i'll just do everything since this is their first album i'm listening to. yes i know that's damn noob, but better late than never! :D
this is a nice change from all the bits and pieces i've been listening to, it's a very full-bodied album and all the tracks here are good, though not all of them may be exceptional (i.e. you don't cringe and want to skip tracks). it also has all the things i like, from pure rock like Velonica and この星に to all the heartwarming tracks, which Aqua Timez pulls off superbly. plus they're also some of the most interesting songs i've heard from this band.
right.
BIRTH is a 30-second prelude, it's so short you wouldn't think it'd do much, but tadaaa there's brilliant composing and i love brilliant composing. there are sweet guitars and whatnot iｎ the back, but the melody is NICE and that's really where it shines. it's short, sweet, and NICE. also it has these noises at the end which end quite abruptly, making it a perfect opening to Velonica.
Velonica is same old, same old, still as fantastic as ever, though not as mind-blowing for me as i first heard it (go see the Velonica single review), but putting it after BIRTH makes you want to listen to it and when it starts i usually just listen to it. XD
別れの詩～Still Connected～ (i think 詩 is read as "uta") is one of my favourites, because it has a decent melody, super nice chords, beautiful guitar parts on the opening and this amazing amazing part where futoshi goes ”笑っておくれ” and it goes so well with the chords. it first starts out with piano accompaniment but later turns into a more rock song, so this is like a song that just happens to have a lot of things i like. and it's hard to get tired of too. :D
虹 - still sounds the same, i got sick of this a long time ago because it's so old already. but yeah, good song in its own right.
i love the intro parts of STAY GOLD, so emo rock-ish. and the chorus is interesting! it sounds very mature and it's also one of my favourite tracks. (oh there's this weird part in the middle where futoshi's "し" sounds damn weird and it still bothers me today. but that's beside the point.)
夏のかけら and ほんとはね sound the same as well, i skip these often. they sure put a lot of old tracks in.
massigura IS MY FAVOURITE. :D a LOT of people think it's weird but i think it's great. the song consists of repeating guitar riffs, a sexy cool bassline, really really fast rapping and the chorus is mainly one note. so at first i thought i would dislike it because i've always disliked Aqau Timez rapping, but i guess it has too much energy and the chorus is very very simple but powerful rock. makes you want to jump around the room and nod your head like crazy. i'd like to see them do this one live, if it's possible. other than being a wonderful rock piece it has many many weird but interesting bridges after the verses, and the rapping is quite nice (omg) for once! (anyway you can't hear what they're rapping nor singing, i only caught the word "masshigura".) WHAT'S MORE i went to see the lyrics and it's sort of a tribute to their music journey, and has tons of attitude. so, thumbs up (: it's one of those really-love-it-or-really-hate-it songs, and it ended up being the one i automatically switch to when i listen to the album, and i always look forward to listening to it. (it's the "screaming song" i was blasting the other day in class.) how come i always end up liking these weird songs with bad singing. XD o well.
月、昇る has latin influences which i don't really like, but the chorus is kinda tolerable and the verses are quite awkward, so it took me some time to get used to this. too latin for my liking.
この星に is another rock piece, i like it again for its energy. the verses are very rocker and the chorus is quite nice. the part after the chorus though, is nice when you first hear it but gets irritating after a while. and then if you listen too much it gets a bit tiring because the drums for the chorus are not exactly my favourite kind. (okay sorry i just don't like that rhythm.) but it's still one of my favourites.
きらきら ～original ver.～ - woohoo love this! they mixed electronica in the front (reminded me of -SORA涙色-) which i have come to like, more beautiful guitars, calm verses, and a fantastic chorus that's again, brill composing, especially the kira kira part. very good to sing along and very catchy. i have no complaints about this, it's almost perfect.
i don't like the opening of One because it's quite ... sian, but it evolved into bouncy verses and a catchy chorus, which are nice! it somehow feels like a song people will sing at farewells, almost like a graduation song, because it has a touch of nostalgia about it that i can't really place my finger on. the lyrics fit well and i understand what they're singing, quite shuang, haha! XD
うたい去りし花 is supposed to be the main point of this album, seeing as it's being named after it and all. this song has a lot of space and depth, and i heart the chords at the start - so nice! i don't like the verses but i like the chorus, which is more important. it's more of a ballad and sounds pretty much like their old stuff so it's not very memorable for me, so it just falls under "nice & good" but not "outstanding", IMO. i don't know, a lot of people seem to like it, maybe it's just my weird taste in music.
