INVU / 9
Some Nights / 6
Can't Control Myself / 8
Set Myself On Fire / 7
Toddler / 7
Siren / 7
Cold As Hell / 6
Timeless / 9
Heart / 6
No Love Again / 8
You Better Not / 7
Weekend / 10
Ending Credits / 5

Solid album by Taeyeon. Songs are consistently good, for the most part. Weekend being in this album is really odd because it's lyrical content and mood don't really match the overall aesthetic of the album (still a great song though).

CS Intro 6 / NR
Fruits Clipper / 9
Jelly (Album Edit) / 10
CrazEEE Skyhopper / 8
5iVE STAR / 10
Endor / NR
Robot Disco / 8
Super Speeder Judy Jedy / 10
Megalopolis / 8
Dreamin Dreamin / 8

Arguably Capsule's best album since they shied away from their Shibuya-Kei/Lounge phase. Fruits Clipper is essentially banger after banger with few breaks in between. It's still a joy to listen to after all these years.

Alone Again / 7
Too Late / 8
Hardest To Love / 9
Scared To Love / 6
Snowchild / 5
Escape From LA / 5
Heatless / 10
Faith / 6
Blinding Lights / 10
In Your Eyes / 9
Save Your Tears 9
Repeat After Me (Interlude) / 9
After Hours / 10
Until I Bleed Out / 6

The disparity in quality between the singles and non-single tracks (besides Hardest to Love, Too Late, and Repeat After Me) grows as this album ages. However, the singles more than make up for their shortcomings. It's fun looking back at how ... read more

I reviewed this a while back with a friend as a joke. Here are my thoughts regarding it (please excuse the grammar and spelling):

1. Champagne Poetry - 5/10 (Started off good but got worse as the song progressed)
2. Papi's Home - 4/10 (Good instrumental ruined by Drake's rapping and dumb lyrics)
3. Girls Want Girls - 0/10 (One of the most mind-numbing songs I've heard this year (2021); the chorus was cringe and Lil Baby's verse was awful; the mixing was awful too)
4. In the Bible - 1/10 (The ... read more

New Dawn / 7
戦場 / 6
木野 まこと / 7
火野 レイ / 8
水Temples / 5
水野 亜美Amy / 10
About U / 10
Street Romance 2049 / 5
月乃 うさぎSerena / 7
新宿区 Jazz Point J / 5

SAILORWAVE is a very important album to me. It's the album that helped introduced me to Vaporwave/Future Funk and subsequently, the world of Japanese music. Without this album, the music I listen to today would be a lot different. With that brief background out of the way, it is time to discuss this album. ... read more

Updated review:
Valentine, Texas / 7
Working For The Knife / 10
Stay Soft / 10
Everyone / 6
Heat Lightning / 7
The Only Heartbreaker / 10
Love Me More / 8
There's Nothing Left For You / 5
Should've Been Me / 9
I Guess / 7
That's Our Lamp / 7

Working for the Knife really grew on me lol.
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Just a Feeling / 7
Call U Back / 7
Hush / 7
All I Really Want Is You / 9
Hable Con Ella / 6
Little By Little / 8
Heavy / 10
Un Millón / 10
Spin Me Around / 9
The Mice Inside This Room / 7
To Say Hello / 6
Fog As A Bullet / 6
Talk To Her / 6

Cinema is a very solid album with a couple of certified classics. "Heavy", "Spin Me Around", "Un Millon", and "All I Really Want Is You" are all fantastic songs. Unfortunately, this album does get a little ... read more

*Reposted to edit rating and remove tracks from review*

SOUL LADY is very close to being perfect. I FEEL LOVE, NEON, pit-a-pet are absolute "bangers" and are among one of the most listened to songs in my library. The acoustic version of Cherries Jubiles is probably the only song I'd remove from the album. I cannot to hear what she has in store for us in her follow-up album.\

This is a very impressive follow-up to YUKIKA's debut album, Soul Lady. The production on this album is fantastic. It further explores the City Pop sound that was present throughout her first album. Arguably, YUKIKA and her production team were a lot more consistent in maintaining the overall City Pop aesthetic in this EP. I am eagerly waiting the follow-up to this EP.

