Release Date: July 24, 2003
Tracklist:
1. Realize
2. Hot Summer Day
3. Ashita no Kimi
4. Realize -Instrumental-
I’ve always loved Tamaki’s Gundam Seed songs, and Realize is one of them. The background music is like techo music; typical of Gundam songs. Her voice is strong in this song, and full of power. My favourite part is the chorus [...]
Release Date: July 19, 2006
Tracklist:
1. Real voice
2. Peace loving people
3. Real voice (instrumental)
Real voice begins with a ayaka’s voice (heavily fillered), before the instrumentals come in. The melody in the verse at the beginning is rather weird, in my opnion. Once again, ayaka amazes me with her versatile range, though the song in general [...]
Release Date: March 28, 2003
Tracklist:
1. Wait & See ~Risk~
2. Can You Keep A Secret?
3. Distance
4. Sunglasses
5. Drama
6. Eternally
7. Addicted To You [Up-In-Heaven Mix]
8. For You
9. Kettobase!
10. Parody
11. Time Limit
12. Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi
13. HAYATOCHI-REMIX (Bonus Track)
Wow, so many singles on this album; it reminds me of Hikki’s HEART STATION album.
First non-single song of [...]
Release Date: December 17, 2003
Tracklist:
1. Sakuranbo
2. Kaerimichi
3. Momo no hanabira (studio live ver.)
4. Sakuranbo (instrumental)
5. Kaerimichi (instrumental)
Sakuranbo starts off with some layered vocals mixed with synth, before the rockish instrumentals kick in. Otsuka, as usual, sound kiddy, but this takes kiddy to the extreme. This song is rather cheerful, with an addicting melody in the [...]
Release Date: September 10, 2003
Tracklist:
1. Momo no Hanabira
2. Himawari
3. Momo no Hanabira (Instrumental)
4. Himawari (Instrumental)
Momo no Hanabira starts off with a bubbly feeling to it; this song is so happy and cheerful. Otsuka’s vocals in here are so cute (hehe), and yet so strong too. She has quite a range. Well, this song [...]
Release Date: May 10, 2006
Tracklist:
1. melody
2. Blue Days
3. melody -Live Version-
4. Sha・la・la -Live Version-
5. Blue Days -Live Version-
melody has a pretty melody, with some edge in ayaka’s voice that I haven’t heard of in her previous single. This song has a more rockish side to it than her older songs, and she sings embraces this [...]
Release Date: July 9, 2003
Tracklist:
1. Stay With You
2. Love is trouble
3. GET HAPPY
4. a day in the life
5. Futari
6. Maibenshon
7. VACATION
8. Cherish
9. Koi no Chikara
10. Maifonia
11. Kazoku
12. Story
The introduction to Stay With You sounds like some excerpt from a classical piece, until Hoshimura starts singing. From there, the song transform from classical to rock in [...]
Release Date: July 16, 2008
Tracklist:
1. Himawari
2. Everyone needs Someone
3. No Warning (When You’re Hit by Love)
4. Himawari -instrumental-
The A-side, Himawari, is a light ballad that overflows with emotion. In the beginning, the instrumentals give off a dreamy feel to it. When Fukuhara’s vocals come in, the background music drops down to only a keyboard. The [...]
Release Date: Febuary 1, 2006
Tracklist:
1. I believe
2. Yume no Kakera
3. I believe (Instrumental)
I fell in love with ayaka’s music through I believe that I accidentally stumbled upon. I believe has a soothing feel to it, and the strings used as background music was excellent. This song’s lyrics are about losing trust, and then believing [...]
Release Date: February 16, 2001
Tracklist:
1. Can You Keep A Secret?
2. Kettobase!
3.Can You Keep A Secret? (Original Karaoke)
Some not-so-impressive vocals start off the A-side of this single, Can You Keep A Secret?. Utada’s voice seems really, really strained. Did she just have a concert? The song itself is very addictive, especially the chorus. This is [...]
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