Mid Year Ranks
July 21, 2008 at 11:56 am | In Ayumi Hamasaki, BoA, Jewelry Box, Ken Hirai, Koda Kumi, Music, Namie Amuro, Update, mihimaru GT | 3 CommentsTags: award, Ayumi Hamasaki, BoA, download, Ken Hirai, Koda Kumi, mihimaru GT, Music, Namie Amuro, Utada Hikaru
Mid Year Rank should be done a month ago, but due to that damn mandarin course I just got time now! I made 3 Awards; Best 5 songs, 5 singles and 5 albums. All of them are produced in 2008. Each award will only contain artist’s best. So you won’t see two same names in 1 award (for eg. 2 BoAs in 1 TOP 5 singles be with you. and Vivid) it won’t ever happened here. But before that I will give song stars update
BoA - Joyful Smile
BoA - BRAVE
ayumi hamasaki - Life
Namie Amuro - what a feelin’
mihimaru GT - ALIVE
Koda Kumi -Once Again
There’s some songs that attract me more due to my taste that could be change when I hear a song more and more. But the more I listen to ALIVE and Once Again I just found more negative points in that songs.
So here is the ranks!
Top 5 songs

Sparkling totally blow me up! And so do the rest. All five songs above are hugely recommended. Both Sparkling and Mirrorcle World have very excellent instrumentals that I love. Both also have strong aspects everywhere. Tokyo is very cool and groovy! Well it’s not dancy or what but it’s so enjoyable! I do enjoy this song so much. That Ain’t Cool is cool! LOL its sexiness and FERGIE are thumbs up! BLACK DIAMOND is still good though has a bit bored me down.
DOWNLOAD : 5 Songs Sample
Top 5 Singles

As I’ve mentioned, I’ve fell to Life that what makes Mirrorcle World won. Though Vivid has Sparkling and Joyful Smile, they lose in number. Mirrorcle World has its title to play with Sparkling, Life with Joyful Smile, Depend on You with Kissing you but YOU has no competitor. Koda Kumi’s MOON’s quality just decreased in my ears because of Once Again, and I think Moon Crying already a bit boring, good song shouldn’t be easily bored me. Giri Giri HERO’s Koisuru Kimochi is a bit boring though I loved Giri Giri HERO and BOW WOW SYSTEM GO. Namie’s 60s70s80s‘ only powerful power is what a feelin’ for me, both Rock Steady and New Look is OK, just OK.
Top 5 Albums

The ultimate battle between Artists, and the winner is BoA’s THE FACE with so many, wait it’s all of the song in this album is good though there’s a song or two in mid quality. The first runner up is mihimarise, just like THE FACE a couple songs in mid quality. GUILTY is super cool except GUILTY itself, it’s not bad but don’t really suit my ears. The Singles from fakin’ pop were good but the rest of the new songs are not that catchy, but not all of it. The last is HEART STATION, kind of confused cause I’ve never liked this album, I just listened it for maybe three times then I go with new fresher songs.
[SINGLE] Ken Hirai - いつか離れる日が来ても
April 18, 2008 at 12:04 pm | In Ken Hirai, Music | 2 CommentsTags: Ken Hirai, news

it will be released on 23th April! Whoaaahh! Shocked!
Tracklist :
1.いつか離れる日が来ても
2.いつか離れる日が来ても(less vocal)
it’s titled Itsuka Hanareru Hi Ga Kitemo, it’s his previous song from his album fakin’ pop. It’s cool to know that he will release a MV for his new album! cool stuff! I hope BoA will do it too…
[ALBUM] Ken Hirai - fakin’ pop review
April 2, 2008 at 4:39 am | In Ken Hirai, Music | 1 CommentTags: review, Ken Hirai

