Review by Alex
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abingdon boys school [Regular Edition]abingdon boys schoolA.B.S. Debut album a great effort but...
abingdon boys school debut album a great effort but it does contain some flaws. The album starts off with the very rocking track "As One." I always liked songs that use other time signatures other than the standard 4/4 time. "As One" uses a 6/8 time signature and for that reason alone it rocks. "Via Dolorosa" is an incredible feat in song writing, the arrangement is just top notch. The biggest disappointments in the album are "LOST REASON " and "REBIRTH + REVERSE." "LOST REASON" features a rap from MICRO that just doesn't match with the song and it sounds like a amateur mixing job, it also sounds like an after thought. The song was fine without the rap. "REBIRTH + REVERSE" is just a bad instrumental that instead of closing the album with a bang, it closes the album with a whimper. Missing from this album (which means it should have been included)is the excellent track "NERVOUS BREAKDOWN" with was the second track on the "Howling" single.
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ayaka Live Tour "First Message" [Regular Edition]ayakaA great live set
Watching this concert DVD is as close as I will come to seeing her live in concert. Hopefully she becomes a big international hit and has concerts in North America soon.
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Real voiceayakaJ-Pop at its best
When I first heard this song as the ending for the Japanese drama "Sapuri" I immediately like it. The one thing that stood out was the voice of Ayaka. She has a great vocal range.
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First MessageayakaGreat start to her career
I first became a fan of Ayaka when I first heard "Real Voice" on "Sapuri." Then I heard "I believe" on the show "Rondo." But I became a bigger fan after I watched her live set at Live Earth this past summer. She was clearly the most talented singer on the Japanese Live Earth stage. It was at that moment that I had to order her singles and her first album as soon as possible and that I will follow her career from the other side of the Pacific.