1) WAKE UP MY SOUL 2) Birdman 3) THE TRAIN'S GONE ... 4) JOKER 5) Re : born 6) Miss you 7) Nights a Brighter 8) Let ecstasy be ours 9) REAL LOVE 10) I feel ... 11) Kamisori (Razor) 12) Neo-breaker 13) Drive the Ocean
BREAKERZ's the debut self titled album of the JRock trio . This was released last year on 25th July & it didn't charted on the Oricon album chart .
No singles were released in physical format . Instead , THE TRAIN'S GONE ... / JOKER & WAKE UP MY SOUL / Re : born were released as iTunes singles prior to the release of their debut self titled album . THE TRAIN'S GONE & WAKE UP MY SOUL received music videos of their own even though they were not released as singles .
WAKE UP MY SOUL is the 1st song to receive a music video of its own in the album . Not to mention it's the 1st a-side of their 2nd iTunes single & I wasn't surprised when they decided to make a music video for this song as it's a really catchy upbeat rock song which's classic BREAKERZ . I just like the way how the guitar riffs were going on in this no. which's great .
BIRDMAN has the title of a weird song . Thankfully the song's pretty good . The way the melody's being brought together with DAIGO's vocals are in synth & blended pretty well together which's good .
THE TRAIN's GONE ... is the 1st a-side of their 1st iTunes single & the 2nd song to receive a music video of its own . I like this song as it's a mellow mid tempo guitar driven no. which's a perfect contrast to JOKER .
JOKER is the 2nd a-side of the trio's 1st iTunes single & I just like how catchy this song's . It's typical rock stuff that BREAKERZ delivers with ease . Too bad it didn't received a music video of its own . I think it should have .
Re : born is the 2nd a-side of BREAKERZ's 2nd iTunes single & I must admit it took me quite a while to appericate Re : born because DAIGO sounded a pitch or two lower than his usual self . But once I look past this glitch , I begin to enjoy Re : born , just as much as I enjoy WAKE UP MY SOUL .
Miss you is 1 of my fave songs on the album simply because it's a really nice mid tempo guitar driven no. which's perfect if you don't like to listen to the trio's heavier rock edge songs .
Nights a Brighter is also another fave song of mine despite the weird song title as I like the fact that it sounds catchy in its own right & not to mention the guitar hooks are really attentiong grabbing as well .
Let ecstasy be ours is the shortest track on the album & also it's the only full English song as well . I had quite a lot of trouble understanding DAIGO's Eng dictation so much so that I had to go & refer to the lyrics sleeve to see what he's singing about .
Despite the language barrier that crippled Let ecstasy be ours , I still like this no. although I have to give credit for delivering a full Eng no. as it's a challenge to do so especially since Eng's not his 1st language .
REAL LOVE is another straight up rock infused no. that BREAKERZ delivered . Frankly there's nothing outstanding about REAL LOVE so I leave it as it's . However in the case for I feel ... , it's different as it's more catchy & at least it had something different it has to offer unlike REAL LOVE .
Not to mention I like how uplifting/soaring I feel ... it sounds as well .
Kamisori (Razor) however , I only find it as yet another staple fare that BREAKERZ will come up with & just like REAL LOVE , it's also nothing fantastic to shout about as well & not to mention it's a tad short clocking in a little bit over 3 mins .
Neo-breaker just like its other uplifting rock songs counterparts , followed in the same suit as in this music style while the final track Drive the Ocean flows in really well as the sound transition from Neo-breaker to Drive the Ocean is there .
I think it's quite a neat way to close off the album with Drive the Ocean as as the song title suggests , it's probably those type of songs that you will be hearing while you're driving near the ocean & etc .
BREAKERZ's self titled debut album has its fair shares of pros & cons . Considering the fact that no physical singles were released from their 1st album , it was quite a task for me to listen especially since some of the songs tend to sound simliar & that it tend to sound samey from time to time .
But time goes by , the songs that already sounds great tend to sound better as each listen goes by & also for those tracks that didn't grab me on 1st attention , they slowly became to form an identity of their own .
Blog Personnel
Karen Pang
# 10th Jan
# #1 BREAKERZ fan in Singapore since 2008 debut single ♥
# My music blog consists of JPop/Rock singles & albums reviews that I put my heart , efforts & soul into writing them as I'm disgusted with the way that JPop/Rock music is being treated/written/reviewed in Singapore so to the local media (yes you TEENS , Teenage Magazine & The Strait Times) , screw you all . I basically can write better JPop/Rock reviews , period
