MY RATINGS AND REVIEWS FOR VARIOUS NEW SONGS
I rate songs on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being HORRIBLE and 10 being a MASTERPIECE.
Some examples of 10's are SINGLES: "Love Phantom" by B'z, "DEPARTURES" by Globe. ALBUMS: "LOOSE" by B'z, "DAHLIA" by X JAPAN.
Examples of 1's are SINGLES: "MANGO MAN" by Ass Baboons Of Venus (IS THAT REALLY A SONG???)
Ratings constantly adjusted depending on the scale of songs listed here.
SINGLES
"Chiisana Kakumei" Jungle Smile 10/10
"Time Goes By" Every Little Thing 10/10 Nice slow ballad.
"Winter Fall" L'Arc~en~Ciel 9/10 L'Arc has a taste different from other "visual" bands.
"GLORY DAYS" D-LOOP 7/10 Sounds a little too much like a Tomomi Kahala song and voice
"Romance" PENICILLIN 7/10 Hakuei's voice isn't that good... The coupling with song "Tomorrow" is a lot better than "Romance."
"LOVE AFFAIR ~Himitsuno Date" SOUTHERN ALL STARS 8/10
"Nishie Higashie" Mr. Children 7/10
"Aoi Hekireki" T.M. Revolution 7/10
"Stay Together" Da Pump 6/10 It sounds a little too close to some of Folder's songs.....
"Brand New Love" 7/10 They are still good, even though none of the original members are left in the band (No, Kimura, the keyboardist, was not actually one of the original members.) The c/w song "Hurts Good" might be better.
"Happiness" deeps 4/10 This actually sounds like a song, unlike their first single.
"Heron" Yamashita Tatsuro 7/10 Not exactly my taste, but it's still a good song.
"Tokaino Melody" ShaRanQ 9/10 Very catchy tune
"my graduation" SPEED 7/10
Sorry, I forgot the title... but it was a song by Romi 8/10 This song is pretty good, because it's produced by Takuro of Glay, and her voice is nice.
"BRAND NEW LOVE" D&D 10/10 Their Eurobeat style is good!!
"Nagai Aida" Kiroro 10/10 WOW!! THIS IS SHOOTING UP THE CHARTS!!!!! It debuted in the Top 30, but it climbed all the way up to #1!!!!
"Fianse ni Naritai" Oikawa Mitsuhiro 8/10
"KNIFE" LAZY KNACK 8/10
"Yumede Aruyouni" DEEN 8/10
"Negaigoto Hitotsudake" Komatsu Miho 8/10
"Ashitaga Kikoeru" J-FRIENDS A collection of Johnny's artists singing for charity. 6/10
"Sorano Shitade" MY LITTLE LOVER 8/10
"Akai Tambourine" Blankey Jet City 7/10
"TIME DISTORTION" TWO-MIX 8/10
"SHOOTING STAR" 6/10
"I wish..." Ootaki Jun 6/10 GISHO (bassist) of Penicillin??????
"Sanpomichi" JUDY AND MARY 5/10
"For me" Double 6/10
"ROCKET DIVE" hide with SPREAD BEAVER 7/10
"Girl" ASKA 8/10
"Mysterious Night" R-ORANGE 8/10
"Ahaha" DREAMS COME TRUE 7/10
"Graduater" Shiina Hekiru 7/10
"Sasurai" Okuda Tamio 5/10
"Dear Baby" Original Love 7/10
"Setsu Getsu Ka" Kudo Shizuka 7/10
"Unite! The Night!" TRF 9/10
"Fine colorday" Hayashibara Megumi 6/10
"Yurenagara..." Laputa 9/10
"Kimini Aini Ikou" Saruganseki 7/10 They are losing popularity.
"Freedom" Oda Yuji 6/10
"feels like 'HEAVEN' " H II H 8/10 oooh~ feels like HEAVEN!!! Sounds very similar to Minami of D-LOOP.
"Negai" Nakanishi Katsumi 7/10
"Beatiful Alone" Wei B kreuz 6/10 Sounds like a Johnny's group.
"STAND THE NIGHT" Kasahara Hiroko 7/10
"Watashio Sagashini Yukou" Nagai Mariko 5/10
"RUNNING DOG" Yokohama Gingame 8/10 A rock tune
"Piannissimo" Hirose Koumi 9/10
"BAD LUCK ON LOVE ~BLUES ON LIFE~" TO-KO 9/10 She is produced by TK. This song sounds a lot like the other new female singers coming out lately, such as Kiroro and Cocco.
