CD Review :: YUI - FROM ME TO YOU



Tracklist :

1) Merry . Go . Round
2) feel my soul
3) Ready to Love
4) Swing of lie
5) LIFE
6) Blue wind
7) I can't say
8) Simply white
9) Just my way
10) Tomorrow's way
11) I know
12) TOKYO
13) Spiral & Escape



FROM ME TO YOU is the debut album released by YUI . Her 1st album was released 2 years on Feb 22nd & her 1st 4 major label singles are included in this release .

As such you will not find her 1st indie single it's happy line in FROM ME TO YOU but the song eventually was included in her 1st B-side compilation album MY SHORT STORIRES as track 14 .

The album start things off with a really peppy no. titled Merry . Go . Round & I think it's a pretty good song to kick off FROM ME TO YOU & this pop/rock no. is also catchy in its own right .

This followed by YUI's 1st debut single release on a major record label which's feel my soul . The song was used as the opening theme no. to the J-Drama Fukigen na Gene .

The next 2 songs are album tracks in which are some of my fave songs on YUI's debut album . I like how somewhat angsty driven Ready to love is & the same thing also goes for Swing of lie but compared to Ready to love , Swing of lie incorporates a much harder rock sound edge to it .

Track 5 is YUI's 3rd single LIFE & the song was used as the 5th ending theme song for the anime Bleach & this's the song which kinda helped YUI to gain some international fame outside of Japan alongside with her future 7th single Rolling star which was Bleach's 5th opening theme .

In anycase , LIFE's 1 of my fave YUI singles & I just like what carefree/poppy the song sounds & it was backed up by a rather interesting & creative music video too .

Just like LIFE , Blue wind is also another carefree/laid back song . I like that Blue wind is a mid tempo guitar driven song & it's something that I don't mind to listen to when you simply just want to kick back & relax .

I find the melody of I can't say intriguing in that it's 1 of the more prominent & distinguished songs in FROM ME TO YOU . YUI managed to make I can't say sounds different as compared to the other angsty driven songs on her 1st album which's great .

In the case for Simply white , it took me a while to get used to how it sounds because it sounded a bit dated for my liking but no doubt it's unique in its own right .

Sounding like a distinct cousin is Just my way . I can't help but compare both songs side by side together because they tend to sound a bit similar to each other but it doesn't mean it's a bad thing as in actual fact Just my way's 1 of my fave songs on the album .

Another fave YUI single of mine is track 10 Tomorrow's way which's her 2nd single release after feel my soul . A while ago , my younger sister used it as her handphone ringtone & it's easy to see why she choose to do that . I like the melody of the song & not to mention it's a nice mid tempo guitar driven ballad as well .

A heavy guitar based driven song is up next in the form of I know . YUI doesn't sound angsty but rather she sounds pretty much at ease in this no. & her vocals are ain't 1/2 bad in this somewhat mellow driven no. .

The 2nd last track on the album is also incidentally the final single included in FROM ME TO YOU which's TOKYO . TOKYO's her 4th single & the song recounts her feelings as she left her hometown of Fukuoka to go to Tokyo in a bid way to pursue her music dreams . It's 1 of those songs that you have a nostalgic feeling upon hearing & it's probably 1 of YUI's most personal songs that she has released to date as well .

The final track to close off the album is the somewhat dreamy Spiral & Escape . Unlike the rest of the album tracks on FROM ME TO YOU , the melody & hook pertaining to Spiral & Escape is pretty unique in its own right . I like this song as I think it's a pretty neat way to wrap things up & the choice of using a synth for the melody , it's a smart way of doing it to make Spiral & Escape sounds even better than its other album tracks counterparts .

For a debut album , FROM ME TO YOU is a record filled with catchy guitar pop/rock songs that lean more towards the acoustic guitar side . You can tell that in certain songs YUI sounds quite raw & unpolished but at the end of the day , you have to give credit to her for writing , composing & producing the whole album which's admirable for such a young talented jpop singer/songwriter .

Karen Pang

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