An incredibly polished, mixed, written, arranged, and overall consistent album within the Shibuya-Kei genre. I actually had to remind myself multiple times that it came out in 2002, because this genuinely sounds like a modern release.

Despite Type III’s semi-hefty 55 minute runtime, from front to back it really goes by like a breeze. Due to this, I’ve already listened to the whole thing multiple times today after my first listen. Although jazz is quite ingrained into most ... read more

3mo

MajorBro

Smooth and intoxicating melodies

5mo

delousie

This is beautiful.

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Track List

1	Saturday 5:19	95
2	Deep Inside 4:31	90
3	There's Nothing Like This 5:46	75
4	Cream 5:25	83
5	The Day I Called It a Night 5:58	85
6	Cerulean Blue 4:46	88
7	Everywhere 4:38	90
8	Asagao 5:50	89
9	Lounge of Rapture 4:25	83
10	Soft Parade on Sunset (Type203 Mix) 4:25	80
11	Into the Beautiful Flame 4:24	78