Separate CD
Joint 2 CDs + DVD
angeL Tracklist :
1) Alarm
2) I'm Lovin’
3) for...
4) RUN
5) puff
6) Lucky Star
monsteR Tracklist :
1) Killer MonsteR
2) WORK IT!
3) FliCky
4) No One
5) Sing the truth
6) XXKK
Koda's latest music offerings are to celebrate her 20th anniversary in the business .
Each mini album has 6 songs . angeL focuses on light while monsteR focuses on darkness .
These songs were released months digitally prior to angeL + monsteR [MY NAME IS...] :
- puff
- Lucky Star
- XXKK
While these songs were released digitally last month before both mini albums were released physically this month :
- I'm Lovin' ; released digitally on 13th Nov
I'm Lovin' was used to promote TBS's Good Luck! morning show
- Killer MonsteR ; released digitally on 20th Nov
- RUN ; released digitally on 27th Nov
In RUN , Koda delivers a message to everyone that has supported her through the good and bad times over the past 20 years & it's linked together with her past 2 songs , walk & WALK OF MY LIFE .
2 mini album tracks Killer MonsteR & RUN have music videos made .
angeL + monsteR [MY NAME IS...] follows almost the same duo music format as Koda's 2017's W FACE ~inside~ & ~outside~ duo albums , so if fans didn't like W FACE ~inside~ & ~outside~ then the same thing might happen again this time round .
Back when Koda released W FACE ~inside~ & ~outside~ , my favourite between the 2 was W FACE ~outside~ & frankly even before hearing the rest of the new material in angeL + monsteR , I had a feeling history would repeat itself and turns out I'm right .
I don't like all the songs in both mini albums but I do admit Killer MonsteR & RUN deserved to have music videos made as they're the standout tracks in each mini album .
Killer MonsteR reminds me of HUSH to some extent where both songs have very simple melodies but they work really well in Koda's favour .
The other song in MonsteR that I like a great deal is WORK IT! & in angeL , the 2nd best new song to me is for... which's the only other ballad besides RUN .
For the other material in both mini albums , given a choice I would rather not listen to them as they're really not to my liking & to me the worst song in the whole lot is Sing the truth .
That said even though I don't like all the songs in both mini albums , I do wished that Koda's latest release could have done much better but for once I'm actually glad she didn't release another typical best album to celebrate her 20th annivesary milestone in the business .