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Model turned J-pop siren Kimura Kaera is moving to the front line of the music scene again with her latest major release. Kaera's third album and follow-up to Circle from summer 2006 is titled Scratch and contains 13 tracks, including her own composition TREE CLIMBERS, which is the commercial theme for Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka's Mode Gakuen. Also including Snowdome, which climbed to the No. 6 position on the Oricon charts, Kaera's Scratch is ready to take on the 2007 music world.

Initial version comes with an exclusive 10-track DVD that features MV and live material.

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Product Title: Scratch (ALBUM+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version) Scratch (ALBUM+DVD)(初回限定版)(日本版) Scratch (ALBUM+DVD)(初回限定版)(日本版) Scratch (DVD付き初回限定盤)(日本版) Scratch (ALBUM+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)
Singer Name(s): Kimura Kaela Kimura Kaela Kimura Kaela 木村カエラ Kimura Kaela
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Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Release Date: 2007-02-07
Publisher Product Code: COZA-243
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Disc Format(s): CD
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Other Information: Album / CD+DVD
Package Weight: 200 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
Publisher: Columbia Music Entertainment
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004574774

Product Information / Track List

アーティスト:木村カエラ
タイトル:Scratch【ＤＶＤ付き初回限定盤】

東芝『gigabeat』TVCM曲「Magic Music」、モード学園TVCMソング「TREE CLIMBERS」、「ワニと小鳥」他を収録したサード・アルバム。ライヴ映像を収録したDVD付き初回限定盤。通常盤（COCP-34093）同時発売。

封入：ＤＶＤ
【CD収録曲】
01. L.drunk
02. Magic Music [東芝ギガビートTVCMソング]
03. Snowdome [JR skiskiキャンペーンソング]
04. ワニと小鳥
05. dolphin
06. sweetie
07. きりんタン
08. Scratch
09. SWINGING LONDON
10. never land
11. TREE CLIMBERS [モード学園(東京・大阪・名古屋)TVCMソング]
12. JOEY BOY
13. Ground Control (Album Mix) [東芝ギガビートTVCMソング]

【初回盤付属DVD】 全10曲収録
[ミュージックビデオ]
01. Magic Music (words:木村カエラ/music: Linus of Hollywood) 02. TREE CLIMBERS (words:木村カエラ/ words, music:渡邊 忍)
03. Snowdome (words:木村カエラ/music:BEAT CRUSADERS)
[Live1 (Circle tour at日比谷野外大音楽堂)]
04. Level42 (words:木村カエラ/music:山沢大洋)
05.リルラリルハ (words:木村カエラ/music:會田茂一)
06. BEAT (words:木村カエラ/music:奥田民生)
07. happiness!!! (words:木村カエラ/music: 山沢大洋)
[Live2 (パーラー木村 de ボブ TOUR)]
08. 誰 (words:木村カエラ/music:會田茂一)
09. Circle (words:木村カエラ/music:ミト)
10. トゥリルトゥリルリカー (words:木村カエラ/music:會田茂一)

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10 (1)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (2)

Sora
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May 29, 2008

This customer review refers to Scratch (Normal Edition)(Japan Version)
Wicked Fun and Quite Beautiful Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
Again, this time around I wasn't terribly interested in her singles or anything, but I'm quite pleased with the album. It is a bit noisey at times (particularly the opening track, L.drunk, although it may just seem noisier as it assaults the listener as soon as 'play' is pushed), but it generally bursts with Kaela's energy and spunk. Tracks like TREE CLIMBERS and Magic Music clearly relay that Kaela is still as peppy, off beat (and loud) as ever.
Amid all the hyper poppunkrockiness, there are some beautiful gems. Wani to Kotori has a sweet and innocent sound that pairs quite aptly with the lyrics (basically a little bird tries to convince a crocodile not to eat it). It's one of those songs that makes me smile, and sometimes laugh. It's followed by another fantastic track, dolphin. With a hard, and slightly chaotic sound to the intro and the chorus, it stands appart from the rest of the album immediately. After repeated listens it reveals itself to have more layers and greater depth. I find something new to follow every time I hear this track. The melody is beautiful to start with, but throw in the chaotic guitars battling the string arrangement, top it all with Kaela singing as sweetly as ever, and the song just completes itself.
I found the title track to be another surprise. An almost childish sounding piano carries the track through a dense arrangement without much of a melody. It flows incredibly well relying heavily on the rhythm to keep the song moving. It's a little dark, and more beautiful than I ever would have expected from Kaela. She doesn't appear until very near the end of the song, and only makes her voice heard for about 30 seconds. But it's incredibly effective, and a work to make a lot of artists envious.
Simpler tracks like sweetie and Snowdome, help to balance out the spastic loudness of some of the more energetic pieces. They also show us a liter and more laid-back side of Kaela. It's comforting to know that she's not all noise and sass. Kaela is a serious musician with many sides that develop more as she goes on, but that loud and fun poppunkrockiness is still her trademark. Kirin TAN, never land, JOEY BOY and SWINGING LONDON remind me of her older work. They just have that certain sound that really sounds like Kaela. They're a nice reminder of her previous material, but they're not redundant.
As usual with Kaela, I found myself liking the singles a lot more in the context of the album. The rest of the material fleshed everything out, and brought it all together for me. The singles aren't my top favourites in the album, but they feel better now than they did on their own. I don't know how that happens, but I'm not complaining.
The album wraps up pretty quickly with the upbeat Ground Control that sees Kaela trying her hardest to make Engrish into English. It doesn't really work, but the song is fun enough to override that or the most part. I wouldn't say that this is my favourite album of the year, but I like it enough to keep it in mind as steady listening material. I found it to be a little more mainstream than her previous works, and while that bothered some of her more steady fans, I don't mind. I don't really find it an album worth analysing in great detail either. It's just a fun album with some wonderful surprises.
Just another stop in the ongoing journey of Kaela.
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Mikael Gowette
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February 9, 2007
Great Album Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
Borrowed this CD from a friend and was completely amazed by it. I had never heard of this artist/model prior to but was really amazed at the quality of work collected here. Every song is really well written, with good musical structure rendering the entire CD a great ~45 minute listening experience. I highly recommend this CD to others of the Pop/Rock genre or those whom are already familiar this this style/artist.
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