- Artists:
Baby V.O.X.
- Album Reviewed:
Baby V.O.X. 4 - why
- Style
of Music: KOREAN POP - R&B GAYO
- Company:
Synarra Music
- Tracks:
12
- Website:
http://www.babyvoxnet.com
- Rating
(out of 5 stars):
The
quintet from Korea known as BABY V.O.X. is back with their fourth
album titled "why." The group consists of Kim E Z,
Lee Hee Jin, Sim Eun Jin, Kan Mi Youn and Yoon Eun Hye. The
group has come a long way from their first album which was more
happy idol pop until the release of their 3rd album where they
decided to focus on cool R&B/Pop which has brought the group
into the dominant ranks of other Korean Pop girls groups such
as S.E.S. and Fin.K.L. (Fine Killing Liberty).
I
have to admit that the girls caught my attention with the music
video "Get Up." I was really impressed how they changed
their style to this really cool and hip looking group. Their
third album was really awesome with songs such as "Get
Up," "Killer" and "Missing You" and
now that the fourth album is finally out, how does it compare
to the third?
It's
actually pretty good. It appears with each album, the quintet
gets better and better. Also, there is a definite improvement
of the music this time around. The title track, "Why"
is a pretty good song but the song right after is pretty cool!
The second track "beh-shin" sounds like `NSync's "Bye
Bye Bye." It's actually a pretty awesome track. Then there
is the fifth track "Overlap" which is very cool. I'm
serious, the music and the beats are a lot better than the third
album and I wonder if the music was done in the US because it's
like something you would hear from your pop station. Of course,
fans of the old style probably don't dig this new hip, R&B
style but I prefer this music than the happy idol pop of their
first album.
What
about slow jams? Oh...if you thought "Missing You"
was good, you have to hear tracks such as track 6 - "LUX".
The song makes you want to melt...it's that good! It doesn't
stop there because after that track is another slow jam titled
"Seul-poon Byul-eh-suh" and Track 10 - "before
sunrise..."
Then
the music gets funky such as "Ol-ga-mi" and "Bad
Boy" which I am glad it's not a cover of the Miami Sound
Machine song.
Then
there is the song that was on their music video clip that took
me by surprise, "PATRON" which is a theme song to
an animation. It's very cool! The album ends with the karaoke
version of "Why."
All
in all, this is a pretty good album and I am enjoying the progression
of Baby V.O.X.'s music. It sounds a lot better than their old
stuff and many of the songs on this album are the type of songs
you want to listen to over and over again. So, I recommend this
CD!
Now
I can't wait to see their music videos for these songs!
- AC's
Dennis A. Amith
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