The Cloudy Dreamer

I love the songs on this album. I was disappointed that "Starless Night" and "Wish" wasn't on it, but they were soon released on the "Olivia inspi' REIRA" album, which was also a great album. The tracks are pretty mellow, overall, it's a mellow album for the msot part and nice to listen to.

I only rated this mini album a 4 because of the obvious lack of rock in it. I knew that this album wouldn't be like her previous ones because of the realse of songs like Wish and Dream Catcher, which are sung in a very mainstreamed style.The Cloudy Dreamer is a great album none the less and is the first release from Olivia in a while. It doesn't really seem to matter what Olivia sings, whether it's pop or rock, she has such a great voice either way. The other thing that's great about this mini album is the actuall quality of sound. Ususally on J-pop albums I have to turn the volume up a notch or two when switching from an American label album. But this has a quality that sounds like I could have picked it up off the self right here.(Kudos to the editing crew!) Songs to look out for on this mini album are: If You Only Knew Stars Shinning Out Cut Me Free a little pain

I've listened to this CD a million times, and I can faithfully say that Olivia always has a voice worth listening to. Whether she's singing something soft and mellow or something upbeat and catchy, her voice is always so amazing. The only thing I was disappointed with was that the CD as a whole sounds a lot more mainstream and less like Olivia's other works. The electronic aspect seems to have been taken out of it, giving it more of a mainstream rock-ish feel. Regardless, the album is great as a whole, even though not quite what I was expecting.