fakin’ pop is very creative concept ed album, it’s taken from 2 of Ken Hirai’s song, POP STAR and fake star!
I’m gonna give a short review
The memorable ballads dominated this album, such as painful elegy, gentle Canvas & Gorgeous Shashin. Both Shashin and elegy start with very enjoyable piano sounds. I love both of this song to extreme, every part of the song is so good, not boring even it’s slow.
Not only ballads, a beautiful groovy song also participated, such as POP STAR, fake star & UPSET, I’m so into UPSET right now! I only hear it once and I fell into it lol, and fake star is a very cool song, with cool vocal, POP STAR basically is a cute song, it’s good but nothing is special
The catchiest title in this album is Twenty!Twenty!Twenty!, It’s a bit humble but quite enjoyable and it’s a cute song such as Bye My Melody. Oh Yeah Kimino Suki na Toko also a very good song! It sounds so harmonious! hug also sounds almost the same but I love Kimino Suki na Toko a little better. Utsukushii Hito also starts with beautiful Piano sound, such as Shashin. Oh yeah, Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo also starts with a good part, but this song is a bit boring and weak yeah, well.
OVERALL SCORE : 87%
Top 10 Ballads ~that i love~
March 19, 2008 at 4:56 am | In Ayumi Hamasaki, BoA, Ken Hirai, Music, mihimaru GT | 5 CommentsTags: Ayumi Hamasaki, BoA, Ken Hirai, review
My Favorite all the time is BoA - Meri Kuri, everything in this song is Gorgeous. The Chorus is a perfect work of art! The Zutto zutto part is so WOW!!! and the song ends with a beautiful part “The white white snow is coming tonight, make a wish upon your kiss“. The Instrument leads the song even stronger, the electric guitar whips me! The soft sounds of Whoo Hoo
The Second one is Everlasting, from BoA too XD, My all the time favorite single. The song sounds like she’s telling a story about a separation. The lyrics is so touching. The Piano as a beginning also sounds so touching! The part after the Chorus also gorgeous “I’m sorry for your tenderness mada aeru made“, her voice sounds like an angel in this song! Ahhh SCORE : 10/10
BoA’s Winte Love, The Intro, no no, the Instrument is so winter-ish, It’s chilling your ears down. Ahhh. Who knows? behind the soft Instrument she sings this song Powerfully, The
chorus sounds so painful. The electric guitar in this song is also good, but I love the Meri Kuri’s one better. The bridge sounds even more painful, It leads to the last touching chorus, I think this song shows us the honest expression of love. SCORE : 10/10
04. BoA - LOVE LETTER 10/10
05. BoA - Your Color 9.8/10
06. ayumi hamasaki - HEAVEN 9.5/10
07. mihimaru GT - diverge 9.0/10
08. Ken Hirai - Hitomi wo tojite 9.0/10
09. BoA - JEWEL SONG 8.5/10
10. BoA - be with you. 8.5/10
BoA’s LOVE LETTER is her last ballad that really impressed me, Your Color is good, It sounds so magical love it! HEAVEN sounds so simple yet painful. diverge has grown on me, that’s why I gave a bigger score from the last review. Hitomi wo tojite is my fave ballad from Ken Hirai before Elegy. JEWEL SONG’s chorus is so good! but the Instrument way too humble. BoA’s be with you. I’ve decrease it score coz, I’ve compared this song from her previous single
[ALBUM] Ken Hirai : fakin’ pop
February 22, 2008 at 1:00 pm | In Ken Hirai, Music | No CommentsTags: news, Ken Hirai

It’s his 7th Album
tracklist :
01. POP STAR
02. Kimi wa Su-te-ki♡ (君はス・テ・キ♡)
03. Kimi no Suki na Toko (君の好きなとこ)
04. Canvas (キャンバス)
05. Pain
06. fake star
07. Upset
08. Utsukushii Hito (美しい人)
09. Elegy (哀歌(エレジー))
10. Twenty! Twenty! Twenty!
11. By(e) My Melody (バイマイメロディ)
12. Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo (いつか離れる日が来ても)
13. Shashin (写真)
fakin’ pop is going to be released on 12nd March 2008
but before the album comes out there’s a single titled Canvas / Kimi wa Suteki.

tracklist :
1 キャンバス (Canvas)
2 君はス・テ・キ (Kimi wa Suteki)
3 Cry&Smile!!
4 キャンバス (piano version)
5 キャンバス (Instrumental)
6 君はス・テ・キ (Instrumental)
Cry&Smile wont be included in his next album
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