CD Regular
CD Limited
2 CDs + DVD
Standard tracklist for all 3 versions
1) White Love
2) BANGER NIGHT
3 Dance The Night Away
4) Jooubachi
5) One & One Makes Two
6) Mae mo Muke
7) TO THE GALAXY
8) Jealous guy
9) Mata Kono Basho de
10) Saigo no Love Song
11) Precious Girl
12) FLASH
13) Swinging days
14) City Wander
15) We Believe
16) OLÉ!
17) Journey
Only available in CD Regular
- YOU & I
Only available in CD Limited
- Virtual Butterfly (Hey ! Say ! 7)
- SundaDance (Hey ! Say ! BEST)
Only available in the 2nd disc of 2 CDs + DVD
1) Do it again (Yamada Ryosuke)
2) 159 (Chinen Yuuri)
3) Waiting for the rain (Nakajima Yuto)
4) Jouken Hansha (Inoo Kei)
5) Bubble Gum (Arioka Daiki)
6) Daimei no Nai Monogatari (Takaki Yuya)
7) PINK (Yaotome Hikaru)
8) Ryuusei no Uta (Yabu Kota)
This album is the group's 1st studio album since 2016's DEAR. & it's their 1st record to exclude member Okamoto Keito who took a leave of absence to pursue studies overseas starting from last month onwards .
SENSE or LOVE was released in 3 versions , CD regular , CD limited & 2 CDs + DVD . 3 Singles Precious Love , White Love & Mae mo Muke are included in SENSE or LOVE while the album tracks do not feature Okamoto , vocals wise .
Are You There? by special unit A.Y.T. & 23rd single COSMIC☆HUMAN are not included in SENSE or LOVE .
All 3 versions of SENSE or LOVE have different bonus tracks included . The CD Regular version has 1 bonus group track , the CD limited version has 2 bonus sub unit tracks while the 2nd CD in the 2 CDs + DVD version includes 8 solo songs which's the 1st time in Hey ! Say ! JUMP's discography for them to do something like this .
Kicking things off in SENSE or LOVE is White Love which was released as Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 21st single .
White Love was used to promote the movie Miseinen Dakedo Kodomo Janai that member Chinen Yuri starred in . The group's 1st Christmas inspired single , White Love centres on forever love & the 4 minute long love story is about the beginning of love which brings colour to a white world like magic .
Hey ! Say ! JUMP previous 3 studio albums had instrumental introduction(s) so for them to decide to start things off in SENSE or LOVE with White Love was an interesting choice but I have no complaints as it's still a great song & it's 1 of the rare Christmas driven no. that I enjoy listening to be it during the Christmas occasion and/or after .
BANGER NIGHT is the 1st album track in SENSE or LOVE & it's also the only song to have a video made .
The album's lead song , BANGER NIGHT is Hey ! Say ! JUMP's most aggressive dance song to date with it being described as having a great momentum with the members taking on the challenge of equally difficult & fast paced dance moves .
There're other great album tracks in SENSE or LOVE but it's quite a no brainer on why BANGER NIGHT is the only song that had a video made cos it's the most aggressive in your face no. that Hey ! Say ! JUMP has ever came up with to date .
The 2nd verse of BANGER NIGHT is my favourite where the melody shifted to an even more aggressive edgy sound and it's no doubt that the song deserved to have a video made .
The next 3 album tracks after BANGER NIGHT are all back to back dance driven no.s but they're all pretty good in their own standing . Dance The Night Away is quite a standard dance song while Jooubachi is a smooth mid tempo Jazz Bossanova driven no. which's 1 of my favourite songs in SENSE or LOVE .
On the other hand , the emphasis of autotune can be felt considerably in One & One Makes Two .
Mae wo Muke is Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 22nd single & it was used to promote NTV's drama Momikeshite Fuyu ~Wagaya no Mondai Nakatta Koto ni~ starring member Yamada Ryosuke .
Described as an ultra-positive track with an encouraging message , Mae wo Muke sees the members singing about the grit of standing back up again & again , even when a person falls , make a blunder or look pathetic .
The next 4 songs are album tracks . TO THE GALAXY is a fun space driven dance song while Jealous guy to me is 1 of the weaker links in SENSE or LOVE as I find it doesn't stand out as compared to the other album tracks .
The only album ballad in SENSE or LOVE , Mata Kono Basho de is a fantastic emotional no. & after a series of back to back dance driven songs , it's nice to slow things down with a ballad even though from the sound of things it's the odd 1 in the album since most if not all the tracks are dance driven .
From Jazz Bossanova , in comes Saigo no Love Song that has considerably strong Spanish influences . I thought it might be another ballad to compliment Mata Kono Basho de & even though my guess is wrong , I enjoy what Saigo no Love Song offers .
Precious Girl is the 1st A-side of Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 20th single Precious Girl / Are You There ? .
The last single song included in SENSE or LOVE , Precious Girl was used in the ads of Kose Cosmeport's Fortune & it's described as a colourful song with a hint of strength + it's a fight song for women in love .
The last 6 dance driven songs are all album tracks before the conclusion of the album , standard tracklist wise .
Just like Jealous guy , I feel FLASH is a bit on the weaker side but at least the Rock influences in the song saved it from being not memorable .
