]

Has anyone listened to this album? Because the song Pumo is talking about (Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu H22 Remix) is:

a) a Hardstyle remix of the song! What the fuck, H!P. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':gay:' />

<img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... >/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':dammit:' /> the best song on the album,

c) the best H!P song so far this year,

d) the best official H!P remix in the past 12 years (not that that's saying much...), and

e) the best C-ute song from their whole discography. (Sorry, Edo no Temori Uta II.)



Who's H22? The credits I've been able to find online simply list Hirata as the arranger, but I'm not sure if that's listing him because he arranged the original or because he's also the remixer.

[kitaoji]

[quote name='sadude' post='76642' date='Mar 4 2010, 11:16 AM'][quote name='TightWetPucchi' post='75003' date='Feb 2 2010, 11:08 PM']Also, note that [Shoju Oh Me, Oh My!! Mobekimasu] will at least be a remix. (by someone named H22)



Err.. Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu, I like my title more. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />[/quote]

Has anyone listened to this album? Because the song Pumo is talking about (Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu H22 Remix) is:

a) a Hardstyle remix of the song! What the fuck, H!P. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':gay:' />

<img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... >/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':dammit:' /> the best song on the album,

c) the best H!P song so far this year,

d) the best official H!P remix in the past 12 years (not that that's saying much...), and

e) the best C-ute song from their whole discography. (Sorry, Edo no Temori Uta II.)



Who's H22? The credits I've been able to find online simply list Hirata as the arranger, but I'm not sure if that's listing him because he arranged the original or because he's also the remixer.

[/quote]



I guess H22 refers to Heisei 22? It's this year.

[Mierna]

FYI, this album did poorly on Oricon, selling only about 6k in its first week. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /sleep.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> (For some reason I always think of this as C-ute's "fall from grace".)

[AEUGNewtype]

[quote name='Haruhitastic Power' post='76267' date='Feb 25 2010, 09:46 AM']EDIT - Dude, did they record this album quieter than any other song?

Because I cannot find a single download with decent volume.[/quote]

This is why I buy CDs sometimes. Having the official mastering quality is great.

[Haru]

Bah, I know. But I can't see the point in paying $30+ for a CD, and neither do my parents.

:c

[AEUGNewtype]

Damn, this album really inspires some faith in C-ute for me again, after how bad their recent singles have been, this album really kicks ass, now that I've finally got to listen to it. Airi's solo song and the ballad near the end are the only things that bring it down from "fucking awesome" status. The singles on it are crap, but those are never really taken into consideration for me when judging an album. Its a great mix of a lot of different kinds of music and it's all really well-written and performed, as far as the arrangements are concerned. They just jumped up a notch or two on my list of H!P artists. I may expand on this later, but it seems most people already don't really care about it anyway.

[Pucchi-Mo]

[Haru]

Finally got a decent download yesterday.

Not crazy about the album. It's mainly all slow songs and slow songs make me go "ick."

And I've never liked remixes, unless they're done by Andy Hunter, Paul Oakenfold or Tiesto.

[AEUGNewtype]

[quote name='Haru' post='76845' date='Mar 8 2010, 11:10 AM']Finally got a decent download yesterday.

Not crazy about the album. It's mainly all slow songs and slow songs make me go "ick."

And I've never liked remixes, unless they're done by Andy Hunter, Paul Oakenfold or Tiesto.[/quote]

I kind of agree that these are mostly slower paced songs, but I can't disagree more that they aren't good songs. These are all songs that show how much they've matured as a group and as as artists in their own right. The arrangements are much more well produced and often more organic than anything they've done yet, and is one of the most important things I look for in the progression of an artist is how well they deal with change. If you're just looking for more Meguru Kisetsu or LALALA, the new C-ute is the wrong place to be looking. They've moved on to do some more mature music, at least for the time being, but I can't love them more for it.

[Madara]

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='76852' date='Mar 9 2010, 04:47 AM'][quote name='Haru' post='76845' date='Mar 8 2010, 11:10 AM']Finally got a decent download yesterday.

Not crazy about the album. It's mainly all slow songs and slow songs make me go "ick."

And I've never liked remixes, unless they're done by Andy Hunter, Paul Oakenfold or Tiesto.[/quote]

I kind of agree that these are mostly slower paced songs, but I can't disagree more that they aren't good songs. These are all songs that show how much they've matured as a group and as as artists in their own right. The arrangements are much more well produced and often more organic than anything they've done yet, and is one of the most important things I look for in the progression of an artist is how well they deal with change. If you're just looking for more Meguru Kisetsu or LALALA, the new C-ute is the wrong place to be looking. They've moved on to do some more mature music, at least for the time being, but I can't love them more for it.

[/quote]



Ditto. I think this is their best album yet.

[Madara]

While not indicated as such in the track list in the first post, Track 9: "Zansho Omimai Moushiagemasu" is an Airi solo also. It's also probably the nicest song on the album. And, sorry, but she's great.

[AEUGNewtype]

[quote name='Madara' post='77061' date='Mar 14 2010, 10:56 AM']While not indicated as such in the track list in the first post, Track 9: "Zansho Omimai Moushiagemasu" is an Airi solo also. It's also probably the nicest song on the album. And, sorry, but she's great.[/quote]

This is the B-side from Shouchuu Omimai Moushiagemasu, so its not anything new. Not sure if you knew that, you just stated this seemingly as if this were a new song.

[Madara]

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='77067' date='Mar 15 2010, 05:37 AM'][quote name='Madara' post='77061' date='Mar 14 2010, 10:56 AM']While not indicated as such in the track list in the first post, Track 9: "Zansho Omimai Moushiagemasu" is an Airi solo also. It's also probably the nicest song on the album. And, sorry, but she's great.[/quote]

This is the B-side from Shouchuu Omimai Moushiagemasu, so its not anything new. Not sure if you knew that, you just stated this seemingly as if this were a new song.

[/quote]



Frankly, except for "Everyday Zekkocho" and "Bye Bye Bye," every song on the CD was new to me. My point was that no one had mentioned Airi's second solo on the album and I thought it was worth mentioning, that's all.

[missusagi]

The most disappointing album I've ever heard. The only song I like (besides the classic) is the solo Maimi-chan.

[candimonki23]

This was very dissapointing for me. The only non single song that I liked was Maimi's solo song. She sounds amazing!

Shock is good too. But I think its bad that for an album the only things that i like are a solo and another song that practically is a solo as well. =/

I'll wait for the next album. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... nfused.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whistling:' />

[writerserenyty]

Only non-single song that stood out was Lonely Girl's Night. It's a really nice song.



Which is good, because I have a weird thing for Maimi's voice, and think she sounds really great!

[happii456]

[quote name='writerserenyty' post='78295' date='Apr 6 2010, 05:02 AM']Only non-single song that stood out was Lonely Girl's Night. It's a really nice song.



Which is good, because I have a weird thing for Maimi's voice, and think she sounds really great![/quote]



this album was their worst album ever =.= Chisa shoulda gotten the song that maimi had.

[Special Needs Tricycle]

[quote name='happii456' post='79521' date='May 4 2010, 09:04 PM'][quote name='writerserenyty' post='78295' date='Apr 6 2010, 05:02 AM']Only non-single song that stood out was Lonely Girl's Night. It's a really nice song.



Which is good, because I have a weird thing for Maimi's voice, and think she sounds really great![/quote]



this album was their worst album ever =.= Chisa shoulda gotten the song that maimi had.

[/quote]

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