J-Pop

[Loose]

The b-sides on Tamaki's single are better IMO.

[AyumiH]

UPDATE:

Ai Otsuka: Ai Am Best - 8.1
Love Piece - 8.2

Lena Park: COSMORAMA - 9.6

Namie Amuro: ORIGINAL TRACKS VOL. 1 - 8.9

[Fan]

I just discovered that Ayumi Hamasaki will release her new album in January 2008. The album will include 15 songs with also the new digital-only single "Together When..." which will come out on December 7.

[Loose]

I just discovered that Ayumi Hamasaki will release her new album in January 2008. The album will include 15 songs with also the new digital-only single "Together When..." which will come out on December 7.

Fantastic news!!!!

[Loose]

New album rankings added.

Ai Otsuka ~ Love Piece 6

Aiko Kayo ~ Pop 4

Ayumi Hamasaki ~ A Song For XX 7
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ LOVEppears 8
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ Duty 9
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ I am... 9
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ RAINBOW 8
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ Memorial Address 8
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ MY STORY 6
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ MY STORY Classical 8
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ (miss)understood 8
Ayumi Hamasaki ~ Secret 7

Hikaru Utada ~ First Love 7
Hikaru Utada ~ Distance 8
Hikaru Utada ~ Deep River 8
Hikaru Utada ~ Exodus 8
Hikaru Utada ~ ULTRA BLUE 7

Kimura Kaela ~ Scratch 6

Koda Kumi ~ Black Cherry 6

Masami Okui ~ evolution 9
Masami Okui ~ God Speed 9

Miliyah ~ Rose 7
Miliyah ~ Diamond Princess 5

Tenjochiki ~ Graceful 4 8

[volver]

I'm sorting out my J-Pop music on iTunes and Im just curious on how ya'll label Utada. Is it Hikaru Utada or Utada Hikaru

[Loose]

*** NEW J-POP ALBUMS ***



01. Amai Zeitaku
02. In Your Eyes
03. Girly Step
04. Love Letter
05. Dreamin' Dreamin'
06. OK
07. Model
08. Romantika
09. Love Letter ~ajapai Remix~
10. Girly Step ~Clazziqual Project~




01. Intro
02. Don't Stop
03. It's Show Time!!!
04. Interlude
05. Butterfly
06. One
07. I'll Remember You
08. Feel So Good
09. Move
10. My Sweet Home
11. Ima
12. The Answer
13. Taisetsu na Mono
14. Get Up (Remix)
15. Brand New Day

[Control]

Really loving Jpop.. also i like Chinese pop aswell.. some fave artists: Sifow, Koda Kumi, Namie Amuro. Does anyone heard the Do Tha Do Tha song by May J? it's really good

[Loose]

I think May J's debut album is quite awful TBH. Don't like it that much. But A.I.'s Don't Stop A.I. is seriously the best J-pop release this year so far!! Definitely better than Tenjochjiki's Graceful 4 - although this was hard to top.

[Control]

I think May J's debut album is quite awful TBH. Don't like it that much. But A.I.'s Don't Stop A.I. is seriously the best J-pop release this year so far!! Definitely better than Tenjochjiki's Graceful 4 - although this was hard to top.

Agrree about her debut album it's pretty worse and the cover isn't that nice

My latest Jpopcds are:
Koda Kumi - black Cherry CD+DVD
Mika Nakashima - Life <3
Morning Musume - Onna ni Sachi are

[AyumiH]

Man I have tons of albums to add in now!

Okui Masami: God Speed - 9.5
S-mode #2 - 9.3
Masami Life - 9.0


Morning Musume: First Time - 8.7
Second Morning - 8.3
3rd LOVE paradise - 7.0
4th Ikimasshoi! - 4.5

Abe Nasumi (solo morning musume member): Hitoribocchi - 8.0

Namie Amuro: GENIUS 2000 - 8.5

Tenjo Chiki: Graceful 4 - 8.5

Kuraki Mai: Delicious Way - 8.5
Perfect Crime - 8.0
Fairy Tale - ~9.0 (Haven't got into this album enough but already have some tracks I'm in love with)


Albums in red means there are some really amazing tracks that should be downloaded but also many fillers that lead to only good/decent grade.

