Yui Makino – Tabi＊note (タビノオト) (Album)

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Tabi＊note is the fourth album released by Makino Yui, and her first under IMPERIAL RECORDS. It was released in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD only edition.

Released Date: 2015.10.07

Tracklist:

1.World Tour (ワールドツアー)

2.Hoshi ni Negau Nara (星に願うなら; If You Wish Upon a Star)

3.Sasayaki wa “Crescendo” (囁きは“Crescendo”; Whisper is a “Crescendo”)

4.Pastel Town

5.88byou Flight ~Album Mix~ (88秒フライト; 88 Seconds Flight)

6.Tatta Hitotsu ~Album Mix~ (たったひとつ; Only One)

7.Almeria (アルメリア)

8.Goodbye My Friend (グッバイ・マイ・フレンド)

9.Hachigatsu no Sora (ハチガツノソラ; August Sky)

10.secret melody

11.Taiyou wo Megutte (太陽を巡って; Revolve Around the Sun)

12.Kimi no Erabu Michi (きみの選ぶみち; The Road You Choose)

13.Mawaru Mawaru (まわる まわる; Around and Around)

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Carrie Underwood – Storyteller (Album)

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Storyteller is the fifth studio album from American country music singer Carrie Underwood, released on October 23, 2015, throughSony Music Nashville.

For this album, Underwood worked with frequent collaborators such as Hillary Lindsey, Ashley Gorley, Chris DeStefano, David Hodges, Brett James, and Mark Bright, although Underwood also worked with new collaborators such as Liz Rose, Zach Crowell, and Jay Joyce. Joyce produced the album’s lead single “Smoke Break”, which Underwood wrote with DeStefano and Lindsey

“Smoke Break”, the lead single off Storyteller, was released on August 21, 2015. The song set an all-time record for the largest first-week radio adds in the history of Country Aircheck, with 145 Mediabase adds and 159 total Billboard and Country Aircheck reporting stations lined up for the song’s official airplay impact date. It reached number 5 on Hot Country Songs chart.

Storyteller has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a “weighted average” rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 73/100, based on seven reviews, indicating “generally favorable reviews.”

Tracklist:

1. “Renegade Runaway”
2. “Dirty Laundry”
3. “Church Bells”
4. “Heartbeat”
5. “Smoke Break”
6. “Choctaw County Affair”
7. “Like I’ll Never Love You Again”
8. “Chaser”
9. “Relapse”
10. “Clock Don’t Stop”
11. “The Girl You Think I Am”
12. “Mexico”
13. “What I Never Knew I Always Wanted”

 

 OVERALL RATING

4 stars

Teen Top – NATURAL BORN TEEN TOP (Mini Album)

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Get ready for Natural Born Teen Top, the popular group’s first album release of the year. Hit composer Black Eyed Pilseung, who also produced “Missing” and Niel’s “Lovekiller,” specially tailored the pop dance title song “Ah – Ah” for Teen Top. The members also participated on the songwriting of some tracks including “5 Seasons” and “Please.”

Release Date: 2015.06.22

Tracklist:

01. HOT LIKE FIRE
02. 아침부터 아침까지 (ah-ah)
03. 5계절 (5 Seasons)
04. 그 전화 받지 마 (Please)
05. I Love it
06. 헷갈려 (Confusing)

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

SUPER JUNIOR – MAGIC (Album)

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Super Junior continues their tenth anniversary celebrations with Part 2 of their special album, Magic! Besides the songs from Devil, four new tracks have been added to the album, including the follow-up title song Magic.

