Review by Sebec

The songs on this album can be found on Ken Hirai's "LIFE is..." album. If you have that album, the main reasons for buying this single will be for the different arrangement of "Missin' you ~It will break my heart~" on this single, and the "less vocal" version of "Strawberry Sex". "Strawberry Sex" itself is very upbeat and catchy.

This is a really great DVD. There is also a CD album of the songs from this concert, but the DVD has a few songs that aren't on the CD. The accoustic nature of this concert means that several MISIA songs had their arrangements modified for this performance, which gives a refreshing new angle on some classic MISIA songs. I liked some of these arrangements much more than the original versions. The quality of her singing in this concert for almost all of the songs is also on par with the quality found on her regular CD albums. If you're a fan of MISIA, I don't think you will be disappointed.

This single was released after MISIA released her "KISS IN THE SKY" album. As such, the original release of "KISS IN THE SKY" does not contain songs from the "BACK BLOCKS" single. However, after the release of the "BACK BLOCKS" single, a limited edition pressing of "KISS IN THE SKY" was released, which included songs from the "BACK BLOCKS" single. "BACK BLOCKS" and "mekubase no blues" are terrific, upbeat tracks. The CD jacket insert for this single is extremely glossy, and it looks great. If you put this single in your computer's CD-ROM drive, you can also watch the music video to "BACK BLOCKS".

The lyrics book for this single includes the lyrics in Japanese, English, Mandarin, and Korean, which is really nice and something I wish more CDs would do. The "SNOW SONG" music video on this DVD also has subtitles available in four languages, which is something viewers won't find in MISIA's "MY MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS" DVD. Even though this single is a double A-side, unfortunately, I don't think these rank among MISIA's best songs. However, they're not bad songs by any means.