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Astro Mini Album Vol. 1 - Spring Up
Astro Mini Album Vol. 1 - Spring Up
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April 23, 2016 One of my favorite debuts!I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
ASTRO is a group that I’ve kept my eye on even before their debut. I never stanned them or kept up with what they were doing but I knew that they were out there. As the dropped their debut mini album “Spring Up” I quickly listened to it and fell in love with the style of music. “Spring Up” is a very pretty physical album that comes with two randomly selected photocards of the same member (two different versions). The 56-paged photobook is very well done but I won’t spoil it for you!
▲ Songs ▲
1. OK! 준비완료
2. 숨바꼭질
3. 풋사랑
4. 모닝콜
5. 장화 신은 고양이
The tracklist for “Spring Up” is one of the best that I’ve seen from a rookie group, let alone their debut album. For once my favorite song ended up being the title track, it just makes me so happy.
▲ Overall ▲
I do think that my statement of BTS’ “2 Cool 4 Skool” being the best debut album of all time finally becomes untrue. ASTRO’s “Spring Up” is ten times better and every track on the album is very solid. I think that a quick look at all the songs will make you want to buy this album sung by these talented young boys.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
B.A.P Mini Album Vol. 5 - Carnival (Special Version)
B.A.P Mini Album Vol. 5 - Carnival (Special Version)
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April 23, 2016 B.A.P is better than usual.I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
*This review will be similar to my normal version review!*
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
B.A.P is a group who usually is very consistent in their quality of their music, “Carnival” is out of their own league though. The special version of “Carnival” is a very colorful album that comes with a randomly selected photocard and standee, I got Himchan as my photocard and Jongup as my standee. The biggest difference from the normal album is that it’s much larger, it reminds me of the B.A.Ps album “Crash” when it comes to size comparison. The photobook is amazing but I won’t spoil it for you!
▲ Songs ▲
1. Today
2. Carnival
3. Feel So Good
4. Go
5. Albatross
6. My Girl
“Carnival” is a very solid mini album that only consists of a total of 6 songs. “Feel So Good” is the funky title track that differs a lot from the music that B.A.P usually make. It’s perfect for summer though. All the tracks on the albums kind of forget about B.A.Ps earlier consistent hiphop styles and they treat us with a very swingy and happy mini album filled with feel-good-songs. My favorite track is “Albatross”, it’s amazing! B.A.P deserves so much credit for this album!
▲ Overall ▲
“Carnival” tops all of B.A.Ps earlier hiphop-based albums. This album makes me smile from ear to ear and dance happily (and crazily) around my room. It’s soooo good!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
B.A.P Mini Album Vol. 5 - Carnival (Normal Version)
B.A.P Mini Album Vol. 5 - Carnival (Normal Version)
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April 23, 2016 B.A.P is better than usual.I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
*This review will be similar to my special version review!*
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
B.A.P is a group who usually is very consistent in their quality of their music, “Carnival” is out of their own league though. The normal version of “Carnival” is a very colorful album that comes with a randomly selected photocard, for once I got my bias which was Daehyun. The album consists of a 40-paged photobook were some of the photos have been released as the concept photos for the album. It was very nice though. The album is the same size as most of their other albums – “Matrix”, “Badman” and “One Shot”.
▲ Songs ▲
1. Today
2. Carnival
3. Feel So Good
4. Go
5. Albatross
6. My Girl
“Carnival” is a very solid mini album that only consists of a total of 6 songs. “Feel So Good” is the funky title track that differs a lot from the music that B.A.P usually make. It’s perfect for summer though. All the tracks on the albums kind of forget about B.A.Ps earlier consistent hiphop styles and they treat us with a very swingy and happy mini album filled with feel-good-songs. My favorite track is “Albatross”, it’s amazing! B.A.P deserves so much credit for this album!
▲ Overall ▲
“Carnival” tops all of B.A.Ps earlier hiphop-based albums. This album makes me smile from ear to ear and dance happily (and crazily) around my room. It’s soooo good!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
iKON Debut Half Album - Welcome Back
iKON Debut Half Album - Welcome Back
(2)Our Price: US$24.99List: US$32.99Save: US$8.00 (24%)Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:April 23, 2016 I had to buy it..I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I bought this album after buying the full album versions of it. I just felt like iKON deserved it since the music is so incredibly good. The physical album is very pretty and in a very nice red color. There’s an 88-page photobook that I won’t spoil anything of since you deserve to see it for yourself. In the album you get a random sticker and photocard of a randomly selected member, I got my bias Jinhwan! version.
