[Album] J-Pop: An Introduction (and discussion)

I can't wait for Utada's new album. I love "Keep Tryin" (Check out my remix PV if it on Kumi-X), "Passion", "Wings" and "Colors", but i am slightly annoyed that we are only getting 6 new tracks (excluding the interlude), well seven for me as I haven't heard "Be My Last" yet and i'm saving it for the new album release.

Hopefully the 6 new tracks will be so good that quantity loses it's meaning. Why shouldn't they be amazing? The singles have been great and it us Utada afterall.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Lolicon Desu

I love Nami Tamaki, oh my god Her new Album Speciality was awesome, although i found some of her songs too much repetetive and has the same thing over and over, but as i said its a good album, and its pretty much a "happy" kind of album.

I'm just about to listen to Nami's "Speciality" album now. I liked "Result" and "Get Wild" so i'm hoping the rest of the album is just as good.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Why do all my fave jpop singers have to release their new albums around the same time? I just can't keep up. It's even worse that i'm soooo picky with album covers etc and the limited editions seem to have the best covers most of the time so I have to rush and buy them so I don't miss out

I'm really looking forward to Koda Kumi's new album cus she has been releasing a lot of great music lately. I'm not so sure about Ayumi and BoA's new albums though. Their music hasn't been up to scratch lately IMO.

On another note, I just bought Ayu Trance 1 & 3 (I bought 2 a while ago). I love those albums soooo much

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I can't get enough of Koda Kumi's new stuff. Juicy, I'll Be There, Ningyo Hime, Yume No Uta and Won't Be Long are all great tracks. I think I might even like this album better than her Best Second Session and I really loved that album.

On the other hand, I really loved BoA's last Japanese album but i'm not really looking forward to her new Japanese album. Key Of Heart is a great upbeat song but she seems to be going down the road of too many ballads for my liking. I won't make a final judgement til I have heard the whole album, but lets just say it's not high on my priority buying list hehe.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

On a related note, I must say I've rather enjoyed the other Koda sister's music latey (that's misono by the way). I'm hoping there'll be an album soon as she's coming up on a fifth or sixth single I believe.

Cheeso 5th or 6th single?? The last song I heard from Misono was "Vs" and I loved that song. What style of music are her other singles?


Ok and does anybody know what is going on with Eri Nobuchika? She seems to have disappeared without a trace. I loved her debut and remix album.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Koda Kumi's new album "Black Cherry" has leaked by the looks of it and it's totally hot. Every track is great. I thought it was going to be good but not this good.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?