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CD + DVD
ayaka's 1st covers album Yu-on Club ~1st grade~ was released in 2013 .
Love Love Love is a cover of Ken Hirai's 7th single . Before this , ayaka covered Ken's 20th single Hitomi wo Tojite in Yu-on Club ~1st grade~ .
ayaka's take on Hitomi wo Tojite was not bad but for me I was more excited to hear her own rendition of Love Love Love cos this's the song that's credited as his breakthrough hit .
And sure enough , ayaka's rendition of Love Love Love is something I really enjoy . The original version of the song was and is still timeless + ayaka doesn't need to further elevate her rendition of the track , except by utilising her great singing voice .
In this context , less is more .
GRANRODEO Tribute Album "RODEO FREAK" was originally supposed to be released on 13th May & this release features 9 different GRANRODEO songs which have been covered by different artistes .
The new physical CD release date for GRANRODEO Tribute Album "RODEO FREAK" has now been changed to 19th Aug even though 6 out of 9 songs were released digitally on 13th May and 1 of them being BREAKERZ's cover of The Other self .
The 3 songs that're not released digitally are :
-- SID - Infinite Love ; 2nd single
-- FLOW - modern strange cowboy ; 11th single
-- Nishikawa Takanori - Henai no Rondo ; 19th single
BREAKERZ covered GRANRODEO's 20th single The Other self which's found as track 2 in GRANRODEO Tribute Album "RODEO FREAK" .
I will not lie , I was real disappointed when I found out BREAKERZ covered The Other self cos GRANRODEO has so many great songs in their discography & let alone The Other self alongside with Can Do are 2 of GRANRODEO's most radio friendly yet over commercialised songs .
That said , I was very surprised when I heard BREAKERZ's rendition of The Other self cos their take on the song is nothing like how the original sounded like .
The original rendition of The Other self is real upbeat & peppy . BREAKERZ puts a spin on theirs & turned it into a mid tempo ballad .
In a way BREAKERZ made their rendition of The Other self their own cos if their cover were to sound an almost exact copy , then what's the point in covering a song in the 1st place ?
CD
CD + Blu-ray
1) Mitsu
2) Yume
3) Sunday
4) Ningyo
5) Atsui Aitsu Feat odol's Mizobe Ryo
6) Ai no Uta
7) Joka
8) Sunahama
9) Ben
10) Tabi no Tochuu
11) Futari Feat odol's Mizobe Ryo
12) Asa
FLOWER FLOWER's last studio album release was 2018's Spotlight .
Target includes 12 songs with Yume serving as the lead promo track for the album .
Digital released song Tomoshibi is not included in Target .
2 videos were made for Yume & Joka but both of them are not included in the Blu-ray of Target .
Target also includes 2 duets Atsui Atsui & Futari which both songs feature odol's Mizobe Ryo .
Spotlight was an unexpectedly fantastic album that FLOWER FLOWER put out 2 years ago so naturally expectations are relatively high when comes to Target .
Luckily Target more or less delivers & picks up from where Spotlight left .
Target overall is just as good as Spotlight even though certain tracks took a bit longer for me to remember .
And it's easy to see why Yume was chosen as Target's lead promo track as it's 1 of the standout songs in the album while Joka is not bad too .
Also despite rather uninspiring song titles , Ningyo , Ai no Uta in actual fact are really great album ballads .
As for the 2 duets FLOWER FLOWER did together with odol's Mizobe Ryo , fans might either like or dislike them . Luckily for me I fall in the 1st category and between both songs , I like Futari more than Atsui Aitsu .
If there's 1 thing that I don't like about Target is that I rather see Tabi no Tochuu be slotted as the last song while Asa be in front .
Asa is my least favourite album track in Target and for it to be the longest song in the tracklist , that's not helping matters either .
I would prefer Tabi no Tochuu to be the last song in Target & that way FLOWER FLOWER would end things on a positive high note .
All in all just like Spotlight , I also enjoy Target tremendously . And FLOWER FLOWER's decision not to include Tomoshibi in Target is ok to me cos I think it would sound out of place in the album .
It reminds to be seen if FLOWER FLOWER will do this again where they release albums with no singles preceding them . It's risky but it has worked for them in Spotlight & now Target and I frankly don't mind if they do it once more with their next album release in the near future .
