Anastacia – Ultimate Collection (Album)

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Ultimate Collection is a compilation album by American recording artist Anastacia, released on November 6, 2015 by Sony Music.The album includes singles from five of the singer’s previous albums Not That Kind (2000), Freak of Nature (2001), Anastacia(2004), It’s a Man’s World (2012), Resurrection (2014) and songs taken from Anastacia’s first greatest hits Pieces of a Dream(2005). Two new songs are also contained in the tracklist: a cover of Christina Aguilera’s “Army of Me” and the lead single, “Take This Chance”. Singles from Anastacia’s fourth album Heavy Rotation (2008) were excluded from the project.

Tracklist:

01. I’m Outta Love
02. Left Outside Alone
03. Sick and Tired
04. Paid My Dues
05. Stupid Little Things
06. Not That Kind
07. Everything Burns (feat. Anastacia)
08. Welcome to My Truth
09. You’ll Never Be Alone
10. Pieces of a Dream
11. Best of You
12. Heavy on My Heart
13. One Day in Your Life (European Version)
14. Cowboys and Kisses
15. Why’d You Lie to Me
16. Love Is a Crime
17. I Belong to You (El Ritmo de la Pasion)
18. Army of Me
19. Take This Chance

OVERALL RATING

5 stars

Sara Bareilles – What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress (Album)

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What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress is the fifth studio album and fourth major-label album by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, released on November 6, 2015, through Epic Records.The lead single from the album, “She Used to Be Mine”, was released digitally on September 25, 2015.

In June 2013, it was reported that Bareilles was to score Waitress, a musical adaptation of the 2007 film of the same name. The musical opened on Agust 20, 2015 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The production was directed by Diane Paulus and starred Jessie Mueller in the leading role. Bareilles debuted one song from the musical called “She Used to be Mine” during some shows on her Little Black Dress Tour. The show closed on September 27, 2015, and after the successful run at A.R.T., it will move to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway in April 2016. Previews will begin in March 2016 with Mueller retaining the lead.

While writing the musical, Bareilles “fell more deeply in love with the writing of the musical Waitress than I had ever imagined.”Her decision to record an album of the songs came because it “proved impossible for me to imagine handing over the songs to the show before selfishly finding a way to sing them myself.” She confirmed during a Google Hangout Q & A session in June 2015 that the musical’s songs would be reworked “to sound like Sara Bareilles songs.”

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars and writes that the songs are “lively, clever, and bold, and further evidence of Bareilles’ versatility, elegance, and wit.” Additionally, The Boston Globe’s Sarah Rodman calls it “a great pop album.”

Tracklist:

01. Whats Inside
02. Opening Up
03. Door Number Three
04. When He Sees Me
05. Soft Place To Land
06. Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me
07. I Didnt Plan It
08. Bad Idea
09. You Matter To Me
10. She Used To Be Mine
11. Everything Changes
12. Lulus Pie Song

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Sayaka Shionoya – S with (Mini Album)

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S with is the first mini-album released by Shionoya Sayaka. It was released in a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD only edition.

Released Date: 2015.10.28

Tracklist:

1.Nagareboshi session with Erik Lidbom (流れ星; Shooting Star)

2.Destiny feat. MLC

3.Ima mo feat. CREAM (今も; Even Now)

4.Miracle feat. August Rigo

5.Konna ni mo Aishitetan da session with SPICY CHOCOLATE (こんなにも愛してたんだ; Love You This Much)

6.Sky falls down session with T-SK

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Rei Yasuda – Ashitairo (あしたいろ; Color of Tomorrow) (Single)

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“Ashitairo” is the seventh single released by Yasuda Rei. It was released in a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD Only edition. The title track was used as the theme song for the TBS drama Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni.

 Released Date: 2015.11.11

Tracklist:

1.Ashitairo (あしたいろ)

2.1AM

3.Lots of Love

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

Akiko Shikata – Wokashi (をかし 志方あきこ) (Album)

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New Indie Album from Akiko Shikata
All music & lyrics by Akiko Shikata, except: #04 composed & arranged by Akiko Shikata, lyrics by Akiko Shikata & Tomoko Shinoda #06 composed & arranged by Ken Nakagawa.

Release Date: 2015.09.16

Tracklist:

01 をかし
02 オトシモノ
03 百鬼夜行
04 輝夜
05 花鳥風月
06 風薫る
07 籠の鳥

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

SpeXial – DANGEROUS (Album)

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Release Date : 2015.09.11

Tracklist:

01.貼身
02.Dangerous
03.Jam
04.Bad Bad Boy
05.有事嗎
06.攤牌
07.暖男製造機
08.兩個人的博愛特區
09.Un-Huh! Un-Huh!
10.犀利Girl

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

JUJU – WITH YOU (Single)

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“WITH YOU” is the 30th single released by JUJU. It was released in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD only edition. The title track was used as the ending theme for the TBS program NEWS23.

Released Date: 2015.09.23

Tracklist:

1.WITH YOU

2.WITH YOU -Acoustic ver.-

3.Tsugunai (つぐない; Atonement)

4.PLAYBACK -kz & banvox Remix-

 

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

TRUE – Dear answer (Single)

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“Dear answer” is the fifth single released by TRUE. It was released in two versions, a limited Artist Edition (CD+DVD) and a regular Anime Edition (CD Only). The title track was used as the opening theme for the anime Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru.

Released Date: 2015.10.14

Tracklist:

1.Dear answer

2.ONENESS

3.Bokutachi no Scenario (僕たちのシナリオ; Our Scenario)

4.Dear answer (Off Vocal)

 

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Miyawaki Shion – Saigo no Yasashisa / Hana Hiraku Toki (最後のやさしさ / 花開く時) – (Single)

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“Saigo no Yasashisa / Hana Hiraku Toki” is Miyawaki Shion’s first single after her re-debut under Avex, and her third physical single overall. It was released only in a CD+DVD edition. The full single was released digitally on sites like iTunes and mu-mo about a month before the single’s physical release.

Released Date: 2015.12.02

Tracklist:

1.Saigo no Yasashisa (最後のやさしさ)

2.Hana Hiraku Toki (花開く時)

3.Saigo no Yasashisa (instrumental)

4.Hana Hiraku Toki (instrumental)

OVERALL RATING

3 stars

 

 

SHINee – Sing Your Song (Single)

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In March of this year, SHINee ascended to their biggest stage yet in Japan with their first Tokyo Dome concert. Following Korean album activities, the popular group is back in Japan with the new single Shine Your Song, a warm medium-tempo ballad about love and ties.

Release Date: 2015.10.27

Tracklist:

01. Sing Your Song
02. Good Good Feeling

OVERALL RATING

4 stars