Review by xKAIx2306

Koda Kumi's debut album is a great ballad-based. The singles are great. The introduction Atomic Energy is a nice Hip-Hop track. The closing song, walk, is my favorite song. This is a great album.

feel my mind is a EXCELLENT album. The singles are great although the reason i would buy the album is for tracks like Break It Down, Without Your Love, Rain, and magic.

The single stay with me is a great single. The a-side is a soothing winter-love ballad with a even more soothing orgel version. The b-side is a up-beat pop winte-based song. The original PV has a great plot. The second version of the PV was kind of boring.

The single was GREAT for being her fifth single. Her solo version of "The Meaning Of Peace" was brilliant. The title track is great but the "So Into You' remix stole the show for me.

Yume no uta/Futari De... is one of Koda Kumi's best ballad singles. It takes one melody and creats two great songs from it, one sad (YUme no Uta) and one happy (Futari De...)

The single Ai no Uta is excellent. It has the perfict contrast from ballad to dance. Come Over is one of the best B-Sides I have heard and the title track is a wonderful ballad.

BEST ~first things~ was a great album! Starting with an unreleased song, NO TRICKS, to get you in the right mood and then every A-Side from TAKE BACK to Crazy 4 U from Cutie Honey to Promise/Star. A must get if you like J-Pop!

BEST ~second session~ is Kumi's best album so far! The introduction song is great. It has every single from her 12 Singles in 12 Weeks special (except Boys<3Girls). The previously unreleased song, Love Goes Like..., is an okay song. It wouldn't matter if Love Goes Like... was on or not the album would be just as great.

Kumi's sophmore album, grow into one, is very good. If youlove Koda Kumi than this is a must get! The singles form the album are great but the songs I would buy it for, if I hadn't already bought it, are BOY FRIEND?, One Night Romance, Pearl Moon, and To be one. THese are the best songs on the album.

Koda Kumi never fails to impress. Her album, secret, is one of her best. It transfers easily from a dance song to pop to ballad very smoothly. I wold suggest this album to anyone who likes J-Pop.

Black Cherry is a debateable album. On one hand, her singles are great and all of her PVs are awesome. On the other hand, with the exception of Get Up & Move!! none of her non single songs are worth getting the album for. If you are thinking about buying this album I would suggest getting the Black Cherry Tour DVD first. It has all of the tracks on Black Cherry (with the exception of Won't Be Long and JUICY) and it is a great performance and has a great plot.

The secret tour was not my favorite. It was kinda bland as opposed to her other tours. This just shows that you get better in time. It seems that every tour she gets better and better.

Though better than the Secret tour, the first things tour was kinda bland. I loved the costumes and dancing but that is the only good thing about the tour. I was excited when I saw that the release party for second session was on the second disc but was very disappointed when it was only part of the concert.

I loved the Kingdom tour! The plot was great and the costumes were beautiful!!! I loved the fact that you could watch all of the special invitations. It was halarious when Kumi had a kid on the stage who picked Koi no Tsubomi and the kid forgot the lyrics. Kumi started the song stopped it and had the girl try to sing it again. My favorite part was that it said "to be continued" at the end.

I LOVED TABOO!! Both of the PVs were excellent! The b-side was not as good as previous b-sides but it was alright.