My potential borderline fetish to girls with girlie voice aside, if you intend to watch or have already watched “Sky of Love” and have 20 bucks to spare, there is no harm in getting the main actress’s debut album. You may get to like the show a little bit better and who knows? Perhaps you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'J Pop'
Yui Aragaki (新垣結衣) – Sora (そら) – Girlie Voice, Good Song Choice, But Doubtful Vocal Skill
March 12th, 2008 14 Comments
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Ayumi Hamasaki’s Guilty – It’s Near Perfect In My Book
January 12th, 2008 3 Comments
Year 2000 was when Ayu released “Duty” – my favorite album before “Guilty”. Year 2000 was also the year when she started to realize that she has problem with her hearing that ultimately leads to her losing all hearing in her left ear by the time “Guilty” is released. At times I can’t help but [...]
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Love Psychedelico’s Golden Grapefruit – Almost Another Good Old Delico Album
August 22nd, 2007 3 Comments
There are many reasons why Love Psychedelico (or better known as Delico in Japan) is different from some of the typical J-pop artists. Vocalist and guitarist Kumi may not have the level of sex appeal like most of the J-pop female artists, the good thing is, she doesn’t have the typical high pitch voice nor [...]
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YUI’s 2nd Album – Can’t Buy Me Love
May 30th, 2007 4 Comments
Readers of my website may remember how I discovered the Japanese singer YUI after watching the movie Midnight Sun and foretold that she is a new artist to look out for. I even went in great effort to import her first album “From Me To You” from HMV Hong Kong. Within one week of release, [...]
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Mika Nakashima’s Yes – Enough To Please The Fans
May 10th, 2007 2 Comments
Some Japanese artists are so productive. Not long ago back in January I wrote a review for Nana Starring Mika Nakashima. Turns out that the new rock sound from her one-off-band assembled during the filming of Nana and Nana 2 is also … one off. How disappointing for me as I do enjoy her new [...]
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Yuna Ito’s Heart
March 26th, 2007 1 Comment
Afterwords: I wrote this blog 2 to 3 weeks ago (have to space out blogs of similar category or to give way to blogs with higher priority). Had it not for Ayumi Hamasaki’s double “Black” and “White” best albums that took up the 1st and 2nd position in the Singapore HMV chart, Yuna Ito’s album [...]
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Made In Twenty (20) – Another Japanese Album By Korean Singer BoA
February 15th, 2007 4 Comments
She released her first Korean album (rank #10) at the age of 14. She released her first Japanese album that hit the chart #1 position 2 years after. Subsequently, she released albums in both Korean and Japanese markets (all at #1 position). At the age of 20, she has her 10th full length album in [...]
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Ayaka’s First Message Still At No.1 In HMV Chart
February 15th, 2007 3 Comments
I am truly amazed at Ayaka’s debut album’s staying power in Singapore’s HMV Japanese chart. Not even megastars such as Ayumi Hamasaki or Koda Kumi can challenge that. I am sure Ayumi’s Secret has reached #1 position some weeks ago but this couple of months old album still reigns. I bought this album quite some [...]
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Does Koda Kumi’s Black Cherry Rival Ayu’s Secret?
February 9th, 2007 2 Comments
Koda Kumi’s new album’s cover may or may not resemble to Ayumi’s “Secret” – though I do see the similarity, the staying power (at number 1) of this album does rival Ayumi’s RAINBOW. To be honest, I do collect Koda Kumi’s albums and DVDs and enjoy listening to her as a talented young Japanese. But [...]
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Nana Starring Mika Nakashima – Catchy Tunes
January 26th, 2007 3 Comments
Lately, there aren’t many good English albums around and though you may see Japanese albums keep popping up in my website, Japanese CDs only contribute to less then 5% of my CD collection, believe it or not. Fans of Mika including me are shocked that she has ventured into the genre of rock music when [...]
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