I like this album. My favourites song are "kimi wa suteki", "pop star", "fake star" and "upset". Very good album!!!!
Fakin' Pop
Ken Hirai
Points You Earn | 3% (87p) |
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Release Date | March 12, 2008 |
Availability | Backorder:Usually ships in 2-4 weeks |
Product Details
Catalog No. | DFCL-1500 |
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JAN/ISBN | 4562104044718 |
Product Type | CD |
Number of Discs | 1 |
Label/Distributor | Sony Music Distribution |
Running Time | 62minutes |
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Credits
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Description in Japanese
FAKIN' POP / 平井堅
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Tracklisting
1 |
Pop Star
POP STAR (23th singleドラマ『危険なアネキ』主題歌)
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2 |
Kimi Wa Su. Te. Ki
君はス・テ・キ (新リプトン リモーネ TV CMソング)
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3 |
Kimi no Suki na Toko
君のすきなとこ (ドラマ『演歌の女王』主題歌)
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4 |
Canvas
キャンバス (ドラマ『ハチミツとクローバー』主題歌)
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5 |
Pain
Pain (新録曲)
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6 |
fake star
fake star (明治製菓「Fran」TV CMソング)
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7 |
UPSET
UPSET (新録曲)
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8 |
Utsukushii Hito
美しい人 (資生堂「エリクシールシュペリエル」TV CMソング)
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9 |
Elegy
哀歌 (エレジー) (映画『愛の流刑地』主題歌)
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10 |
Twenty!Twenty!Twenty!
Twenty! Twenty! Twenty! (J-WAVE開局20周年ソング)
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11 |
Bye My Melody
バイマイメロディー (au by KDDI 「LISMO MUSIC」テレビCMソング)
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12 |
Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kitemo
いつか離れる日が来ても (新録曲/映画『あの空をおぼえてる』主題歌)
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13 |
Shashin
写真 (新録曲/JRA2008イメージソング)
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Customer Reviews
Twelve of the album's 13 tracks were apperently commissioned as theme songs for movies, animes or TV commercials - this meant that the bulk of the financing and budget for the production and marketing of the album would largely have been taken care of way before its release. Such is the clout these days, of the Eurasian-looking Osaka-born Japanese R&B pop icon, who also produced it and wrote 11 of its tunes. Some naysayers have mistakenly, and unfairly, alleged that the 36-year-old has thrown R&B out of the window in favor of bubblegum pop. On the whole, Fakin' Pop is decidedly more playful (as evinced by acts like Pop Star and Twenty! Twenty! Twenty!) and banks on its swoonsome balladry (Canvas, Pain and Utsukushi Hito). But it's hardly of the bublegum variety. His erstwhile soulful vibe is still very much in evidence on tracks like Upset and Fake Star. What's more, Kimi Wa Su.Te.Ki hears him dabbling in Pharrell Williams' N.E.R.D.-esque funk, and while he may not quite come off as a Japanese Justin Timberlake, you have to hand it to Hirai for a pretty decent try. After six albums and a retrospective anthology, can you fault him for wanting and trying to change?
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