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Jackie
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August 22, 2006
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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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Anonymous
April 17, 2005
April 17, 2005
YUKI Owns Again!!
| Ok, well this album was really good. Except that I didn't like WAGON. I think that the Prismic album was better though..more spunk perhaps? I haven't heard Commune, but I would think (from hearing the 2nd album singles) that 'joy' is better. This album is more for the people who like YUKI's new style. My favorite song in this album (besides the singles) is "Walking on the skyline". Awesome song. |
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April 17, 2005
April 17, 2005
What a Joy!!
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This album from Yuki is incredible, as usual!! It's very good, so plesant to listen to that I can't stop playing it. Yuki's voice is wonderful, the songs are all very well made and melodies will stay in your head for a longtime! |
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March 30, 2005
March 30, 2005
joy to the what?
| It hurts me in the very depths of my heart to vote this album so low... but regardless of my bias, I must be honest about this. 'joy' is -for better AND worse- more of the same (as prismic and commune), but, if you can imagine, she's matured in her sound even more. Unlike her first two albums, 'joy' has an overall slower more mellow tempo, and a lot less innovation... and I get the feeling they took this album too seriously, some of the fun is gone. If you need a reason to buy this album, it's for the ever-growing parade of diamond-in-the-rough musical talents, and as always, YUKI's super fantastic vocals, which get better with each new song. 'joy' opens in celebaratory rush with 'maiagare' (the coupling track on 'hello goodbye'), followed by the albums center-piece 'JOY' followed up by 'hello goodbye'... now that we've been eased in with the familar sounds of single tracks we're ready for 'Walking on the skyline'; a cute one with peppy keyboards and a nice soft beat, makes me feel like I should be walking down a sunny street in a movie. 'Sweet Seventeen' is next, capturing a sparkle of the YUKI's Judy and Mary additude and vocals, for JAM fans the nasally, pep and sass will be nostalgic, also nostalgic is the fact that the whole song has the feel of an early 90's television show. Sixth is 'Cidar' the REAL GEM on this album: YUKI's vocals here will make you melt; as for the music in this track -for lack of better wording- it's bass based. The good and solid "throw it on in the background and relax" 'AIR WAVE' is next followed by 'WAGON' the only song on the album that I can't bring myself to listen to more than a couple of time... the music honestly sounds amatuerish to me (the beats in the background are kind of interesting... but become annoyingly cliche after a while). Ninth is 'Break wa no' the "fast track" on the album, digitally quasi-70's in sound, her vocals are not their best here... they should have done more to spice this one up in a more innovative way (found myself saying this a lot). 'kiss wo shiyouyo' starts off sounding like The Barenaked Ladies then breaks into an "inspirational pop diva" chorus that leaves this eclectic fan at a loss. The sweet 'Tinkerbell' starts off with an "unplugged" group of children and people tapping and giggling and chanting along with some acoustic guitar, YUKI comes in with a slightly better vocal than our last few let-down tracks... but something still isn't right. Next is 'aishiaeba', starting off promisingly with catchy sounds and steady guitar, but after a while is starts to sound like a music student with a beat machine... they also abuse the echo chamber/effect on YUKI's vocals, it finishes up with violin and the classic 'oh yeah~'s... and finally we are released from the tragic dullness with 'Home Sweet Home'. Overall, the album opens decently enough but does a massive nosedive into a now firmly learned lesson; slow and steady doesn't always win the race. Based on the high number of 'unknowns' who helped with album, I'm not suprised it was as it was. I guess I was too optimistic, but I still enjoy it as a hopeless YUKI fan for life. Get it for the singles and 'Cidar', call it fair enough, and hope that the 10th single 'nagaiyume' will pull things back up to par. |
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Anonymous
March 15, 2005
This customer review refers to JOY (Japan Version)
March 15, 2005
This customer review refers to JOY (Japan Version)
YUKI's gone dance/pop
| 'JOY' is... well, a joy! This is YUKI's first ever "maxi"-single, containing the single and three engenius and unique remixes. The song 'JOY' itself is in step with the flow of YUKI's solo work but branching off from 'maiagare' (the coupling track for her 'hello goodbye' single) and slip sliding seamlessly into the dance/pop/ballad genre we never thought she would discover - until now. The MUTINY CLUB mix transforms the song into exactly what the title suggests... club music. The traditional lengthy opening beats set the tempo with a sense of urgency but still mellow enough not to be considered overkill. Keyboard chords chime in and before long we get to hear those same YUKI vocals fitting right in. Come on and shake your butt! Next we're served the Eric Kupper remix, similar but snappier beats start this track of right, some smooth jazzy keyboards bring the song up in maturity by about ten years. Funky, very, would be great in a car-ride mix CD. Finally the takagi masakatsu "rama" remix with a very hand-crafted texture that's very relaxing and coffee-house. Typerwriter, clicks, and popping sounds give you a hearth side or quite office feel. The first two minutes are slightly remenicent of '66db'. YUKI's lyrics add more than ever before to the entire sound of this single. I adore this single, the only thing that would make it better is the songs were in a non-stop style. |
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February 24, 2005
February 24, 2005
Awsome
| A great album ¡¡� The best song are "home sweet home" and "walking on the skyline". Yuki's voice sounds like angel ¡¡ ^__^ |
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