▲ Songs ▲
01. WELCOME BACK
02. RHYTHM 타
03. 취향저격
04. 오늘따라
05. AIRPLANE
06. 솔직하게 (M.U.P)
The music in this half debut album is very impressive and that caught my attention from sole the music perspective. The tracklist varies from hiphop songs to light ballads and chillout songs. I do enjoy the various styles of music on this album and I do have a hard time selecting a favorite.
▲ Overall ▲
This album is overall a very strong debut for iKON and I wish them the best with future releases, I’ll keep my eyes on them. If you just like me enjoy iKON music you should really buy this album. If you like their visuals you should still buy this album, the photobook is amazing.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Lovelyz Single Album Vol. 1 - Lovelinus
Lovelyz Single Album Vol. 1 - Lovelinus
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April 23, 2016 Lovelyz as amazing as always!I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
Along with the release of “Lovelinus” Lovelyz introduced their fanclub by the same name as the single album. The single album has the same envelope style as brother groups INFINITE’s album “Be Back”, “Lovelinus” is much smaller than “Be Back” though. This album includes 16 differents versions of photocards and with your copy you’ll get two of the 16. With my album I got Jisoo and Mijoo. Along with this album is a rather small but very pretty photobook that I won’t spoil to much of.
▲ Songs ▲
1. 그대에게
2. Circle
3. Bebe
Resulting in being a single album “Lovelinus” only contains three tracks, but thankfully it’s three outstanding tracks. The title track “그대에게” is a very fun and up-tempo summer song that makes you want to dance. My personal favorite song that has also ended up with being my favorite Lovelyz song overall is “Circle”, it’s very emotional and beautiful medium up-tempo song that showcases the girls vocal abilities. “Bebe” is another song drenched with Lovelyz unique sound, a song that won’t fall in everyone taste, I love it though!
▲ Overall ▲
Overall you get extremely much for buying “Lovelinus”, with most single albums just usually don’t get much but the CD with the songs but once again Woollims amazing physical album strikes. If you’re a “Lovelinus” you need to add this album to your collection!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Lovelyz Mini Album Vol. 1 - Lovelyz8
Lovelyz Mini Album Vol. 1 - Lovelyz8
(1)Our Price: US$14.99List: US$19.99Save: US$5.00 (25%)Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:April 23, 2016 Lovelyz returns as 8!I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
With the release of “Lovelyz8”, member Jisoo also returned to the group, for being the first mini album from Lovelyz it couldn’t have been a greater gift. As always Woollim shows of their amazing designs of albums (Infinite and Lovelyz physical albums always blows me away). The photobook is also very nice to look at, I won’t spoil too much of it though, you’ll have to view it yourself! With this album you get a random photocard, I got two with mine though – Baby Soul & Soojung.
▲ Songs ▲
1. Welcome to the Lovelyz8
2. Ah-Choo
3. 작별하나
4. Hug Me
5. 예쁜 여자가 되는 법
6. 새콤달콤
7. 라푼젤
Lovelyz aren’t my favorite girl group without a reason, I find their music extremely refreshing and calming too listen to and “Lovelyz8” isn’t a exception. This album is filled with slow and pure songs that makes your eyes shoot hearts. Lovelyz just makes me so happy! “Ah-Choo” is a very fun and catchy song that is perfect as a title track. My favorite song however is “예쁜 여자가 되는 법” also known as “How to be a pretty woman”, it’s a medium up-tempo song with amazing vocals and an extremely catchy chorus.
▲ Overall ▲
“Lovelyz8” is the first mini album of Lovelyz and is also the album that marks the return of the 8-membered Lovelyz. This album is very simple but in many ways extremely magnificent. I do think that you need to like Lovelyz unique sound to be able to love this album!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
BTS Mini Album Vol. 4 - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2 (Peach Version)
BTS Mini Album Vol. 4 - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2 (Peach Version)
(5)Our Price: US$18.99List: US$24.99Save: US$6.00 (24%)Related promotions:April 23, 2016 BTS – Blessed Tasty SoundsI received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
BTS – Blessed Tasty Sounds
*This will be posted on the side of both the Peach and Blue version*
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I’ve bought every album from BTS since their debut, and every version of every album. So “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2” was no exception. I bought both of my albums on the same time and they arrived looking as perfect as the batch of Part 1 albums. Both versions are the same size as the albums from “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1” which in my eyes were a very pretty detail. The covers of the albums have a very simple indie-feel. The photobook is extremely large and varied, I won’t spoil too much of it. You get a random photocard with these albums – I ended up with J-Hope in both of mine.
