1) Nanzenkai ... Nanmankai ... (Thousand Times ... 10 Thousand Times ...) 2) NO SEX NO LIFE 3) B.R.Z. ~Ashita e no Kakehashi~ (~Bridge For Tomorrow~) 4) Dandelion 5) Day Soldier 6) IN THE SKY 7) Hoshi ni Negai wo (Wish On A Star) 8) gimmick ? 9) CHICKEN RACE 10) EMILY 11) SUGAR BABY
CRASH & BUILD is BREAKERZ's 2nd album . This was released last Dec on the 5th in Japan & it charted at #300 in the Oricon album chart .
No singles were released from this album . Nanzenkai ... Nanzenkai ... (Thousand Times ... 10 Thousand Times ...) & NO SEX NO LIFE received videos of their own even though they were not released as singles .
I like the way Nanzenkai ... Nanzenkai ... start things off with CRASH & BUILD . No wonder it received a music video of its own as this song's a pretty good catchy mid tempo catchy rock no. that the trio has decided to open the album with .
NO SEX NO LIFE is the 2nd song to received a music video of its own & this's actually 1 of the my fave songs on the album despite the title of the song . This's a really mean angsty rock song & I just like the way the guitar riffs are going on in here which's great .
The next track B.R.Z. ~Ashita e no Kakehashi~ (~Bridge For Tomorrow~) is also another uptempo rock tune but unlike NO SEX NO LIFE , it's a somewhat more calmer version even though it places heavy emphasis on the drums & guitars .
After 3 thumping rock tunes , in comes Dandelion which I feel it's 1 of the star tracks on CRASH & BUILD simply because it's such a great guitar driven song . It's quite a mellow ballad which's great . Not to mention the way DAIGO harmonise himself with the melody is perfect .
Day Soldier follows after Dandelion . I had to take a while to remember how Day Soldier sounds like as it was a bit un-memorable for my liking but now after a few listens , I don't have any problems remembering how Day Soldier sounds like now because the introduction's very distinct with the thumping of the drums .
Now this's what I'm talking about a classic catchy rock song in the form of IN THE SKY & as the song title suggests , it's a very uplifting & soaring tune which will immediately put you in a good mood & this's another standout track in the trio's 2nd album .
Just like Dandelion , Hoshi ni Negai wo (Wish On A Star) is another slow jam no. but however unlike Dandelion , Hoshi ni Negai wo begans slowly & then slowly transforms itself to a mid-tempo rock driven no. which's a nice change of pace .
In the case for gimmick ? , it's a typical rock song that you will expect of BREAKERZ . Although it's nothing fantastic to speak about , this's still a decent rock song that they managed to pull off together .
The same thing goes for CHICKEN RACE as well . At least I find this slightly more catchy that's of gimmick ? although I can't help but find this song title strange & weird & you can hear the sound of glass being broken to bits & pieces at the end of CHICKEN RACE .
EMILY is 1 of the songs on CRASH & BUILD that has a more harder rock edge & I really like this song as it reminded me of the guys's previous more hard rock songs that they offered such as LAST EMOTION & not to mention I feel that they does best when comes to such angsty rock songs .
The final track to conclude things is the catchy sounding SUGAR BABY . The guys performed this song at SHINBUYA-AX & naturally I was thrilled when the guys did this because it's 1 of my fave tracks on the album & besides I think it's a nice way to wrap things up nicely .
Even though there're no singles being released in CRASH & BUILD , this 2nd album offering from BREAKERZ is still worth a listen , that's if you would like to satisfy your JRock fix as CRASH & BUILD offers a substantial mix of angsty rock songs & ballads thrown in the mix for good measure .
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
