CD
CD + DVD A & CD + Blu-ray A
CD + DVD B & CD + Blu-ray B
1) Tik Tik Tik
2) I Want Your Love
3) Time to go
4) Rewind
5) V
6) Melody
7) Mutual
8) Day By Day
9) Animal
10) Foxy Dominator
11) Back to you
12) Way To Dark
CD Only Bonus Track
13) Loving You Slowly
Koichi's last solo album was 2015's Spiral & no singles are included in PLAYFUL prior to its physical CD release .
A bonus track Loving You Slowly is only available in the CD only version of PLAYFUL .
This time round , PLAYFUL was produced in collaboration with Square Enix to deliver an entertainment album that's filled with playful music & footage .
In addition , PLAYFUL is Koichi's 1st solo album to get Blu-ray version(s) alongside with DVD version(s) .
2 videos were made for the album opening track Tik Tik Tik & V .
V is the 1st instrumental no. that's included in a Koichi solo album release & it's also the only album track that's an instrumental in PLAYFUL .
Unlike Tik Tik Tik , V had a short movie produced instead of a typical music video .
KinKi Kids' Domoto Koichi has released his 1st solo album in 6 years ! The long-awaited PLAYFUL is conceptualised as an entertainment album packed with playful music & images . In a dream collaboration , Koichi works with game company Square Enix to realise the sound and visuals of the album !
It's quite surreal to know it has been so long since Koichi last released Spiral but the long wait is more or less worth it .
For Koichi to collaborate with Square Enix , it's real something & visuals wise , PLAYFUL is top notch and that goes for the short movie that Square Enix created for Koichi as well .
Because PLAYFUL didn't had any single(s) released prior to its release , it took me a bit longer than expected to get a grasp of the material but majority of the songs are good & they capture the essence of what Koichi wanted PLAYFUL to be .
For once I don't think Tik Tik Tik should have had a video made as there're other album tracks I feel who're more deserving such as Day By Day which's a great empowering song that would have been something Koichi would use to promote his long ongoing Endless SHOCK stageplay .
I find it a bit odd that the 1st 1/2 of PLAYFUL is unusually mellow but luckily that pace was picked up considerably after V & Koichi actually sounds quite good doing rock music as evident in Melody .
The last 5 songs in PLAYFUL are all upbeat but they compliment each other well without being overshadowed by 1 another and with song titles like Animal & Foxy Dominator , they're no surprises quite adult oriented .
Despite being a bonus track in the CD only version of PLAYFUL , Loving You Slowly feels like the odd song as it doesn't match the album's concept but it's nonetheless a nice chilled out song to listen to .
Although PLAYFUL to me will not be my overall favourite Koichi solo album , I should not complain that much as all the while I prefer Koichi's solo material over Tsuyoshi's but as to whether PLAYFUL is better if not worst than Spiral , that's up for debate as both albums are different , concept wise .
I just hope that I will not need to wait for another 6 more years for Koichi to release something new again , solo wise .