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Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (Japan Version)

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Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (Japan Version)
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (8)
All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.2 out of 10 (9)

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Hikki's back for some groovy summer melodies.

Beautiful World is Utada Hikaru's theme song contribution to the new Evangelion film, scheduled to open in 2008. Fans can also look forward to the tune Kiss & Cry from the "Cup Noodle TVCM FREEDOM" series and the remix version of the song Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) which was originally released in 1999. Utada promises fans another jolly good listening time.

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Product Title: Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (Japan Version) Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (日本版) Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (日本版) Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (日本版) Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (Japan Version)
Singer Name(s): Utada Hikaru 宇多田光 宇多田光 宇多田ヒカル 우타다 히카루
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Release Date: 2007-08-29
Publisher Product Code: TOCT-40120
Language: Japanese
Disc Format(s): CD
Other Information: Single
Package Weight: 100 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
Publisher: Toshiba EMI
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004878358

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宇多田ヒカルの新曲「Beautiful World」が『ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序』のテーマソングに決定!! 癒されるよりも癒したい。見守るだけではなく守りたい。そんな思いに駆られるに違いない、優しくも力強いニュー・スタンダードが完成。「Kiss & Cry」(日清カップヌードル TVCM FREEDOMシリーズ新テーマソング)とともにシングルCDとしてリリース!! 更には、1999年に発売されたシングル「Wait & See ?リスク?」に収録された「Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)」を新たにMIXした「Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX-」を収録!! それぞれのオリジナル・カラオケも収録した全6曲。

01. Beautiful World (「ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序」テーマソング)
02. Kiss & Cry (日清カップヌードルTVCM FREEDOMシリーズ新テーマソング)
03. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX-
04. Beautiful World [Original Karaoke]
05. Kiss & Cry [Original Karaoke]
06. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX- [Original Karaoke]

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (8)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.2 out of 10 (9)

HEArT
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December 11, 2007

This customer review refers to Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (Taiwan Version)
LOVE Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Ok im usualy a hard core ayumi fan so you know id like this song beautiful world it has a soft emotional uptempo sound its very beautiful even if you dont tottaly understand japanease i found myself dreaming up my own emotional thoughts for the song you can listion to it over and over i suggest playing it as your off to sleep because its totally that type of song someone said its like this is love hmmm! well think that song but calmer and more touching overall its worth the money
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pantalones
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November 9, 2007
1 people found the following helpful

 I love it. Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I was so exited to hear her new single. I loved this right on the spot! Beautiful World is very inspiring and the name fits the song very well. I absolutely loved Kiss & Cry. As you all know, it does have samples from Hotel Lobby. If you listen closely, you can tell. There was a little catch to this one - it has an ad for Nissin Cup Noodle right in the lyrics! Normally I would be downright disgusted by this, it's selling out to businesses... in the worst way ever. But Nissin noodles are quite good.
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Loaniss
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October 31, 2007
1 people found the following helpful

 Pretty Decent Stuff!! Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
After the successful 'Flavor of Life' single, Utada Hikaru has a lot to live up to on the next one: 'Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry'.

Personally, I think she succeeded. The song 'Beautiful World' has become one of my favourites for her. It's kinda up-beat, which I take a liking to, and the vocals make really get into the song, well for me anyways.

Kiss & Cry is decent song with unexpected beat and opening that reminds one of Utada Hikaru during her 'Automatic' days. The samples from 'Hotel Lobbey' are good and make the song quite catchy.

'Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 Mix-' is something a little extra to the single, which is good. The song is in complete English, which is a little different, but it also has a nice little a beat to it you can tap to.

The downsides of the singles is what other people have mentioned; it's nothing amazingly new. After a while the songs feel like past songs. However, it isn't so bad as the songs that they are similar to are pretty goodl; ('Beautiful World' is similar to 'This Is Love'). Also, the song 'Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 Mix-' has nothing new do it, making it feel unnecessary.

Overall:
This is a good single. I think it's worth a buy as some of the songs have the potential to become favourites. However, they do give off the feeling that you may have heard it before.
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Klassmann Nicole
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September 29, 2007
4 people found the following helpful

 lalala~ it's a Beautiful World Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
ok, this single is AMAZING. All the songs are great (I fell in love with Fly Me To The Moon).

Beautiful World - this is something that I haven't really heard before. I love it.
Kiss & Cry - Hikki used samples of 'Hotel Lobby' in this song, but I can't hear it >< either way this is a great song.
Fly Me To The Moon - something about this remix, draws me to it. I don't know what, but it's simply amazing.

Overall, this single is worth buying (i'm gonna buy it when I'm in Japan ^^)
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Day-chan
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September 21, 2007
2 people found the following helpful

 GREAT! ^_^ Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Beautiful world is just an amazing song! An upbeat and cacthy song. It's something different, not "I already listened" (no way!) IT'S AN AMAZING SONG, Also, Kiss & cry is such a great song too, the ending parts are so cool! This is a must-buy for every good music lover!
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