I like all of the Buono albums, but this one has a harder, more mature sound with several driving rock numbers, a direction they hinted at in their Live Hybrid Punch 2009 concert by bringing out a quartet of female rockers to accompany them midway through the concert, even though most of the songs featured were standard J-pop songs from their first and second albums. None of the songs from that concert are included in this album. Here they just plunge into a rock vibe and take the listener on the kind of ride you don't often get from Hello! Project. Eight of the twelve tracks are fast-paced songs with heavy guitar backing. Many of these songs sound alike, but the girls' pleasant harmonizing sounds really good with rock backing. The other four tracks are a little softer and tend to be nicer songs: "Urahara," "Blue-Sky-Blue," "Koucha no Oishii Mise," and "Tabidachi no Uta." Airi Suzuki, the smoothest singer of the three, does the heavy lifting and most of the solos. Momoko Tsugunaga brings solid character to the trio and I love picking out her distinctive voice in the solo lines she gets. Miyabi Natsuyaki's voice works best when vocalizing with the others. They're all in fine voice here. The single, "My Boy," was the only song on this CD that I'd heard previously. (Its lively video was a highlight of the Petit Best 10 DVD, which I've reviewed on this site.) It's easily the most imaginatively arranged song on the album and tends to be my favorite of the twelve. Regardless, I enjoy listening to the whole album. I've followed these girls since they were Hello! Project Kids and I'm happy to have watched them grow up to become such accomplished and dynamic performers. In checking the music credits to see if live instruments were used, I see guitar and bass credits on some songs and "guitar, programming" and "bass, programming" on others. I'm not sure what that means, except that I can't always tell whether it's live music I'm hearing or "canned," i.e. synth-created instrumentation. I would have preferred ALL live. Th accompanying DVD features "Making of" footage for the "Our Songs" PV. It's fun watching the girls dance on location and have such a great time with each other. I just wish the completed PV had been included on the disc. Now I have to buy the Buono Clips DVD just to get it. Too bad this edition is out-of-print, but you can still get the CD itself.
Product Details
Catalog No. | PCCA-3077 |
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JAN/ISBN | 4988013974043 |
Product Type | CD |
Number of Discs | 2 |
Label/Distributor | Pony Canyon |
Running Time | 49minutes |
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Credits
Description
Third album release from Buono! including the songs "MY BOY," "Take It Easy!" "Bravo Bravo" and more. Limited edition includes bonus DVD featuring close up version and dance shot version of music video of thier latest single released on February 3rd, plus making-of. Includes a trading card. *The DVD disc is encoded for region 2 (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and no subtitles are included.
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Description in Japanese
We are Buono! [DVD付き初回限定盤] / Buono!
デビュー3年目に突入したBuono! 3rd.アルバム発売!! 2年でシングル9枚、アルバム2枚とコンスタントにリリースを続けてきたBuono! が贈る待望の最新作。今リリースではシングルでお馴染みのイベントを開催し、シングル/アルバムでの連動応募抽選によるプレゼント施策を実施。いずれもファンにはたまらない企画! アルバム豪華作家陣/筒美京平、橋本淳、岩里祐穂、Gajin、ムラマツテツヤ、木之下慶行、AKIRASTAR・・・and more! 「MY BOY」「Take It Easy !」「Bravo☆Bravo」ほか収録予定。 DVD付き (「Our Songs」PV撮影メイキング)。 アナザー・ジャケット1枚(全4種のうち)、10th.シングル連動応募抽選シリアルナンバー・カード、豪華40Pブックレット封入。
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Tracklisting
1 |
One Way=My Way
One Way=My Way
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2 |
Our Songs
Our Songs
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3 |
Independent Girl -Dokuritsu Joshi de Arutame ni-
Independent Girl~独立女子であるために
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4 |
MY BOY
MY BOY
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5 |
Urahara
うらはら
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6 |
Take It Easy!
Take It Easy!
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7 |
Bravo Bravo
Bravo☆Bravo
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8 |
Kataomoi
カタオモイ
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9 |
Blue-Sky-Blue
Blue-Sky-Blue
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10 |
Kocha no Oishi Mise
紅茶の美味しい店
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11 |
Tabidachi no Uta
タビダチの歌
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12 |
We are Buono! - Buono! No Theme
We are Buono!~Buono!のテーマ
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