MISIA LOVE&BALLADS -The Best Ballade Collection

Track 9 on this CD is the vocal theme tune from Star Ocean 3 Till the End of Time. That's why I bought this CD, not because I am a huge fan of ballad songs or pop music. I knew that track 9 was brilliant- but I was very glad to discover the other songs in this collection were just as. A few of the tracks at the beginning are similar in style, but there are a lot of cracking songs on this CD. You expect a collection of best ballad songs to be samey, but variation of backing music and an angellic singing voice make this a unforgettable listen. I highly recommend getting this CD just for one track in particular, which has become a better favourite of mine than the one I bought the CD for in the first place! "The Glory Day" is a heavenly track which is a mixture of church-like chorus and beautiful solos/free style singing by MISIA. What I really like about this CD, other than the wonderful moving music, is track length. All of the songs are over 4.30 minutes. A lot of them are over 5.30 minutes. So you get more of these great songs and are never left wanting. The CD case is nice enough, the booklet with full lyrics to all of the songs in Japanese text which is enough. This CD will suit fans of slow, romantic J-Pop songs, and perhaps those who appreciate a good tune and fantastic voice. I bought this for one song I loved and ended up with a whole collection of brilliant songs. I think next I will try buying one of her albums.