Nowadays, I seldom write about the music I listen to. Not as often anyway. With legal and unlimited music download, it matters little if it is a good album, or a bad one. Because worst case, I delete the album off my digital storage. On average, I listen to an album once, or twice, and then move [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music Reviews'
YUI – Holidays In The Sun – A Pleasant Album, Still Same Style
August 2nd, 2010 No Comments
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Jewel – Sweet And Wild – The Title Says It All
July 20th, 2010 No Comments
If I could hand out album of the year award, I would seriously consider Jewel’s “Sweet and Wild” as one of the nominees. That is based on the 8,000 songs I have downloaded over one year (thank you Nokia). If you have heard Jewel singing live – which I did when I was working in [...]
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Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite – How Powerful Her Celebrity Branding Is
July 17th, 2010 6 Comments
If you stop for a moment and ponder why one would buy into Kylie’s music, I reckon that has to do with the overall branding than the creativity and the technical execution of her music. Using the image of the goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality – Aphrodite – as the title of her 11th [...]
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Ayumi Hamasaki – Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus – Another Great Production
May 5th, 2010 6 Comments
At the counter, the sales assistance hesitated for a brief moment and he asked, “Do you want the poster?”. Do I want the poster?! I am a fan. Hit me with one! Really. Do I want the poster? I asked Cynthia where I should paste it. Dining area, I suggested. She frowned and counter-suggested the [...]
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Love Psychedelico – Abbot Kinney – An Uplifting Album
February 16th, 2010 No Comments
Celebrating their 10 years of music career, the Japanese band Love Psychedelico has released a new album “Abbot Kinney”. I still like their debut “The Greatest Hits” the most (how appropriately titled!). But “Abbot Kinney” is growing on me. I guess I was looking for that dark melodic track “Last Smile” in this new album [...]
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Lisa Ekdahl – Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile – It’s Simply Heavenly Beautiful
July 16th, 2009 6 Comments
I would love to give her that slow knowing smile and make her say hey, hey, hey, hey. And we would say oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Just like her song. From the whistling in the beginning of “Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile”, the simple repetitive chords of an acoustic guitar and the harmonizing [...]
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Korean / Japanese Singer BoA’s First English Album Is Now On Our Daily Playlist – Best&USA
May 30th, 2009 2 Comments
I’ve said it before and I will say it again. She is young, she is talented, she is ambitious, and at the age of 22, there are few artists who have released a dozen of commercially successful albums in three different languages. As mentioned in my previous post (April 2008), I had my hopes and fears [...]
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Next Level by Ayumi Hamasaki – I Love It
May 7th, 2009 1 Comment
I met my friend for lunch one day at Shokudo and told her that Ayumi Hamasaki has released a new album. “Who’s [What’s] that?” she asked. Maybe I am too naïve to think that everyone know who she is. Japanese artist Ayu has been my inspiration for years. Since 2000, she has been releasing one [...]
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Rimi Natsukawa 夏川りみ – ココロノウタ – A New Studio Production, A Live Recording, and A Concert DVD
May 3rd, 2009 2 Comments
I wouldn’t imagine in a light year that I would enjoy listening to Japanese folk music. Rimi Natsukawa’s previous album “Self Selection” has been like a comfort album to me. So when I saw her 13th album “ココロノウタ” selling on the shelf, I quickly grabbed one without even test listening to it. “ココロノウタ” comes with 3 discs. [...]
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Mai Kuraki (倉木麻衣) – touch Me! – Odd Song Choices Aside, A Decent Effort Nonetheless
April 18th, 2009 2 Comments
Again, the Japanese pressed CDs of Mai Kuraki don’t come cheap. Three times the price of a normal disc. HMV Singapore charges me the price of one English CD as shipping fees. I guess it is sort of fair. If only I could read Japanese and order online instead. Pondered in front of the counter [...]
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