[quote name='Tallgeese' post='62381' date='Mar 16 2009, 12:33 PM']Except for a few outliers, like Guru Guru Jump, It's You, and Kataomoi, the album is pretty consistent in sound (album is dance and r&b heavy), which is a good thing. A past criticism I've had with their albums is that they're all over the damn place. I think it's a pretty solid album.[/quote]
Seriously, and this makes me really think most of these tracks are from Maki's secret vault.
Tons of Tanaka Nao, synthy, ass shaking tunes, and the fact that I really like this album.
Totally meant for Maki and the songs work so well together, even the singles. (Just as How to Use Sexy blended so well)
Also, I think this direction was to make them more compatible with the US, not just the anime crowd, more like the MTV crowd. <img src='
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"Remember those girls with meat strapped to their heads? Well... this isn't them, except for ..her and ..her, but listen to this anyway!"
[Guru Guru Jump] is probably a lost Berryz track or a "smallest of the 3 groups" shuffle unit that never happened. It's cute. The chorus is very Chu! Natsu Party. It's an unusual combo, but it probably makes Koharu easier to digest.
[Ame no Full of words I can't remember Darou?] is meant for Sakura Gumi, which would have been pushed to Puri Puri Pink, but then they got the other song with the really really long title.
After the Chinese lines end, I swear I hear some random white guy singing the chorus, if you remove the front vocals, it's very clear. This is really good, probably the only slow song that I wish was longer. Maybe the lack of midway-instrumental-break throws me off, because lyrically it isn't really missing anything. Well, the intro & ending equal about a minute combined, so it's a good length overall.
I was talking to Pi about [Take Off is Now] and she made the comment that it lacked bass and I was thinking how is that possible, but the bass of this song acts as treble or something so it's really buzzy rather than boomy. It's interesting and confusing. There's a really strange high voice in the backing vocals, I cant tell if it's a girl or Tsunku. Also, I love this song more than ever. I feel like it might become a single one day.
[Watashi no really long title that is sung alone] sounds like Aika received Tokito Ami's music.
Also, Eri's solo sounds like something Tokito Ami would sing if her career existed beyond her blog.
I didn't hate Jounetsu, there was just something lacking about it that made me wonder why the triforce got stuck with it. The chorus is okay, I liked the instrumentals, it just doesn't TAKE OFF. I do like Takahashi wailing, she's at least trying to make the song do something, but it's not happening. It seems incomplete, but not in the sense that it doesn't have 50,000 effects like the other [SONGS]. It seems unresolved, maybe It's me, is it?
[SONGS] lots of HIGH(高) not enough KING. Actually, Takahashi does that distinct High King method of singing very well. I love the sort of army march chant part and then the chorus which transforms into this Yah! Aishitai sound. Also the so-o-o-o-o-o-oooo-o-ng effect is weird, but I'm okay with it because they kind of made vocals act as instrumentals. The piano and strings are something that I always enjoy from Nao, but they are often overshadowed by the synths. I like the oh~O~oh~oh~ at the ending because it actually introduces something new to the song right before it ends.
Top 3: SONGS, Take off is now!, Guru Guru JUMP!
Yeah I know, how did that happen.
I haven't cared about an MM album this much in a long time. (Not a moment too soon.)
However, I just received a CD in the mail from a band that hasn't had an album since 2005, so I don't know how often I'll listen to this. They'll battle, but I'll find time for both.
Oh well, I'll always hear Take Off is Now! through the speakers during Skype. <img src='
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Hey, tvstation lists a different song order...
雨の降らない星では愛せないだろう・.SONGS・.リゾナント ブルー
・.Take off is now！・.みかん・.私の魅力に 気づかない鈍感な人
・.グルグルJUMP・.情熱のキスを一つ・.It's You・.女に幸あれ
・.片想いの終わりに・.悲しみトワイライト・.泣いちゃう
Naichau as the last track may have been a better closing than Kanashimi, because it seems so tacked on, like "oh and here's this really old track. We almost forgot!"
' />!!!! Eri's voice if sweet as hell, glad she got a solo. Enough of my rambling!