[Fan]

The covers for both Koda Kumi's new single and album :

Single


Album


I love the CD only cover for the album

[Loose]

That looks SO sophisticated!! But I don't think it will be a big burner to be honest... Ai no Uta & FREAKY were good, but I felt that LAST ANGEL was lacking something. Overall I think that Kuu's albums aren't that appealing. Much prefer Ayumi.

[Control]

Not curious for the album much.. i only liked But. The artwork isn't that strong as Black Cherry wich i love

[Fan]

I really love But and Freaky (I even have both singles) so I'm really looking foward to this album. Even more than Ayumi's one I think.

[Loose]

TRACKLIST:

Introduction For Kingdom

[Fan]

^Thanks for posting

[Tiger]

I love Koda Kumi but the problem is that she releases album FAR too quickly. They're very rushed

[Loose]

I don't like how Japanese artists bring out their albums in general. They release a thousand singles before actually an album comes out. That means the fans just get a couple new tracks which are probably not even better than the singles and that's it.

I think when it comes to quality album tracks, Hikaru Utada delivers every time. She's not just a pure singles artist. You can hear her album tracks as well which are mostly just as good as the single releases. Ayumi used to be like that as well. And her singles on "Secret" were even worse than the album content itself.

[Loose]

I've got a new album!! My first album from NAMIE AMURO! It's her 2007 release PLAY and it contains her the quite famous tunes Violet Sauce, Hide & Seek and TOP SECRET (Official Japanese Theme Song Of "Prison Break" Season 2). Overall I think Namie Amuro is definitely one of the more memorable J-Pop artists as she does sound quite American! Her vocals reflect pretty much the American R&B scene. She just sings Japanese and that's why she is probably so different from standard R&B songstresses.

My favourite tracks from PLAY are Step With It, Should I Love Him? and It's All About You - all of them are non single tracks. Proves that Namie is consistant throughout an album. Cool! I'll try to get more from her.

[Control]

I've got a new album!! My first album from NAMIE AMURO! It's her 2007 release PLAY and it contains her the quite famous tunes Violet Sauce, Hide & Seek and TOP SECRET (Official Japanese Theme Song Of "Prison Break" Season 2). Overall I think Namie Amuro is definitely one of the more memorable J-Pop artists as she does sound quite American! Her vocals reflect pretty much the American R&B scene. She just sings Japanese and that's why she is probably so different from standard R&B songstresses.

My favourite tracks from PLAY are Step With It, Should I Love Him? and It's All About You - all of them are non single tracks. Proves that Namie is consistant throughout an album. Cool! I'll try to get more from her.

Yay (H) it's a great album. I love It's ALl About You aswell. her Queen Of Hippop album is amazing too

[Loose]

I've put my hands on The Queen of Hip-Pop & STYLE now. I wonder which record is better. I've heard that C. "Tricky" Stewart (produced "Umbrella") worked on TQoHP while Dallas Austin put his hands on some STYLE tracks.

[Control]

I've put my hands on The Queen of Hip-Pop & STYLE now. I wonder which record is better. I've heard that C. "Tricky" Stewart (produced "Umbrella") worked on TQoHP while Dallas Austin put his hands on some STYLE tracks.

I never listened to Style that much as Queen Of Hippop. Although I really love the song "Come" it reminds me of Love Regrets by Sifow

[Loose]

I must give them both a try. Since I've finally found some access to PLAY. I'm confident that the rest will work out as well.

At the moment I'm SO in love with this album:



This the best damn thing that J-Pop has brought up this year! Amazingly joyful and so hip! That's a must listen!

[AyumiH]

I love Namie Amuro (I mean hello, who's my avatar for the past couple of months? ) but I've been too worried to listen to her most recent work. If you listen to a song from her back in 1995 and any song from Play, her voice has changed dramatially. I'm wondering if that's what led to her decline in popularity. It's great that she's coming back again!