▲ Songs ▲
1. INTRO : Never Mind
2. RUN
3. Butterfly
4. Whalien 52
5. Ma City
6. 뱁새
7. SKIT : One night in a strange city
8. 고엽
9. OUTRO : House Of Cards
BTS have some of the best b-side tracks on their albums, end of story. Most of the times my favorite song and most listened song isn’t even the title track, and this album was not expectation. “OUTRO: House Of Cards” and “고엽” are my most played songs and have been for a very long time. The track list variates very nicely between R’n’B songs, ballads and hiphop tracks which makes you end up with a very nice mix.
▲ Overall ▲
“The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2” is an album that every BTS fan needs. The tracklist is pleasing for your ears and the psychical album is very pretty to look at. If you can only buy one out of the two versions I suggest buying a random version since they’re both equally pretty!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
BTS Mini Album Vol. 4 - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2 (Blue Version)
BTS Mini Album Vol. 4 - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2 (Blue Version)
(3)Our Price: US$18.99List: US$24.99Save: US$6.00 (24%)Related promotions:April 23, 2016 BTS – Blessed Tasty SoundsI received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
BTS – Blessed Tasty Sounds
*This will be posted on the side of both the Peach and Blue version*
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I’ve bought every album from BTS since their debut, and every version of every album. So “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2” was no exception. I bought both of my albums on the same time and they arrived looking as perfect as the batch of Part 1 albums. Both versions are the same size as the albums from “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1” which in my eyes were a very pretty detail. The covers of the albums have a very simple indie-feel. The photobook is extremely large and varied, I won’t spoil too much of it. You get a random photocard with these albums – I ended up with J-Hope in both of mine.
▲ Songs ▲
1. INTRO : Never Mind
2. RUN
3. Butterfly
4. Whalien 52
5. Ma City
6. 뱁새
7. SKIT : One night in a strange city
8. 고엽
9. OUTRO : House Of Cards
BTS have some of the best b-side tracks on their albums, end of story. Most of the times my favorite song and most listened song isn’t even the title track, and this album was not expectation. “OUTRO: House Of Cards” and “고엽” are my most played songs and have been for a very long time. The track list variates very nicely between R’n’B songs, ballads and hiphop tracks which makes you end up with a very nice mix.
▲ Overall ▲
“The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2” is an album that every BTS fan needs. The tracklist is pleasing for your ears and the psychical album is very pretty to look at. If you can only buy one out of the two versions I suggest buying a random version since they’re both equally pretty!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Hotshot Mini Album Vol. 1 Repackage - I'm a Hotshot
Hotshot Mini Album Vol. 1 Repackage - I'm a Hotshot
(1)Our Price: US$15.99List: US$20.99Save: US$5.00 (23%)Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:April 23, 2016 Repackage that perfects the perfection.I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with three others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
Repackage that perfects the perfection.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I have loved HOTSHOT since their debut and I’ve always been extremely sad about their lack of recognition, people don’t realize what they’re missing out on! I didn’t have the time to purchase this album and it’s repackage until a few months after their release, but it was extremely worth the wait. The album is rather small and the size remind me of the single albums from B.A.P. The photobook is also very pretty; I won’t spoil too much. This album does not come with a photocard sadly.
▲ Songs ▲
1. Midnight sun
2. I’m a HOTSHOT
3. Watch out
4. Rain on me
5. Take a shot
6. Watch out (Inst.)
7. I'm a HOTSHOT(Inst.)
For a review of the full tracklist take a look at my review for the original album “Am I Hotshot?”. The tracklist of the album is perfected with the release of the repackage album “I’m a Hotshot” and the song by the same name. “I’m a HOTSHOT” is a track that contains the amazing quality of HOTSHOTs music but also keeps their unique sound that doesn’t remind me of any other group.
▲ Overall ▲
“I’m a Hotshot” is the last puzzle piece of the original “I’m a Hotshot”, the tracklist is perfected but the visuals are still a bit lacking, however, the designs and the similarities between the two albums are very pretty.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Hotshot Mini Album Vol. 1 - Am I Hotshot?
Hotshot Mini Album Vol. 1 - Am I Hotshot?
(1)Our Price: US$15.99List: US$20.99Save: US$5.00 (23%)Related promotions:April 23, 2016 HOTSHOT rules around the lesser known.I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with three others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
HOTSHOT rules around the lesser known.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I have loved HOTSHOT since their debut and I’ve always been extremely sad about their lack of recognition, people don’t realize what they’re missing out on! I didn’t have the time to purchase this album and it’s repackage until a few months after their release, but it was extremely worth the wait. The album is rather small and the size remind me of the single albums from B.A.P. The photobook is also very pretty; I won’t spoil too much. This album does not come with a photocard sadly.
