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Hoshikuzu Sunset (Japan Version)
Hoshikuzu Sunset (Japan Version)
(1)Our Price: US$12.49Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:August 14, 2007 Hoshikuzu Sunset"Hoshikuzu Sunset" is a great song. The music's composer, mugen, did some great work, mixing in a lot of instrumentation without making the song sound crowded. The single is worth purchasing, even without a b-side, because of it's lovely cover (you can't tell from photos, but the writing and shadow under YUKI are shiny silver) and the fact that it comes with a large sticker of the singer. Plus, y'know, it's a great song.
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Wave (Normal Edition) (Japan Version)
Wave (Normal Edition) (Japan Version)
(2)Our Price: US$38.25Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:July 19, 2007 WAVEThough I did not like WAVE at first, the album has grown on me over the last 10 months. My main complaint about the ablum is that YUKI has spent too much time working with composer Kouichi Tsutaya and that has begun to limit her sound; WAVE feels much like an extension of joy, shined up and slightly expanded. With PRISMIC, Commune and joy being all so completely different from each other, I found WAVE surprisingly unadventurous. Those are my biggest and only complaints of the record.
WAVE is comprised of five singles (all composed by Kouichi Tsutaya) and 2 b-sides, released from April 2005 to August 2006, and only five new songs. The standouts of the singles, for me, are Honey and Clover opening songs, Fugainaiya and Dramatic, which are the freshest sounding of the five. However Melancholinista has a great feel to it as well as excellent lyrics (its one of my all-time favourites), Yorokobi no Tane is uplifting and Nagai Yume is really quite fun. As for the b-sides: Natsu no Hero is a nice throwback to her mellow rock tracks of 02-05 and Naked Sun is a techno song that pairs nicely with Nagai Yume. The new ones: Hey! You! is reminiscent of Brake ha no, but catchier. Aozora, yume miteitai and Youve got a friend are folksy, Commune-esque pop songs that are nice to listen to on a sunny day. Birthday would be the one song I dont like on this album. It was co-written by KT Tunstall, and though both YUKI and KT are creative powerhouses I feel like the song falls flat. Overall, I think time has proven this album to be a good one; give it a shot if you havent already. It's as full of YUKI's personality as always.
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joy (Japan Version)
August 22, 2006 "joy""joy" was the first YUKI album that I ever bought; I instantly fell in love with it. My favourite tracks on the album are the title track, "JOY" (a great song that makes you want to dance), "AIR WAVE" (a bluesy nostalgic song that sounds like summer) and "Home Sweet Home" (a nice pop ballad). The other songs on the album are entirely fun as well, though if I had to pick, "Maiagare" (a pumped up song featuring YUKI rapping) and "Cider" (a sombre duet between YUKI and K) would be my least favourite tracks, though I still enjoy them. I listened to this CD almost religiously for about a month before purchasing the other two YUKI CDs... After listening to those two CDs for a while, I came back to "joy" and found that the songs still got to me in the way they always did. I will never understand people who claim that "joy" does not stand up to YUKI's previous works. "joy" is fresh and fun; less rock than before, but still full of what YUKI fans love:YUKI! This CD is worth owning!
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