CDJapan : Review by OR fan

OR's first album. this album contains a great variety of songs, although some songs are quite repetitive in my opinion. somehow i feel bored after listening to the first few tracks. not many surprises in this album. the best track i think would be the last one which is the school song of their high school. it starts off with the voices of children singing the school song and OR would later sing the re-arranged version of it. i really like listening to it cause i can feel their love to their high school. the sound really happy when singing this song and it sounds very natural. really nice :-p

Locolotion

Orange Range

great single!!!

this is one of the best single produced by OR (although very ironically, OR composes none of the song) the title track "LOCOLOTION" is a very cheerful upbeat song. i just can't stopping singing and dancing along when the song is played. "ORANGE BOAT" is really impressive. it's a trio and their voices come really well together. after the dancing and jumping in "LOCOLOTION" and "MONKEY MAJIC", this is one very good mid-tempo song to calm you down! it would be really great if OR can make more songs like this one.

Shanghai Honey

Orange Range

a fun single

this single is really fun. the title track "Shanghai Honey" is very playful and the music is very interesting. there are two remixes of this song in the single, the typical "Ryukyudisco remix" and the "Shanghai style". the "Shanghai style" sounds really interesting. this is actually a cover of the original song sung by a Chinese woman. Chinese instruments were used as the background music and the melody sounds really exotic. very interesting lyrics too!!

Viva Rock

Orange Range

awesome!

ORANGE RANGE's singles always give me surprises. the title track "Viva Rock" is an upbeat song which is very uplifting. "Velocity 3000" is an ok song. not very outstanding. i particularly like the song "Nagisa no ROKOGAARU". although the song is short, i like the way they hum the melody. their vocals mix really well together and the song is very soothing, it's not those typical catchy songs that you think OR will produce. i just can't stop listening to it!