▲ Songs ▲
01. Midnight sun
02. Watch out
03. Rain on me
04. Take a shot
05. Watch out (Inst.)
The tracklist of “Am I Hotshot?” is close to perfection. It starts off with “Midnight Sun” which is a very fun track that reminds me of all the summer nights I’ve lived through. “Watch Out” is a title track out of the league of title tracks, it’s amazing! My personal favorite song on this album is “Rain on me” which is a slow R’n’B song that is sung perfectly.
▲ Overall ▲
“Am I Hotshot?” is one of the best after-debut-comebacks of all KPOP groups. The tracklist is extremely solid for a mini album and every track deserves to be the title track. Visually pleasing the album is missing a little but the quality of music makes up for that.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
B.A.P Mini Album Vol. 4 - Matrix (Normal Version)
B.A.P Mini Album Vol. 4 - Matrix (Normal Version)
(2)Our Price: US$17.99List: US$23.99Save: US$6.00 (25%)Related promotions:April 23, 2016 B.A.P fights their way back into the KPOP world!I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with three others, were shipped out on the 18th of November, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe around 15 days to a month afterwards. The estimated time was 7-14 days.
B.A.P fights their way back into the KPOP world!
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I decided to buy the normal version since I felt like I needed to buy all the other ones if I were going to buy on individual version. The size of the album was very similar to their earlier albums “Badman” and “One Shot”. The layout of the album was very simple but oozed out of quality like most of B.A.Ps physical albums does. I ended up with a Youngjae photocard, not my bias but I’ll try to trade him.
▲ Songs ▲
1. Take you there
2. Monologue
3. Young, Wild & Free
4. Be Happy
5. Blind
The tracklist of “Matrix” could’ve been so much better. I was actually a bit confused to have this album as B.A.Ps long awaited comeback since I felt like it could’ve been ten times better. “Young, Wild & Free” was in my opinion very unique type of song choice for the title track, but that’s what makes B.A.P so unpredictable. As most of the songs are rather mediocre, one song stands out as a bit better than the rest – “Blind”. “Blind” has to be my overall new favorite song of all B.A.P songs.
▲ Overall ▲
“Matrix” is overall a very visually pleasing comeback but a bit lacking musical wise compared to their older albums, “Blind” makes up for that in my ears though. If you’re a hyped BABY you should definitely buy this as the photobook is … amazing.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Monsta X Mini Album Vol. 2 - Rush (Secret Version)
Monsta X Mini Album Vol. 2 - Rush (Secret Version)
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November 18, 2015 "Rush" doesn't house a single bad song.I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two other, were shipped out on the 10th of September, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe on the 29th of September. It took them 19 days to arrive, the estimated time was 7-14 days.
Monsta X rushes through your mind.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I’ll write the same review for both the “Secret Version” and the “Official Version” of the “Rush EP”. The albums are very similar when you look at them but if you dig deeper into them they’re not like each other at all. The albums are at first visually identical looking away from the fact that they’re different colours. However, when you open the album you’re met with two different photobooks and a random photocard from two different sets (“Official photocard set” and “Secret photocard set”). I overall enjoyed the packaging of these albums a lot.
I won’t spoil too much on the layout of the albums, this you have to check out yourself. I do think that the “Rush” albums are not as visually pleasing as “Trespass”, but they’re in no way bad.
▲ Songs ▲
01 신속히 (Rush)
02 HERO
03 Perfect Girl
04 Amen
05 삐뚤어질래 (Gone Bad)
06 Broken Heart
Compared to Monsta X’s debut EP “Trespass” I do think that “Rush” has a more soild tracklist. I love every song on this album and I can listen to it for several days in a row without getting tired of the songs. “HERO” has to be my favourite track on the entire EP. I love the weak-electric dance-ish sound to the song and that accompanied by Kihyun’s flawless vocals in the pre-chorus makes me jump with joy. Other than that “Gone Bad” and “Perfect Girl” joins “HERO” as my top 3 favourite tracks. This is probably the first album that I’ve ever listened to that the title track, in this case “Rush”, is my least favourite on the album. But with that said I have to say that “Rush” is one of my most played songs. Meaning – that this album isn’t home to a bad song.
