1) Asu e ... (Towards tomorrow ...) (previously unreleased) 2) Taisetsu na kimi e (To my precious you) (from Butterfly single) 3) 1000 no Kotoba ~Alternate Orchestra Version~ (1000 Words) (from grow into one album) 4) Your Song (from affection album ) 5) Pearl Moon (from grow into one album) 6) Rain (from feel my mind album) 7) Hana (Flower) (from feel my mind album) 8) hands (from Secret album) 9) Saigo no ame ~Time Heals Version~ (Last Rain) (from Gentle Words single) 10) Promise (from Promise / Star single) 11) you ~piano version~ (from BEST ~second session~ album) 12) Come Back (from affection album) 13) Kiseki (Miracle) (from Secret album) 14) Walk (from affection album)
BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ is Koda Kumi's 3rd BEST compilation album . It was released last year on March 14th & it was released on the same day/time as her 35th single BUT / Aishou .
Unlike her 1st 2 BEST albums , ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ consolidates all of Koda's ballads & it features a new song titled Asu e ... (Towards tomorrow ...) that wasn't released/found in any of her singles/albums prior to the release of her 3rd BEST album .
I love Asu e ... (Towards tomorrow ...) which's the only new track on the album . The way that the music orchestra feels of the song goes is just chilling to the bone & that it really stuck a chord in me .
Also 3 of her ballads were rearranged & are different musically in which outta the 3 ballads that has been rearranged musically , I adore the ~Alternate Orchestra Version~ of 1000 no Kotoba which's really good & very grand sounding .
The ~piano version~ of you is nothing much to shout about except it's a more jazz inspired striped down version as it's just Koda accompanied by the piano .
Before I picked up this copy of BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ , I have only heard a couple of ballads namely 1000 no Kotoba (1000 Words) , you , Kiseki (Miracle) , Promise , hands .
The rest of the ballads that I never heard before sounded pretty good in which I like Taisetsu na kimi e (To my precious you) , Your Song , Pearl Moon & walk .
The other ballads that I did not mention , I need to listen to them a few more times before they can register with me .
The only tiny grouse's that I felt Koda should have included Yume no Uta (Dream Song) / Futari de ... (2 Of Us ...) as that's 1 of her best works/ballads to date , especially Yume no Uta .
Also it wouldn't hurt to include ballads from her Black Cherry album like Candle Light , Unmei (Fate) & her 1st original composition Milk Tea too as BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ was released before Kingdom was put out .
I also wish that her 9th single Gentle Words was included in the tracklisting as well .
BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ is a nice & neat album especially well recommended to get if you like Koda's ballads & also if you want to complete her BEST/albums discography .
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Karen Pang
# 10th Jan
# #1 BREAKERZ fan in Singapore since 2008 debut single ♥
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