My Prelude [Limited Edition]

I cannot believe that I've been following her music for 30 years, I am very impressed with what she had done with this album. This is one fantastic album especially if you are into ballads and the Seiko brand of music, you know, the real music. The lyrics for all 10 songs were written by Seiko and she also wrote the music for song #3 and #10, and co-wrote the music for #4, #5 and #7. Songs #3, #7 and #8 are slower, melodic, soothing ballads, #8 has a bit of jazz flavor with a short saxophone solo. #4 is an upbeat tune that gets you through the day especially on that late afternoon when you're feeling all the blues. #5 is another afternoon tea relaxing tune. #9 is the anniversary celebration song, and true to its intent, it's an upbeat get you going song, it's perfect to start your day with. #10 is a very sweet melody that speaks to your heart, and it struck a perfect balance in the lyrics with a well-balanced mixture of English and Japanese. Not many people make music like this any more, and I hope she will keep making wonderful music for many years to come.

After a year of absent from the recording studio, Seiko's is back with a brand new album. Celebrating her 30th year in show business, she has also specially written a song called 30th Party on the ablum. Most notably, the other songs in the ablum are catchy and cool such as Into the mirror world, you are my ideal and of course the first single of this year Ikutsu no Yoake wo Kazoetara.