- Artists:
Various Artists (Morning Musume, T&C Bomber, Pucchi
Moni, Tanpopo, Coconuts Musume, Heike Michiyo, Akagumi 4,
Kiiro 5 and Aoiro 7)
- Album
Reviewed: Pucchi Best
- Style
of Music: JPOP - IDOL POP
- Company: Zetima
- Tracks:
16 + 1 Hidden Track
- Website:
http://www.zetima.co.jp
-
Rating (out of 5 stars):
The hottest
producer in Japan, Tsunku (lead vocalist of Sharam Q), who is
responsible for the current hit making idol group Morning Musume,
Tanpopo, Pucchi Moni, T&C Bomber, Coconuts Musume and the
idol color groups (members of the Tsunku family) has put together
an album that was more than what the fans expected. For consistency,
I will use last name first and first name last when listing
an artists name.
This is
going to be a little difficult to explain but if you are a beginner
to Morning Musume's music, please read the following below:
If you love
idol pop and you love Morning Musume (Note: For new fans
of Morning Musume, a lot of these groups listed below are smaller
groups that consist of members from Morning Musume with the
exception of Coconuts Musume [A four member idol group
from Hawaii - All are natives, only two speak Japanese and they
sing Japanese songs/covers of Morning Musume or Tsunku related
songs], T&C Bomba was known as Taiyou to Cisco Moon
but recently changed their name (long story), the color groups
Aoiiro 7 (Blue group 7), Akagumi 4 (Red group
4) and Kiiro 5 (Yellow group 5) are three groups which
include a member from each group. The soloists on this album,
Abe Natsumi is one of the lead vocalists of Morning Musume
and this song is from her SALA CM (shampoo commercial),
Nakazawa Yuko is a member of Morning Musume and
as a solo singer sings enka (a way to attract young listeners
to enka -> equivalent to country music but for Japan) and
Heike Michiyo is a solo singer.
This
album is a compilation of all members of the Tsunku family and
you get the following hit songs on one album:
1. [Chokotto LOVE] By: Pucchimoni
2. [Kiiroi Ozora de BOOM BOOM BOOM] By: Kiiro 5
3. [Aoi Sports Car no Otoko] By: Aoiiro 7
4. [Akai Nikkichou] By: Akagumi 4
5. [Toumorokoshi to Sora to Kaze] By: Abe Natsumi
6. [Tanpopo (Sg. Version)] By: Tanpopo
7. [Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru] By: Tanpopo
8. [LOVE Machine (Analog Remix)] By: Morning Musume
9. [Koi no Dance Site (Pandart Sasanoosha Remix)] By:
Morning Musume
10. [Marui Taiyou (4 People Version)] By: T&C Bomba
11. [Junjou Koushinkyoku] By: Nakazawa Yuuko
12. [Anata no Yume ni Naritai] By: Heike Michiyo
13. [Daikirai] By: Heike Michiyo
14. [Summer Night Town (English Version)] By: Coconuts Musume
15. [Dance & Chance] By: Coconuts Musume
16. [Hello! no Te-ma(16 People Version)] By: Akagumi 4, Kiiro
5, Aoiiro 7
Secret Track - Yamucharou Song!
This album
is pretty much a must-get! If you must buy one album to sample
Japanese idol pop music today, this is the album. You get more
than what is to be expected from this album. You get a large
variety of Japanese idol pop music ala Tsunku's music family.
The first
track "Chokotto Love" is by Pucchi Moni. Three members
of Morning Musume featuring one of their newest members,
Goto Maki. This is a cute song that stayed in the charts at
#1 for a long time last winter. Tracks 2 through 4 are the color
groups. The most popular of the three in sales was "Akai
Nikkichou" (Red Diary) due to the popularity of new Morning
Musume member, Goto Maki. This song is a beautiful slow jam.
"Kiiroi Ozora de Boom Boom Boom" (Yellow Sky Boom
Boom Boom) is a cool disco-type dance song. "Aoi Sports
Car no Otoko" (Guy's Blue Sports Car) by Aoiiro7 is a rock
song which is more amazing when you see the music video and
the choreography for it.
Then you
have Abe's CM song and then two songs from Tanpopo. For the
new listeners, one of the reasons why they included these two
songs on this album, including the Pucchi Moni song because
two major members of Morning Musume have quit the group (Ishiguro
Aya [Tanpopo] and Ichii Sayaka [Pucchi Moni]).
Then you
are treated with two tracks of the most recent and most popular
Morning Musume songs ala remixed which were only available if
you bought the vinyl (record) versions. So, it was cool to find
these two hits on this compilation album. Then you get the recent
hit from T&C Bomber. After this song, you then will hear
tracks from solo artist Heike Michiyo and the enka track by
Morning Musume member, Nakazawa Yuko.
Then you
get the two tracks from Hawaiian group, Coconuts Musume which
consist of two Asian Americans (Japanese Americans and two Caucasians).
Two members of the group have quit and after you hear the English
version of "Summer Night Town" you'll understand why.
The final
track is the theme song for the Tsunku family variety show titled
"Hello Morning" and the secret track after it is the
awesome "Yamucharou" commercial song by Morning Musume.
So, as
you can see, this album is fully loaded with Japan's hottest
idol groups at this time. If you are looking for serious singing,
this is not the album to get. This is only for those who
like idol pop songs which include not so great vocals
but liked because of the girls and their cute vocals. I hope
this makes sense.
Otherwise
for an idol pop album, this album is very good! Check it out!
- AC's Dennis A. Amith
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