Release Date: 2015.09.16

Tracklist:

01. MAGIC
02. Devil
03. Simply Beautiful
04. 놈, 놈, 놈 (You Got It)
05. 도로시 (Dorothy)
06. Sarang♥
07. 별이 뜬다 (Stars Appear…)
08. Good Love
09. We Can
10. Don`t Wake Me Up
11. 첫눈에 반했습니다 (Love at First Sight)
12. 每天 (Forever with You)
13. Rock`n Shine
14. Alright

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

SUPER JUNIOR – DEVIL (Album)

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Celebrate ten years of Super Junior! The mega popular group vows to keep on running without stopping with the release of the special album Devil! The album features ten tracks of various genres including the trendy dance title song Devil. Besides the main group, the album features songs from Super Junior’s different subunits, including K.R.Y., T, M and D&E. Noted singer-songwriters like Lee Seung Hwan, Rose Motel, Kim Yoon Ah and Epitone Project also participated on the album.

Release Date: 2015.07.16

Tracklist:

01. Devil
02. Simply Beautiful
03. 별이 뜬다 (Stars Appear…)
04. Good Love
05. We Can
06. Don’t Wake Me Up
07. 첫눈에 반했습니다 (Love at First Sight)
08. 每天 (Forever with You)
09. Rock’n Shine!
10. Alright

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

Suara – Koe (声; Voice) (Album)

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 Koe in the 5th studio album released by Suara. The regular edition contains a full-length studio album, and it will be released with two discs as Limited Edition.

The first disc contains her earlier singles and the 4th and the 5th digital singles, which has anime tie-in.

The second disc is a concept single about the seasons. The first song is about the four seasons together, and the other four songs are about the seasons one by one. The Shunkashuutou was from her third studio album: Kizuna, the 2-4. songs were earlier released as digital singles, and the last song is a new song.

The album reached #25 on the Oricon weekly charts.

Released Date: 2015.10.14

Tracklist:

CD 1 Tracklist:

1.Nue Dori (ヌエドリ)

2.Future World

3.Fly away -Oozora he- (Fly away-大空へ- Fly away -To the sky-)

4.Koe wo Kikasete (声を聴かせて; Let me hear your voice)

5.Subete wo Anata ni (すべてをあなたに; Everything for you)

6.Koi Yume (恋夢; Love dream)

7.Seijaku (脆弱; Vulnerable)

8.Kimi no Maede wa Shounen no Mama (君の前では少年のまま; Before you, I’m still like a boy)

9.Niji Iro no Mirai (虹色の未来; Rainbow-coloured future)

10.I’m a beast

11.Song of…

12.Dream

13.Hatsusora (初空; Sky of New Year’s morning)

CD 2 Tracklist

1.Shunkashuutou (春夏秋冬; Four Seasons)

2.Sakura (桜; Cherry Blossom)

3.Kimi ga Ita Natsu no Hi (君がいた夏の日; Those summer days, when you were here)

4.Tsuki Akari ni Terasarete (月明かりに照らされて; Illuminated by the Moonlight)

5.Juunigatsu no Ame (十二月の雨; December Rain)

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

Haruka Tomatsu – STEP A GO! GO! (Single)

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“STEP A GO! GO!” is the 15th single released by Tomatsu Haruka. It came in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD only edition.

Released Date: 2015.09.30

Tracklist:

1.STEP A GO! GO!

2.Itoshii Hikari (愛しい光; Dearest Light)

3.STEP A GO! GO! (Instrumental)

OVERALL RATING

2½ stars

 

 

Perfume – STAR TRAIN (Single)

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“STAR TRAIN” is the 27th (22nd major label) single released by Perfume. The single was released in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD only edition. The title track was used as the theme song for their documentary “WE ARE PERFUME -WORLD TOUR 3rd DOCUMENT-“, while “TOKIMEKI LIGHTS” was used as a CM song for Chocola BB.

Released Date: 2015.10.28

Tracklist:

1.STAR TRAIN

2.TOKIMEKI LIGHTS

3.Imitation World (イミテーションワールド) (Limited Edition only)

4.STAR TRAIN -Original Instrumental- (Limited Edition only)

5.TOKIMEKI LIGHTS -Original Instrumental- (Limited Edition only)

6.Imitation World -Original Instrumental- (Limited Edition only)

OVERALL RATING

4 stars