CD
CD + DVD A
CD + DVD B
1) GO AHEAD
2) Fly like a ROCKET
3) Amai Kawaki
4) Hello Hello
5) A MUSEUM
6) Hyakka Ryouran (Ueda Tatsuya)
7) Abstract (Nakamaru Yuichi)
8) CAN'T CRY (Kamenashi Kazuya)
9) Bokura Nara!
10) Diamond Sky
11) Reflect Night
12) Crossandra
13) DANGER
CD only bonus track :
14) We are KAT-TUN
No singles are included in IGNITE . KAT-TUN's last studio album release was last July's CAST & this's their 2nd release not to include any singles after their 1st mini album Kusabi .
IGNITE was released prior to the start of KAT-TUN's Summer tour KAT-TUN LIVE 2019 IGNITE .
2 album tracks had videos made :
- DANGER
- GO AHEAD
Both videos are included in separate DVDs of IGNITE with DANGER serving as the new album's lead promo track .
For GO AHEAD , unlike DANGER , no making clip was included in the CD + DVD B version of IGNITE . Promo wise , it was used as the theme song for NTV's Setsuyaku Rock drama starring member Ueda Tatsuya .
In addition , GO AHEAD has rap lyrics written by Ueda himself .
Another album track A MUSEUM was used as the image song for JR Hakata City AMU Hakata 8th anniversary campaign .
Nakamaru Yuichi's solo Abstract , he cowrote it with BUBBLES while for We are KAT-TUN which's available as a bonus track in the CD Only version of IGNITE , the lyrics were written by Nakamaru himself .
The 3 members of KAT-TUN ignite a fire in their hot new album ! DANGER sets IGNITE's thrilling tone as the lead track .
Just like B'z latest album NEW LOVE which also had no singles , I decided to write my opinions towards IGNITE almost in the same vein as NEW LOVE as both releases have no singles prior to their physical releases .
KAT-TUN's 1st album release as a trio ie. CAST was unexpectedly pretty good & before the somewhat last minute announcement for IGNITE , I thought KAT-TUN's Summer tour will be a general 1 with nothing new to promote but I was proven wrong .
Unlike CAST where KAT-TUN tackled quite a broad range of different music genres quite seamlessly , the material this time round in IGNITE , it felt more true to their music roots with lesser filler tracks .
Before I listened to IGNITE , I was worried if the songs might sound leftover tracks from CAST but luckily that's not the case after I listened to it & I was able to pick up the new material relatively quickly which was a bit surprising as IGNITE had no singles prior to its physical release .
KAT-TUN made 2 videos for GO AHEAD & DANGER . Between both songs , DANGER no doubt deserves to have a video made as it's a great album track .
On the other hand , I don't think the same thing applies to GO AHEAD as my 1st impression towards it wasn't really good . The video changed my opinion on it over time but I rather see another song in IGNITE had a video made , like Fly like a ROCKET or A MUSEUM .
My least favourite album tracks in IGNITE are Bokura Nara! & Ueda's Hyakka Ryouran . Bokura Nara! felt like a filler track while just like in CAST , Ueda's latest solo is another 1 I'm not liking with it being another Rock song .
And when I 1st heard Hello Hello , it had possibly 1 of the most annoying melodies but the song's like an earworm as time goes on .
The other 2 solo songs from Kame & Nakamaru are pretty good which I don't really have any complaints about them .
IGNITE bonus track We are KAT-TUN is an answer & call song and this sounds like something maybe either Johnny's WEST and/or Kanjani∞ might do as it's not what KAT-TUN is known for doing but at least this shows in this scenario , they don't take themselves seriously .
Overall , I thought IGNITE is quite a good follow up offering from CAST . My other grouse about it is that I wish it had another album ballad as Reflect Night is a nice piano driven ballad but that's that .
Any artiste who release a studio album without any singles , it's always a risky thing to do but this time round I think it pays off relatively well for KAT-TUN & I look forward to more future releases from the trio .
