I’m going to go on a blogging break for now, so I won’t update for a while. Don’t celebrate yet; I haven’t died… =D
Carpenters – I Won’t Last a Day Without You
Release Date: March 25, 1974
Tracklist:
A-side: I Won’t Last a Day Without You
B-side: One Love
Yay! I Won’t Last a Day Without You is the first Carpenter song I have listened to, and I instantly fell in love with it. As usual, Richard takes such awesome care with the instrumentals, and they suit Karen’s voice perfectly. Her [...]
Christmas Day!
I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah, etc. etc.!
BoA – Merry Christmas from BoA
Release Date: December 7, 2005
Tracklist:
1. Meri Kuri
2. WHITE CHRISTMAS
3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Japanese~Korean~English)
4. The Christmas Song
5. First snow
6. Meri Kuri 2005 winter MIX
Ahhh, Meri Kuri is so Christmas-like. It’s one of those songs you listen to by a fireplace (too bad BoA’s voice just lacks the warmth of the classic Christmas song artists). Nonetheless, [...]
Kuraki Mai – Winter Bells
Release Date: January 17, 2002
Tracklist:
1. Winter Bells
2. Thankful
3. Always ~Gomi’s Lair Club Mix~ (Radio Edit)
4. Winter Bells (Instrumental)
Ooo, Winter Bells is so Christmas-y! It has such a Christmas feel to it, right down to the bells and background choir. Kuraki has a pretty deep and hollow voice, making the song sound happy but mellow at [...]
Koda Kumi – stay with me
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Tracklist:
1. stay with me
2. Winter Bell
3. stay with me (Orgel Version)
4. stay with me (Instrumental)
5. Winter Bell (Instrumental)
Wow, this is the first official time I’ve listened to anything from Koda. A pop, but Christmas like introduction begin the A-side, stay with me. This song is more of a love, power ballad [...]
KOKIA – a piece of Christmas
Release Date: 2005 (unsure of exact date)
Tracklist:
1. Bokujin hitsuji wo
2. Sparkling Christmas
3. Eve
4. Bokujin hitsuji wo (Instrumental)
Bokujin hitsuji wo is a cover on the famous Christmas carol, the First Noel. The harmonies in this song are georgous and send out an angelic and heveanly feeling. In terms of melody, it is the same as [...]
Hirahara Aya – CHRISTMAS LIST
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Tracklist:
1. GROWN UP CHRISTMAS LIST
2. mama (orchestral version)
3. GROWN UP CHRISTMAS LIST -instrumental-
4. mama (orchestral version) -instrumental-
Ah, I love GROWN UP CHRISTMAS LIST! We sang it in choir, and the melody is just georgous. Not to mention the beautiful instrumentals that accompany this meaningful song. I like how it alternates [...]
KOKIA – Christmas gift
Release Date: October 16, 2008 (French Release)
Tracklist:
1. Amazing Grace
2. Hallelujah
3. I’ll be home for Christmas
4. We three kings of orient are
5. Christmas Medley
6. Teo Torriatte (Let us cling together)
7. Ave Maria
8. It came upon a midnight clear
9. Sei naru yoruni~holy night
10. Rosoku~candle in the Heart
Interesting…I never knew Amazing Grace was a Christmas song! KOKIA sings [...]
Fukuhara Miho – LOVE ~winter song~
Release Date: December 3, 2008
Tracklist:
1. LOVE ~winter song~
2. I BELIEVE
3. All in time
4. LOVE ~winter song~ (Instrumental)
LOVE ~winter song~ is a Christmas song, complete with the choir in the background and the instrumentals. Fukuhara comes in a capella with the choir in the background for a few seconds before the Christmas-like instrumentals come in. It’s [...]