And similar with Jooubachi , Swinging days is a funky finger snapping Jazz driven no. which I like while City Wander has a cool futuristic undertone to it .
We Believe is quite a good memorable empowering dance song & OLÉ! had the potential to be used to promote a football event as it's a very heavily sports driven cheer delay type of no. .
Concluding things in the standard tracklist in SENSE or LOVE is Journey which's a great album track to wrap things up on a positive sounding note .
YOU & I is a bonus group track that's only available in the CD Regular version of SENSE or LOVE and it's described as a song that will make everyone happy & revitalised , something that's guaranteed to get fans excited .
I'm honestly not a fan of YOU & I as it sounds like something Hey ! Say ! JUMP might come up with if they 1st started out in the business so I leave it as it's .
2 different sub unit group songs are available as bonus tracks in the CD Limited version of SENSE or LOVE :
- Virtual Butterfly (Hey ! Say ! 7)
- SundaDance (Hey ! Say ! BEST)
Following the celebration of Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 10th anniversary last year , to achieve their new goals both sub units share their thoughts & opinions in the creation of these 2 new songs in the form of Virtual Butterfly (Hey ! Say ! 7) & SundaDance (Hey ! Say ! BEST) .
Between both sub unit group songs , I surprisingly like Hey ! Say ! 7's Virtual Butterfly as it has a really cool futuristic flair to it & the 2nd verse of the song is my favourite as it sounds awesome .
On the other hand , I'm not so keen on Hey ! Say ! BEST's SundaDance as it oddly sounds like something straight from the 90s , with it having a cheesy sounding melody that a video game might use .
These 8 solo songs are only available in the 2nd disc of 2 CDs + DVD of SENSE or LOVE :
1) Do it again (Yamada Ryosuke)
2) 159 (Chinen Yuuri)
3) Waiting for the rain (Nakajima Yuto)
4) Jouken Hansha (Inoo Kei)
5) Bubble Gum (Arioka Daiki)
6) Daimei no Nai Monogatari (Takaki Yuya)
7) PINK (Yaotome Hikaru)
8) Ryuusei no Uta (Yabu Kota)
I will just give a brief overview thoughts on Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 1st attempt in including solo songs for the 1st time in their release .
The solos that I really like the most out of the lot are Takaki & Yabu as both of them are ballads but they sound great separately . I also surprisingly enjoy Chinen & Inoo's solos as well .
The rest of the solo songs are ok for my liking . Yamada's solo no doubt is the most risqué lyrics wise . Hikaru's solo is the only 1 that's Rock driven but something about PINK misses the mark for me .
Nakajima & Daiki's solos are pleasantly sounding but I feel they could have chosen to sing another different type of song(s) that compliment their vocals but that's just me as it's not as though both their solos are terrible until I will not listen to them again .
Hey ! Say ! JUMP breaks into a new era with SENSE or LOVE ! Growing with the times , the group shows their transformation in their 6th album which spans various genres with the theme of dance .
I enjoyed Hey ! Say ! JUMP's previous album DEAR. a great deal so before giving SENSE or LOVE a listen , I wondered what type of music direction would the group undertook & upon listening to what their new album offered , I was really surprised how much I enjoyed it tremendously .
SENSE or LOVE showcased Hey ! Say ! JUMP in a new form , embodying the major changes as a new era starts . The new album straddles a number of genres in its varied songs with powerful dancing that's by turns showy & charming as its theme .
A significant number of album tracks are dance songs that contain elements such as breathing , self improvement , a 6th sense , connections & bonds , which made SENSE or LOVE the most aggressive & dance driven album Hey ! Say ! JUMP has put out to date .
And for once I'm glad that Hey ! Say ! JUMP decided to exclude COSMIC☆HUMAN from SENSE or LOVE because if it was included , it would have been the most somewhat childish sounding single song in the album .
The amount of growth/maturity that Hey ! Say ! JUMP showcased in SENSE or LOVE from DEAR. can be felt quite significantly in the new material .
To me the weak link in SENSE or LOVE is ironically the bonus tracks that were included in the CD Regular & CD Limited versions & also a couple of album tracks that're borderline filler .
Also I would have loved to see SENSE or LOVE to have another ballad if not no ballads as in a way putting Mata Kono Basho de in the tracklist , it somewhat breaks the music momentum even though it's a great album ballad .
But other than that , SENSE or LOVE reminds me very much of Yamapi's Asobi mini album to a certain extent as Asobi was & is still a great dance driven mini album .
I'm usually not a fan of dance music but to say that I was real impressed with what SENSE or LOVE offers , it's an understatement & before that I was hoping it would not be another JUMPing CAR disaster but luckily that's not the case .
Also I don't know what took Hey ! Say ! JUMP so long to at last include solo songs in a release of theirs but it's better to be late than never . It's an overall commendable effort since this's the 1st time they've done something like this but the solos prove that each of the members can sing .
SENSE or LOVE is an album worth checking out before 2018 concludes . Hey ! Say ! JUMP might be 1 member down but that did not stop them from releasing a highly enjoyable release that's a solid follow up from DEAR. .
And on that note , hope to see Okamoto reunite with Hey ! Say ! JUMP soon !