▲ Overall ▲
“Rush” is overall one of the best follow-up albums, it’s for certain my favourite follow-up album and I expect a lot to come from Monsta X. They’re really won me over with their two releases since debut.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Monsta X Mini Album Vol. 2 - Rush (Official Version)
Monsta X Mini Album Vol. 2 - Rush (Official Version)
(1)Our Price: US$16.99List: US$22.99Save: US$6.00 (26%)Related promotions:November 18, 2015 "Rush" doesn't house a single bad song.I received this album some time ago, I haven’t had the time to write this until now. My album, together with two other, were shipped out on the 10th of September, they arrived to my door in Sweden, Europe on the 29th of September. It took them 19 days to arrive, the estimated time was 7-14 days.
Monsta X rushes through your mind.
▲ Package & Album ▲
As usually the albums arrived safely wrapped in a thick double-layer of bubble wrap. They arrived in a medium sized cardboard box that was filled with extra bubble wrap to prevent the albums from sliding around inside of the box. None of the albums had any visible injuries!
I’ll write the same review for both the “Secret Version” and the “Official Version” of the “Rush EP”. The albums are very similar when you look at them but if you dig deeper into them they’re not like each other at all. The albums are at first visually identical looking away from the fact that they’re different colours. However, when you open the album you’re met with two different photobooks and a random photocard from two different sets (“Official photocard set” and “Secret photocard set”). I overall enjoyed the packaging of these albums a lot.
I won’t spoil too much on the layout of the albums, this you have to check out yourself. I do think that the “Rush” albums are not as visually pleasing as “Trespass”, but they’re in no way bad.
▲ Songs ▲
01 신속히 (Rush)
02 HERO
03 Perfect Girl
04 Amen
05 삐뚤어질래 (Gone Bad)
06 Broken Heart
Compared to Monsta X’s debut EP “Trespass” I do think that “Rush” has a more soild tracklist. I love every song on this album and I can listen to it for several days in a row without getting tired of the songs. “HERO” has to be my favourite track on the entire EP. I love the weak-electric dance-ish sound to the song and that accompanied by Kihyun’s flawless vocals in the pre-chorus makes me jump with joy. Other than that “Gone Bad” and “Perfect Girl” joins “HERO” as my top 3 favourite tracks. This is probably the first album that I’ve ever listened to that the title track, in this case “Rush”, is my least favourite on the album. But with that said I have to say that “Rush” is one of my most played songs. Meaning – that this album isn’t home to a bad song.
▲ Overall ▲
“Rush” is overall one of the best follow-up albums, it’s for certain my favourite follow-up album and I expect a lot to come from Monsta X. They’re really won me over with their two releases since debut.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Infinite Mini Album Vol. 5 - Reality (Limited Edition + Normal Edition)
Infinite Mini Album Vol. 5 - Reality (Limited Edition + Normal Edition)
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I received my albums around 19 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days. I got my albums 14 days ago, I just haven’t been able to write the review until now.
Infinite does it again – makes me broke.
- Package & Album -
My albums usually came inside a cardboard box, they were secured in a layer or two of bubble wrap. So yeah, my albums were secured inside of their envelope!
I bought both versions of “Reality” simply because it was Infinite, haha. So far I have loved basically every title track they have put out and every time I have gotten my albums my favourite song is always on the album – and never the title track.
I have said it before and I’ll say it again, Woollim makes some of the most amazing album packages. I was surprised as how different the Limited and Normal version are compared to each other in not only size but overall. I won’t spoil too much about how they look but I can simply say that they’re amazing and the packaging blows me away once again.
- Songs -
1 Betting
2 Bad
3 발걸음
4 Moonlight
5 마주보며 서 있어
6 러브레터
7 엔딩을 부탁해
“Man In Love” has been my favourite title track by Infinite since the release of “New Challenge” in 2013, but “Bad” stole that love from me. That title track is most definitely one of Infinite’s strongest and they really rocked this new-ish concept of theirs. As for the other songs on the album, they all have this traditional “infinite-feel” and I love it!
“발걸음”, translated into “Walk To Remember” is one of my favourite songs on the album, it’s a really sweet soft-ish song but without the ballad feeling, it’s a bit up-tempo. But, “엔딩을 부탁해”, which translates into “Up To You”, has to be my favourite song of the whole album. It’s a groovy dance song that just makes me want to grab the person next to me and dance. If Infinite comes to Europe for their world tour “Infinite Effect”, this is the song I really want them to preform!