Re:BIRTH is brilliant because it automatically brings you back to the start of the album - it's something like a full-blown version of BIRTH. and by virtue of the melody, it's one of the best as well. it also has good guitar and piano parts, and this lovely idk what rhythm part in the verses, which makes it kinda majestic and have a sense of closure. (it's brilliant how it started with BIRTH and ended with Re:BIRTH because Re:BIRTH reminds you what a long way you've come through this hour-long album and is a really nice closing piece.) even when they packed 3 choruses together it's still fine due to the lyrics. it ends sounding like BIRTH (see what i mean?) and my only gripe is that it ends too fast. one of my favs as well.
虹 ~Album ver.~ is, again, latin-tinted and is just plain weird, not in a good way. it was meant to be something like an extra track, but i skip it all the time. it sounds like niji + frolicking drums + dancepop. /: the front part was nice, i give it the credit, but give me the old niji any day, thank you. (me hates remixes.)
うたい去りし花 is a very very very loooong album. i get sick of Aqua Timez's stuff quite easily especially if i keep listening, but i managed to listen to this on loop (haha) without getting tired of it. and futoshi's vocals, which i've always liked, are wonderful and spot on as usual. it's very interesting and easy for different kinds of people to like, because it's diverse. not bad not bad!
harry potter
artemis fowl
terry pratchett
philip pullman
a series of unfortunate events
the chronicles of narnia
neil gaiman
anthony horowitz
james patterson
eragon
dan brown
the doomspell trilogy
suzuki koji
the magister trilogy
tamir triad
tracklist:
01. BIRTH
02. Velonica
03. 別れの詩～Still Connected～
04. 虹
05. STAY GOLD
06. 夏のかけら
07. ほんとはね
08. massigura
09. 月、昇る
10. この星に
11. きらきら ～original ver.～
12. One
13. うたい去りし花
14. Re：BIRTH
15. 虹 ~Album ver.~
i'll just do everything since this is their first album i'm listening to. yes i know that's damn noob, but better late than never! :D
this is a nice change from all the bits and pieces i've been listening to, it's a very full-bodied album and all the tracks here are good, though not all of them may be exceptional (i.e. you don't cringe and want to skip tracks). it also has all the things i like, from pure rock like Velonica and この星に to all the heartwarming tracks, which Aqua Timez pulls off superbly. plus they're also some of the most interesting songs i've heard from this band.
right.
BIRTH is a 30-second prelude, it's so short you wouldn't think it'd do much, but tadaaa there's brilliant composing and i love brilliant composing. there are sweet guitars and whatnot iｎ the back, but the melody is NICE and that's really where it shines. it's short, sweet, and NICE. also it has these noises at the end which end quite abruptly, making it a perfect opening to Velonica.
Velonica is same old, same old, still as fantastic as ever, though not as mind-blowing for me as i first heard it (go see the Velonica single review), but putting it after BIRTH makes you want to listen to it and when it starts i usually just listen to it. XD
別れの詩～Still Connected～ (i think 詩 is read as "uta") is one of my favourites, because it has a decent melody, super nice chords, beautiful guitar parts on the opening and this amazing amazing part where futoshi goes ”笑っておくれ” and it goes so well with the chords. it first starts out with piano accompaniment but later turns into a more rock song, so this is like a song that just happens to have a lot of things i like. and it's hard to get tired of too. :D
虹 - still sounds the same, i got sick of this a long time ago because it's so old already. but yeah, good song in its own right.
i love the intro parts of STAY GOLD, so emo rock-ish. and the chorus is interesting! it sounds very mature and it's also one of my favourite tracks. (oh there's this weird part in the middle where futoshi's "し" sounds damn weird and it still bothers me today. but that's beside the point.)
