CD
CD + DVD
1) I Wanna Be...
2) Wadachi
3) PRIDE OF LIONS
4) INSIDE OF ME
5) iris
6) B-THE ONE
7) We'll Never Die
8) Get over it
9) One Day
10) STORY
11) What is Love
12) La la la...
The last studio album SPYAIR released was 2017's KINGDOM .
UNITE has 12 songs , including physical singles I Wanna Be... and One Day & 3 digital prior released no.s .
New content wise , 5 new album tracks are included in the new album .
Kicking things off in UNITE is SPYAIR's 22nd single I Wanna Be... which was used as the opening theme song for the Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii-hen 2 anime .
The 2nd track Wadachi was the only new song included in SPYAIR's 1st mini album of the same name that was released back in Jan . Promo wise , Wadachi was chosen to use to promote the new Gintama THE FINAL movie .
The next 2 songs in UNITE are digital prior released songs .
PRIDE OF LIONS was originally released digitally in April 2019 & it was used as the support song for Nippon Sport Science University .
INSIDE OF ME was originally released digitally last July & it was used as JUST LIKE THIS 2020 theme song prior to cancellation of the outdoor concert due to COVID-19 .
After 4 prior released songs , iris is the 1st album track & it's also the only new song released digitally last month on 17th March prior to the physical release of UNITE .
The last digital prior released song B-THE ONE was originally released digitally on Jan 2019 & it was used as the theme song to promote B.LEAGUE 2018-19 SEASON .
Track 7 We'll Never Die was used as JUST LIKE THIS 2018 outdoor concert theme song & at that time , this special CD single could only could be purchased at JUST LIKE THIS 2018 concert venue .
On 1st listen We'll Never Die does not stand out as compared to the other songs that were used to promote SPYAIR's JUST LIKE THIS outdoor concerts but what I find it quite cool about the song is the usage of Taiko drums in the melody .
Get over it is UNITE's 2nd album track & out of the 5 new songs , I feel this's the weak link in the album as I don't find it as memorable as compared to the other new material .
One Day is SPYAIR's 23rd single & it was used as the ending theme song for the Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP anime .
The last 3 songs in UNITE are incidentally the last 3 album tracks . STORY is a great empowering no. & vocalist IKE took his vocals to another level in What is Love .
Concluding UNITE is La la la... . While there're no full out ballads in the album , La la la... is the closest I associate it as a ballad alongside with iris .
This's the longest time that SPYAIR did not release an album but UNITE is defintely worth the wait .
SPYAIR's last album KINGDOM was and is still fantastic & already in the beginning , I decided not to compare it against UNITE because KINGDOM had 1 edge over their new album which was the inclusion of acoustic songs in the 2 CDs version , something that UNITE did not had .
SPYAIR's bassist MOMIKEN is usually the 1 that does most of the writing & composing for their discography but this time round , this did not happen for UNITE & that's evident regarding the new material .
I enjoy listening to UNITE & if there's 1 thing I'm not so keen is that I rather see the prior released songs being arranged much better alongside with the new songs .
Other than that , UNITE is a really worthy follow up to KINGDOM & I hope for SPYAIR's next album , they will not take this long to put out another new 1 .