Who's Back? [CD+DVD]

BoA's 2014 JPOP album doesn't have the best cover of her career, and sure, the only new track is "First Time", but musically it's still a rather exceptional album overall. I enjoy every song on here. Some of my favorites include "MASAYUME CHASING", "Tail of Hope", "Shout It Out" & "WOO WEEKEND" along with the beautiful ballads "Milestone" and "close to me". The entire album doesn't contain even one song that I ever feel like skipping past. Also, she uses a little more English than usual on this album as well, which is really well done. The packaging is probably the least impressive part. It uses the same black and pink design on the back side of the case and inside the booklet. The booklet itself contains about 5-6 photos of the singer wearing the same outfit as the cover. They're nice, but nothing super interesting. The lyrics are laid out from page to page quite nicely with the credits and such all on the last page. The DVD included with this edition includes the MVs for 9 of the songs on this album: "First Time", "Shout It Out", "Only One", "Message", "WOO WEEKEND", "Milestone", "MASAYUME CHASING", "The Shadow" & "Tail of Hope". My personal favorite MVs are the ones for "MASAYUME CHASING" & "Tail of Hope". They're both so bright, cheerful and just a ton of fun. The DVD also comes with a Making-Of Video for the "First Time" MV and an Interview. Sadly, if you don't speak Japanese you won't get to properly enjoy the Interview as there's no subtitles included on the DVD. Quite a good release from BoA. Definitely recommend giving this a home in your music collection.

Despite of having terrible jacket design, and having only one new song, let's face it, BoA is back with an album that's packed with amazing songs that include vast range of genre! I mean: -MASAYUME CHASING (energetic cutie that will lure J-Pop lovers) -Shout It Out (a long awaited spicy dance number with even spicier routine) -Message (a very classy autumn-ish song) -Milestone and close to me (heart-breaking ballads, which is BoA's forte, she's still crowning the title of winter ballad queen IMO) -and please, there's Only One in this album I'd say if you're looking for a content, WHO'S BACK? is really promising a high quality music to enjoy, a playlist for gym or even a roadtrip, totally an amazing album (again, still not a fan of the jackets LOL)