CD Review :: GReeeeN - A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu
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Tracklist :
1) SUN SHINE !!! 2) Mata ne. (See You Again.) 3) Kiseki (Miracle) 4) Kimi Omoi (Your Feeling) 5) Hito (Human) 6) Sayonara Kara Hajimeyou (Let's Start With A Goodbye) 7) Chikyuu-gou (Earth Number) 8) Tabidachi (Journey) 9) no more war 10) BE FREE 11) Boyonka Boyoyonka ~Yukai na Otona-tachi~ (~Adults Cheerful~) Feat 2BACKKA & UNITEBUS 12) Namidazora (Sky Of Tears) 13) Yozora no Kiseki (Night Sky Miracle) ~Orgel version~ (CD + DVD Track)
A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu is GReeeeN's 2nd album & it was released on 25th June this year .
4 singles inclusive of their 1st double a-side are included in A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu & the album was even more successful than their debut album A , Domo. Hajimemashite , be it in sales & chart positions as A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu debuted at #1 giving GReeeeN their 1st #1 album & A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu became the 10th most sold album of the year .
I adore the opening track SUN SHINE !!! & as the title suggests , it's a very uplifting catchy song & I say it's a perfect way to kick things off . It has a very summer approach as well too . The rapping that the guys gave added a nice edge to SUN SHINE !!! I should say .
Just like SUN SHINE !!! , Mata ne. (See You Again.) is also another cheery upbeat song that GReeeeN has delivered but the difference between both songs is that there's no rap going on in Mata ne. . Not to mention the melody for the song's much stronger than SUN SHINE !!! .
Well enough has been said about the quartet's best selling / 7th single Kiseki . The song was used as the theme song for the dodrama Rookies & I cannot stress just how fantastic the song's & it definitely deserves to be the group's 1st #1 single & also becoming the 4th most sold single of 2008 as well .
I 1st came across Kimi Omoi (Your Feeling) in their 8th single Tobira which's why I'm still baffled as to why Kimi Omoi was included in Tobira where it's already found in their 2nd album . But in anycase , I like this song so it doesn't matter so much to me at all .
Hito (Human) is the quartet's 4th single & last single release of 2007 . Hito presents a slightly more harder rock edge to their music . It serves them well even though frankly this's not my fave single coming from GReeeeN .
Sayonara Kara Hajimeyou (Let's Start With A Goodbye) is probably 1 of my fave album tracks in A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu . I just like how different & somewhat enka inspired Sayonara Kara Hajimeyou sounds & the guys even thrown in a bit of rapping here & there in this mid tempo song . It's quite a bold move to go for but this strange combination somehow works in their favor .
The starting of Chikyuu-gou (Earth Number) was a bit un-memorable for my liking but at least the song began to pick up the pace after you listen pass the introduction . Just like SUN SHINE !!! , Chikyuu-gou has a somewhat summer feeling to the song as it sounds really peppy & upbeat .
Tabidachi (Journey) is GReeeeN's 6th single & CDJapan describes the song as "the perfect track for the Japanese graduation season" which I believe that's so . Not to mention it's another fave GReeeeN singles of mine . I just like how positive & catchy Tabidachi sounds .
no more war is 1 of those songs that just stick out like a sore thumb in an album . The reason why I said so is because I didn't really know what to expect when this song was played after Tabidachi . Having said that , I will keep a note on no more war as the song title itself is interesting & I like the music arrangement going on in here as well .
BE FREE is the 1st A-side of their 5th single . I really like BE FREE the very 1st time I heard it & I still believe it's a much stronger A-side than its other A-side counterpart Namidazora in which I feel is kinda overshadowed by BE FREE .
Boyonka Boyoyonka ~Yukai na Otona-tachi~ (~Adults Cheerful~) is the only track featuring the guest vocalists of 2BACKKA & UNITEBUS . Boyonka Boyoyonka ~Yukai na Otona-tachi~ is a crazy & guilt free song & it kinda reminded me of their other party influenced songs like HIGH G.K. LOW ~Hajikero~ , Party People & Raggae Raggae .
Namidazora (Sky Of Tears) is the 2nd A-side of their 5th single . I don't know why but initally I had a lot of dislike towards Namidazora as I find it quite boring & too slow for my liking . But as time goes by after I discovered/listened to the rest of the band's music discography , I began to show a new form of respect towards Namidazora .
Only available in the CD + DVD edition of A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu , it's Yozora no Kiseki (Night Sky Miracle) ~Orgel version~ which's basically an orgel version of their hit Kiseki .
In case you're not sure how does the Orgel version of Yozora no Kiseki sounds like , just think of the music that will be playing when you open up a musical box & I think it's a perfect way to wrap things up with an orgel version of the quartet's biggest hit to date .
A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu definitely has suppressed my expectations of GReeeeN . Compared to A , Domo. Hajimemashite , A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu offers a much more extensive music catalog & the album tracks are more slicker & polished as compared to the tracks you can find in their debut album .
I generally enjoyed A , Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu a lot more than their debut album & not to mention , the singles that made the cut in their 2nd album are fantastic . 2008 has been a great year for GReeeeN & I hope they can continue to deliver the goods in the new year in time to come .
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Karen Pang
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