"DIVE TO BLUE" L'Arc~en~Ciel 10/10
"Ikimo Dekinai" ZARD 9/10 ZARD is back to her old pop style. This song sounds very identical to a few of her songs such as "Kimini Aitakunattara"
"Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" B'z 9.5/10 What can I say? It's B'Z!!! It did not have the same appeal as some of their better songs, though.
"MARIA" Kuroyume 8/10
"MUSIC FIGHTER" Judy and Mary 4/10
"Ai no Shirushi" 6/10 I don't really like Puffy.. this song was made by members of Spitz
"PURENESS" Shazna 7/10
"soon" Matsumoto Akiko 7/10
"THANK YOU & GOOD BYE" Hotei Tomoyasu 7/10
"Ne! ~Onna, Jounetsu~" Ohguro Maki 9/10 Good..but I miss the old Ohguro Maki style...
"Brave Love ~Galaxy Express 999" THE ALFEE 8/10
"Kono Yubi Tomare" TOKIO 6/10 I know sooooo many people who wish this band would just disappear..
"Daijoubu Dayo" Okamoto Mayo 8/10
"Love again" globe 9/10 This is nothing compared to older globe songs, but I kind of like this tune a little.
"MARIA" Kuroyume 8/10
"Frame" TRF 10/10
"Heart" Fukuyama Masaharu 10/10 I have not heard many of his songs, but this one sounds great!!
"Yuuwaku" GLAY 10/10
"SOUL LOVE" GLAY 10/10 I think I like this one better than Yuuwaku
"Love Clover" Nakayama Miho 8/10
"Senkou-Hikari no Veil" MAX 10/10 This song is part of a campaign to keep young Japanese people from possessing knives and switchblades.
"Sora" hitomi 8/10 What happened to her... her songs used to be sooooo good... I loved such songs as Candy Girl and In the Future
"Wing" Chinen Rina 9/10
"Timing" Black Biscuits 9/10 This will probably be a big hit just like their first single, Stamina
ALBUMS
"Singles Collection +4" Field of View 8/10
"WANDS BEST ~Historical Best Album~" 8/10 It's good.... but "Singles Collection +6" might be better.
"Live Live Live Tokyo Dome 1993-1996" X JAPAN 6/10 It's good for a Live album.
"Review" GLAY 10/10 A MUST BUY!!!! It's already sold over 4.5 million copies.
"SURVIVE" B'z 10/10 It's great, but it's not as great as Loose. All of the singles are in their original version, but the only single I think that is good in it is CALLING.
"WORKS -THE BEST OF TRF-" TRF 10/10 2-disc set containing all of TRF's hit songs.
"SINGLES" LUNA SEA 9/10 2-disc set containing all singles in disc 1 and all c/w songs in disc 2. Just the presence of songs like ROSIER and END OF SORROW is enough to make this a 10/10 cd.
"BALLAD COLLECTION" X JAPAN 10/10 Songs are remixed in this, but some sound almost exactly the same. The remixes in some cases (like ENDLESS RAIN) are better than the orignal version. This is the only cd where you can find the Last Song.
"SINGLES -ATLANTIC YEARS-" X JAPAN 9/10 This is a very good album, but it is extremely similar to DAHLIA, plus several live songs and an orchestral rendition of TEARS.
"181920" Amuro Namie 10/10 This is definitely a 10... this cd has all of Amuro's hits in one CD, and none of these are remixes!!!
"Nanao" Nanao Kaori 9/10 Although this album has only 7 tracks, IT'S GREAT!!!! She sounds
like Aikawa Nanase, in my opinion. What makes her songs great is that Tak Matsumoto of
B'z composes all of her songs!!!
"MAXIMUM II" MAX 8/10 Their voices and the music are great in this album.
"triple joker" T.M. Revolution 9/10 Almost perfect, besides some exceptions like the song MinD ESCAPE
"BEST OF DREAMS COME TRUE" DREAMS COME TRUE 10/10
"HEART" L'Arc~en~Ciel 8/10
"PRESENTS" MY LITTLE LOVER 8/10
"Love again" globe 8/10
Look for updates often. I will post my ratings and reviews as soon as I listen to new songs.
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