- Overall -
Just buy it, both versions preferably. It’s worth the money and I guarantee that you won’t be disappointed. It’s one of Infinite’s best mini albums, if not THE BEST.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
BTS Mini Album Vol. 3 - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1 (White + Pink Version)
BTS Mini Album Vol. 3 - The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1 (White + Pink Version)
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May 20, 2015 Slays their debut-album.<--- My real name is Emma, this is my father’s account! ^^
I received my albums around 12 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days. BTS.. BTS.. BTS.. and those holy vocals. Uggh.
- Package & Album -
My albums usually comes inside a cardboard box but this time they arrived in a brown thick envelope. However they were tightly wrapped in MANY layers of bubble wrap. It felt like I spent an eternity just unwarping tons of bubble wrap. I’m honestly amazed about how much bubble wrap they managed to fit in one envelope. So yeah, my albums were secured inside of their envelope!
I bought both versions of "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1" and I do not regret that decision. The albums were made of paper and they reminded me a little of EXO's "XOXO" album, however I lot albums like that. I was thrilled about the fact that the albums contained different photobooks, even though the beginning and the end are the same.
You get one photocard per album and I got Suga and Jin - not my biases but I don't care since I like all of them. These albums were actually smaller than I thought that they would be but I really really liked them, they're rather simple and I just love that.
- Songs -
01. Intro : 화양연화
02. I NEED U
03. 잡아줘 (Hold Me Tight)
04. SKIT : Expectation!
05. 쩔어
06. 흥탄소년단
07. Converse High
08. 이사
09. Outro : Love is Not Over
Since BTS' debut I have just said over and over again that I love their debut album. None of their albums have ever beated their debut album in terms of music and I said that "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1" wouldn't beat it either since I loved their none-love-ish hip-hop. But oh boy I was wrong. The songs in this album are true perfection I love every single track. I'm not lying. It's soooo good. The background music mixed with flawless vocals and the rap perfection of the rap-line: simply perfection.
- Overall -
Buy it. I have nothing else to say. It's so much worth it.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
EXO Vol. 2 - Exodus (Korean Version) (D.O Version)
EXO Vol. 2 - Exodus (Korean Version) (D.O Version)
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April 21, 2015 EXO beats their own best!<--- My real name is Emma, this is my father’s account! ^^
I received my albums around 20 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days. This was due to many holidays were post offices weren’t working.
EXO.. EXO.. EXO.. This album is truly amazing.
- Package & Album -
My albums usually comes inside a cardboard box but this time they arrived in a white thick envelope. However they were tightly wrapped in MANY layers of bubble wrap. It felt like I spent an eternity just unwarping tons of bubble wrap. I’m honestly amazed about how much bubble wrap they managed to fit in one envelope. So yeah, my albums were secured inside of their envelope!
This album comes in 10 different versions for each language-version. I decided to get the Korean version of EXODUS with the cover of D.O. You get a randomly selected photocard with the album and I got Baekhyun, sadly not D.O – haha!
This album is actually a lot smaller than I thought it would be, however, it’s very unique. It has a very glossy packaging and right away when you open it up you get the feeling of quality. This album is really nice, and the photobook is 100% perfection since it’s only D.O in it.
- Songs -
01. CALL ME BABY
02. TRANSFORMER
03. 시선 둘, 시선 하나 (What If..)
04. MY ANSWER
05. EXODUS
06. EL DORADO
07. PLAYBOY
08. HURT
09. 유성우[流星雨] (Lady Luck)
10. BEAUTIFUL
As always with SM’s artists the title track is the worst song on the album – but that doesn’t mean it’s bad, it is just nothing compared to the other tracks. I love “CALL ME BABY”, it’s a fun, rather sexy, upbeat song that I can listen to all day – but there are several other tracks on this album that deserve all the attention they can get, because they’re perfection. “What If..”, “EXODUS”, “EL DORADO” and “BEAUTIFUL” are the four songs on this album that I could probably listen to on repeat for the rest of my life. They’re quite different from each other but they all showcase the talent of the EXO members perfectly, and I love it! These songs are brilliant and they’re just so-so-so good. All of the songs on this album are great, there’s nothing more to it.
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If you’re thinking about buying EXODUS you really should, to me it is the best album that EXO has ever released. The only bad thing is that if you do not have a bias it might be a little hard to decide which cover you want – maybe you should just choose the random cover? :PDid you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Lovelyz Repackage Album - Hi
Lovelyz Repackage Album - Hi
(2)Our Price: US$22.99List: US$29.99Save: US$7.00 (23%)Related promotions:April 21, 2015 A repackage that kills the original!<--- My real name is Emma, this is my father’s account! ^^
I received my albums around 20 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days. This was due to many holidays were post offices weren’t working.