夏のかけら and ほんとはね sound the same as well, i skip these often. they sure put a lot of old tracks in.
massigura IS MY FAVOURITE. :D a LOT of people think it's weird but i think it's great. the song consists of repeating guitar riffs, a
sexycool bassline, really really fast rapping and the chorus is mainly one note. so at first i thought i would dislike it because i've always disliked Aqau Timez rapping, but i guess it has too much energy and the chorus is very very simple but powerful rock. makes you want to jump around the room and nod your head like crazy. i'd like to see them do this one live, if it's possible. other than being a wonderful rock piece it has many many weird but interesting bridges after the verses, and the rapping is quite nice (omg) for once! (anyway you can't hear what they're rapping nor singing, i only caught the word "masshigura".) WHAT'S MORE i went to see the lyrics and it's sort of a tribute to their music journey, and has tons of attitude. so, thumbs up (: it's one of those really-love-it-or-really-hate-it songs, and it ended up being the one i automatically switch to when i listen to the album, and i always look forward to listening to it. (it's the "screaming song" i was blasting the other day in class.) how come i always end up liking these weird songs with bad singing. XD o well.月、昇る has latin influences which i don't really like, but the chorus is kinda tolerable and the verses are quite awkward, so it took me some time to get used to this. too latin for my liking.
この星に is another rock piece, i like it again for its energy. the verses are very rocker and the chorus is quite nice. the part after the chorus though, is nice when you first hear it but gets irritating after a while. and then if you listen too much it gets a bit tiring because the drums for the chorus are not exactly my favourite kind. (okay sorry i just don't like that rhythm.) but it's still one of my favourites.
きらきら ～original ver.～ - woohoo love this! they mixed electronica in the front (reminded me of -SORA涙色-) which i have come to like, more beautiful guitars, calm verses, and a fantastic chorus that's again, brill composing, especially the kira kira part. very good to sing along and very catchy. i have no complaints about this, it's almost perfect.
i don't like the opening of One because it's quite ... sian, but it evolved into bouncy verses and a catchy chorus, which are nice! it somehow feels like a song people will sing at farewells, almost like a graduation song, because it has a touch of nostalgia about it that i can't really place my finger on. the lyrics fit well and i understand what they're singing, quite shuang, haha! XD
うたい去りし花 is supposed to be the main point of this album, seeing as it's being named after it and all. this song has a lot of space and depth, and i heart the chords at the start - so nice! i don't like the verses but i like the chorus, which is more important. it's more of a ballad and sounds pretty much like their old stuff so it's not very memorable for me, so it just falls under "nice & good" but not "outstanding", IMO. i don't know, a lot of people seem to like it, maybe it's just my weird taste in music.
Re:BIRTH is brilliant because it automatically brings you back to the start of the album - it's something like a full-blown version of BIRTH. and by virtue of the melody, it's one of the best as well. it also has good guitar and piano parts, and this lovely idk what rhythm part in the verses, which makes it kinda majestic and have a sense of closure. (it's brilliant how it started with BIRTH and ended with Re:BIRTH because Re:BIRTH reminds you what a long way you've come through this hour-long album and is a really nice closing piece.) even when they packed 3 choruses together it's still fine due to the lyrics. it ends sounding like BIRTH (see what i mean?) and my only gripe is that it ends too fast. one of my favs as well.
虹 ~Album ver.~ is, again, latin-tinted and is just plain weird, not in a good way. it was meant to be something like an extra track, but i skip it all the time. it sounds like niji + frolicking drums + dancepop. /: the front part was nice, i give it the credit, but give me the old niji any day, thank you. (me hates remixes.)
うたい去りし花 is a very very very loooong album. i get sick of Aqua Timez's stuff quite easily especially if i keep listening, but i managed to listen to this on loop
(haha)without getting tired of it. and futoshi's vocals, which i've always liked, are wonderful and spot on as usual. it's very interesting and easy for different kinds of people to like, because it's diverse. not bad not bad!