[2016.11.30] Kobushi Factory - Kobushi Sono Ichi

[arcobaleno]

You know, I kind of wish they had substituted Koi no Jubaku with GOOD BYE Natsuo or something. Pretty much everyone in the group could handle that song, and it's energetic enough to suit them.
 
Of course, I just don't like Koi no Jubaku at all because the chorus ruins it for me.

[yuzuriha]

I'm happy with Koi no Jubaku because it was my first Berryz karaoke mainstay when I was on study abroad.

[Madara]

I just watched the HinaFes disc where they do "Koi no Jubaku" and I enjoyed their performance of it immensely. It's the Kobushi Factory/Angerme concert, one of the two I attended when I was in Japan.
 
I ordered the album. Now I have to wait till early December to get it.
 
 
 

[Solarblade]

^ er there is the tracklist above?

[TicTacAnyone]

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^ er there is the tracklist above?
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Oops! I think I blocked it out when remembering       

[Solarblade]

Official Tracklist - <a class="" href="http://helloproject.com/release/detail/ ... E-7268/</a>


1. Isogaba Maware (急がば回れ)

2. Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan

3. Chotto Guchoku ni! Chototsu Moushin

4. Nen ni wa Nen

5. Mijuku Hanjuku Torotoro (未熟半熟トロトロ)

6. Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta

7. Kenmei Blues (懸命ブルース)

8. Bacchikoi Seishun!

9. Zanshin (残心)

10. Survivor

11. Samba! Kobushi Janeiro

12. TEKI

13. Osu! Kobushi Tamashii

14. Ora wa Ninkimono

15. GO TO THE TOP!!

16. Sakura Night Fever

17. Kobushi no Hana (辛夷の花)


CD 2


1. This is Unmei (Kobushi 2016 ver.)

2. Maji Bomber!!

3. Koi no Jubaku

4. Seishun Gekijou

5. Kawaii Kare

6. Icchoume Rock

7. Da Di Do De Do Da Di!

[arcobaleno]

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5. Mijuku Hanjuku Torotoro (未熟半熟トロトロ)
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Lol, I read this as "Totoro" at first.

[MejraThea]

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5. Mijuku Hanjuku Torotoro (未熟半熟トロトロ)
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Lol, I read this as "Totoro" at first.
 
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Wonderful it would be.

[aine]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="201848" data-time="1478261916">Ah ha ha! Smells like Nirvana spirit. What a world...</blockquote>I couldn't listen to it with a straight face.

[Anderei]

Studio versions of new tracks:
Isogaba Maware
Zanshin
Kobushi no Hana
 
Kobushi no Hana reminds me of Angerme's Koi Nara in that they tried to make a lot of words fit where they didn't in some places.
 
Isogaba Maware
Lyrics: Miura Tokuko
Composition: Iijimaken & Sumikama Tomohiro
Arrangement: Hamada Pierre Yusuke
 
Mijuku Hanjuku Torotoro
Lyrics: Fukuda Kanon
Composition & Arrangement: KOJI oba
 
Kenmei Blues
Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Nakatani Noboyuki
 
Zanshin
Lyrics & Composition: Hoshibe Shou
Arrangement: Kikuya Tomoki
 
TEKI
Lyrics & Composition: Tsuno Maisa
Arrangement: Miyanaga Jiro
 
GO TO THE TOP!!
Lyrics: NOBE
Composition: HaTo
Arrangement: Suzuki Shunsuke
 
Kobushi no Hana
Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement: Hoshibe Shou

[TicTacAnyone]

Kobushi was on Full Chorus performing Kenmei Blues... Is it normal for H!P artists to be on shows like this for album tracks? I didn't think it was...
 
 
Here's their whole time on the show. As you can see, they performed at the Aomori Rock Festival.
 
 
Kobushi gettin iiiittt

[Anderei]

Its not but they were having an H!P special. I posted all of the groups' videos in the spam thread last week.

[MejraThea]

Hama absolutely completely nailed her first line with utmost perfection, though! (You're going overboard, Thea)

[Anderei]

I caved and bought this. 
 
Also, previews are up on iTunes for anyone who wants to hear the new tracks we haven't gotten rips of.

[Shoujo Q]

Surprise MV for <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=eOmm03D6RMQ' class="bbc_url" title="External link">Kobushi no Hana</a> was uploaded today.


Enjoy. It's really good.

[DonJuan]

Wow, that kind of music fits Kobushi surprisingly well. Also, these are some nice vocals. Of course it's the recorded version but Sakurako really impressed me.


Also, Ayaka <3

[Revangelis]

Well, was not expecting something like that, but I, too, think it fits them nicely. I really like the song and I also enjoy the video. Kobushi keeps on getting better and better <3

[GaleKakumei]

All I could think the entire time was "Idol Renaissance" (still love her had the same MV and was also a surprise release), but I love it. Probably more than any of their other songs. I think this is the first one that really sounds like their song (and of course that is the purpose), rather than some attempt to prove themselves. I think I might actually buy the album now...

[arcobaleno]

I wasn't sure what to expect when opening the video, but it wasn't that. In a good way, though.
 
Very refreshing to hear them sing without a hint of growl, though at first I wasn't caring for the kind of country + enka vocal fusion in the verse parts. Chorus really sold it for me, and now I like it. Ayaka's high note at the end was well-done, as well as Ayano's kind of belt-y line.

[Mukuro]

Rei I love Kobushi this song is great.

[kira]

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I caved and bought this.
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Me too... I was going back and forth on it but the new song convinced me.

[TicTacAnyone]

Oh myyy gooooddd did Kobushi just go to my #1 group?
 
So happy I bought this album. Also that MV is one of the better MVs of the whole year, and it's for an album song, lol... Go Kobushi     

[Noa]

Holy hell, not only is that a great song, the PV is absolutely stunning. Honestly it's better than most of the MVs for other groups singles.

[sayu1991]

Holy crap. I absolutely loved everything about that; from the singing to the PV to the actual message of the lyrics.

[Anderei]

Album debuted at #5, with #3 selling 6,503.

[TicTacAnyone]

Would it be a safe guess to put it at 3-4k, then? 
 
Not horrible, but... Ju=Ju's debut album last year had 13k the first week so we'll see how this compares. Though idk if the Oricon rule changes would affect album sales. I figure they would, just to a smaller degree.

[Anderei]

I guess it could, but I don't think it will. Fans don't buy albums like they do singles. 
 
I wouldn't worry about the ranking, it's more or less where I expected them to be. If it hits at least 10k it's a success by H!P standards, none of them are really hitting the album numbers they should be. Plus, Juice=Juice's album only spent one single day in the top 5, and C-ute's album never even made it there. Even more reason not to worry.

[Anderei]

Down to 7 today.

[MejraThea]

Performance of TEKI from their summer Otodama concert.

[Anderei]

Ranked 11 with 9270 copies.