Lovelyz is back with cuteness and style. And I love it.
- Package & Album -
My albums usually comes inside a cardboard box but this time they arrived in a white thick envelope. However they were tightly wrapped in MANY layers of bubble wrap. It felt like I spent an eternity just unwarping tons of bubble wrap. I’m honestly amazed about how much bubble wrap they managed to fit in one envelope. So yeah, my albums were secured inside of their envelope!
This album includes a randomly selected bonus gift (a calender or photocard-set). I got the photocard-set and I loved every single picture inside of it!
Once again Woollim made me speechless with the perfection of the physical album. It was beautiful. I thought that the original ”Girls’ Invasion” was amazing – and this one kills that one COMPLETELY! It’s very clever and the design is neat and pretty, I won’t spoil to much because it really is a dream to look at!
- Songs -
01. Introducing the Candy
02. Cadny Jelly Love
03. 안녕(Hi~)
04. 놀이공원
05. 어제처럼 굿나잇
06. 이별 Chapter 1
07. 비밀여행
08. 남보다 못한 사이 feat. 휘성 (Babysoul Solo)
09. 그녀는 바람둥이야 feat. 동우 of 인피니트 (Babysoul&Kei)
10. Delight (Yoo Ji-Ae Solo)
11. 너만 없다 (JIN Solo)
You can read my thoughts on the songs from the original album down below in my review of “Girls’ Invasion”. To be honest, I was excepting quite a lot with the release of “Hi~”. Lovelyz had proved to be one of my overall favorite rookies and I honestly love the members and the layout of this album – but “Hi~” wasn’t an impressive song in my mind. It was good but it wasn’t my style and I haven’t really been listening to it since I watched their live performances because I don’t really like it. However I loved “Joyland”, that song is double thumbs up and I love how much they’ve been promoting it lately. Overall I think the extra songs in this repackage are good, not the best, but they’re good – and the packaging definitely makes up for the lack of perfected songs.
- Overall -
If you’re thinking about buying a version of Lovelyz’ “Girls’ Invasion” you should by this repackaged version. Both versions are brilliant and beautiful but this one doesn’t only give you extra song – the visual is to die for.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Infinite H Mini Album Vol. 2 - Fly Again
Infinite H Mini Album Vol. 2 - Fly Again
(1)Our Price: US$13.99List: US$18.99Save: US$5.00 (26%)Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:February 13, 2015 One of my favorite albums, ever.<--- My real name is Emma, this is my father’s account! ^^
I received my albums around a 10 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days.
When “Fly Again” dropped and the music video for “Pretty” was released I was 100% sure that I would buy this album. I’m glad that I bought it, since this album is a moneymaker, it a goldmine of perfectness.
- Package & Album -
I ordered this album together with two other albums and they came wrapped in a thick layer of bubble wrap. Neither of the albums has any visible injuries. The bubble wrapped albums came in a cardboard box.
This albums comes with two photocards, I got two different Hoya ones, which I’m pretty happy about since he is my bias in Infinite-H. Other than that the packaging of the albums are identical to “Fly High”, there is a case and inside the case there is two “book”-thingys. One holding the CD and one containing the photobook. Simply said, it’s a beautiful album.
- Songs -
01. Fly Again (Feat. DJ IT)
02. 예뻐
03. 어디 안 가 (Feat. 양다일)
04. 부딪쳐 (Feat. 류수정 of 러블리즈)
05. 바빠서 Sorry (Feat. 스윙스, 샴페인 of 샴페인&캔들)
06. 지킬 앤 하이드 (Feat. 태완)
07. 니가 미치지 않고서야 (Feat. 산체스 of 팬텀)
“Fly Again” differs a little from its precursor “Fly High”. “Fly Again” seems more energetic and up-beat compered to “Fly High” which has this half-ish r’n’b-ish feel to it. The beat in “Fly Again” is just more energetic, but it still just as good. This album of course contain a few r’n’b-ish sounds, but also more soul-like songs, but you can see the difference just by comparing the title song “Special Girl” from “Fly High” and the title song “Pretty” from “Fly Again” and you’ll see a slight differences. Even though the differences isn’t much, it’s pretty much just as perfect as “Fly High”. My favorite song on this album has to be the intro “Fly Again” or track number 5; “Sorry”. They are two phenomenal songs!
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If what I’ve written above hasn’t convinced you that this is one of the best album ever (and it’ll probably be one of the best albums of 2015) then you should simply just buy and find out for yourself. Even if you’re not a fan of Infinite-H, you should buy this album, simply because the tracklist is so freaking amazing, and that there is a diversity between the songs on the tracklist. Dongwoo and Hoya have personally worked on the songs which just makes it soooo much better. I’m proud of them, they just produced one of my favorite albums EVER.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Infinite H Mini Album Vol. 1 - Fly High
Infinite H Mini Album Vol. 1 - Fly High
(3)Our Price: US$14.99List: US$19.99Save: US$5.00 (25%)Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:February 13, 2015 Finally I got it..<--- My real name is Emma, this is my father’s account! ^^
I received my albums around a 10 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days.
“Fly High” is an album that I’ve been wanting to buy since its release. I’ve just never had the time or the money to buy it. But now I finally did, and I will never regret it!
- Package & Album -
I ordered this album together with two other albums and they came wrapped in a thick layer of bubble wrap. Neither of the albums has any visible injuries (and out of all the albums I've bought from YesAsia, which is quite many, only one have had an injury). The bubble wrapped albums came in a cardboard box.
This albums comes with two photocards, I got one of Hoya and one of Dongwoo and it seems like everyone else got that as well. This packaging is similar to the packaging of Lovelyz’ “Girls’ Invasion” and Infinite-H’s “Fly Again” (remember that both of these albums were released after “Fly Again”, I just bought them before I bought “Fly Again”. There is two “books” in a case, one contains the CD and the other contains a photobook which is filled with two different concept photographs. The photos are very beautiful and the layout of the album is very unique – yet simple. I love it.
- Songs -
01. Victorious way
02. Special girl (Feat. Bumky)
03. 니가 없을 때 (Feat. Zion.T)
04. 못해 (Feat. 개코 Of Dynamic Duo)
05. Fly high (Feat. 베이비 소울)
“Fly High” instantly grabbed a hold of me when the tracklist was released. All of the songs on the album have this hip-hop feeling, sometimes even an r’n’b-ish feeling and it’s just heaven for your ears to put this album on repeat and just settle down somewhere and ENJOY. There isn’t one track on this album that I don’t enjoy, it’s an all kill for album. And I’m so proud of Hoya & Dongwoo.
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Being a fan of Infinite themselves should be enough for you wanting to buy Infinite-H’s “Fly High”, then again Infinite-H’s concept is a bit different from Infinite’s, but the quality on the music is just as wonderful and amazing.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
Hotshot Single Album - Take A Shot (All Members Autographed CD) (Limited Edition) + Fan
Hotshot Single Album - Take A Shot (All Members Autographed CD) (Limited Edition) + Fan
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February 13, 2015 A shot of HOTSHOT someone?<--- My real name is Emma, this is my father’s account! ^^
I received my albums around a 10 days after I ordered them. (Sweden, Europe). It usually takes 7-14 days.
HOTSHOT was actually a rookie group that unintentionally caught my eye, and I fell in love when I listened to “Take A Shot” for the first time, it’s such an amazing song – and a group with such amazing members!
- Package & Album -
I ordered this album together with two other albums and they came wrapped in a thick layer of bubble wrap. Neither of the albums has any visible injuries (and out of all the albums I've bought from YesAsia, which is quite many, only one have had an injury). The bubble wrapped albums came in a cardboard box.
If you buy the autographed version of this album (which I did) you’ll get a fan with photos of the members, it’s really cute but I’m pretty sure that I won’t use it, I’m too afraid that I’ll break it, haha!
The layout of HOTSHOT’s album is really unique, and cool. You get what I thought was a really large photobook – but it turned out to be a comic-book, that I guess features the members of HOTSHOT. The whole comic is written in Korean/Hangeul, so I won’t understand it even if I try to read it, however I think that it was a wonderful and quite fun idea! I’ll definitely read it when I’ve learned Korean! :)
- Songs -
01. Take a shot
02. Take a shot (inst.)
This album is a single album and therefore it’s not real surprise that the album only comes with two songs, where one is an instrumental. I actually do not mind the short line-up of songs in the single album, mostly since it is a single album and for the fact that “Take A Shot” has become one of my absolute favorite songs of 2014. It’s such a unique sound, with amazing vocals and amazing rap. It’s just a perfect mix, it’s fun, it’s fast and it’s just phenomenal.
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I’m actually surprised how good this album is for being a single album, I have this love-hate relationship with single albums since you usually barely get any music – however the few songs you get are often pure perfection. If you’re a fan of this song, or a new fan of HOTSHOT – or just one of the members, this album is so worth buying. It’s beautiful for both eye and ears, and for your soul.Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
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