On Sight / 9
Black Skinhead / 9
I Am A God / 8
New Slaves / 8
Hold My Liquor / 8
I'm In It / 2
Blood On The Leaves / 6
Guilt Trip / 7
Send It Up / 5
Bound 2 / 8

The first half of Yeezus is very good (which is in large part due to Daft Punk's killer production on the first three tracks). There are some embarrassing lyrics here and there but the production masks any of their imperfections. However, the second half of this album does not hold up nearly as well. The instrumentation feels cheap, a ... read more

So Much / 6
Brand New / 8
Why / 10
80denier / 7
AM0:52 (Sweet William Remix) / 9
Waste No Time / 8
カフェイン中毒 / 7
Copenhagen / 10
K.V.L.F / 8
Asian Resort / 8
At Last / 6

Vivid is very consistent from beginning to end. I highly recommend this if you are looking for a quaint, cute indie J-Pop album. "Why" (for some reason) is my most-listened to song, according to my last.fm.

Daisy / 8
Toxic / 7
Deal With It / 4
Slumber Party / 8
Drunk With My Friends / 2
Little Boy / 2
Cry / 3
L8R Boi / 4
Good While It Lasted / 2
Clitoris! The Musical / 0

Nah, this shit was pretty ass. Idk what I was talking about in my original review. Daisy and Slumber Party low-key slap though.

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Daisy / 8
Toxic / 6
Deal With It / 5
Slumber Party / 8
Drunk With My Friends / 5
Little Boy / 5
Cry / 6
L8R Boi / 5
Good While It Lasted / 5
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Ode to the Bouncer - 9
Eros and Apollo - 9
All Men Are Pigs - 7
Who Is in Your Heart Now? - 8
Friday Night Gurus - 6
Flawless - 5
Jenny - 7
In Tokyo - 7
Funky at Heart - 8
When We Were Lovers - 6
True Colours - 4

I remember listening to this album a lot back in the day. It still holds up quite well. The singles are very good while the deep cuts are mediocre, for the most part. Definitely worth a listen if you like 2010s-era Dance Pop!

Bubbles / 7
Pocky / 9
F.I.L.A / 5
Pocari Lipps / 9
Party ! / 5
Pixel Bomb / 4
Tokyo Bounce / 7
Melt / 9

Shibuya Meltdown has some very high highs while the rest of the tracks are mediocre to decent at best. I would love to see Macross 82-99 explore this style of music again in the future. There is a lot of potential for growth here as opposed to pumping out another okay Future Funk album.

I figured I would re-review this album after having listened to this album multiple times over the past two years.

WHAT'S THE TIME? (SOME DAY, IN TIME) | NA
DOOPEE TIME | 9
HOW DOES IT FEEL | 10
Reprise (How Does It Feel) | 8
CHOPIN OPUS 28 NO.4 with TONE CLUSTER | 3
CHOPIN OPUS 28 NO.4 LA JIMI STYLE | 6
MY SPINNING WHEEL | 10
LOVE SONGS (LOVE IS A MANY-RAZOR BLADED THING) | 8
MEDICAL SERVICE | 7
DR.DOMESTIC'S PHYSICAL EFFECT #1 -PIECE FOR TURNTABLES AND RECORDS | NA
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Cherry-Coloured Funk / 10
Pitch the Baby / 10
Iceblink Luck / 9
Fifty-Fifty Clown / 8
Heaven or Las Vegas / 10
I Wear Your Ring / 8
Fotzepolitic / 9
Wolf In the Breast / 10
Road, River and Rail / 8
Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires / 9

I can barely make out what they're saying. 91/100. Fantastic album that has nothing but bangers.

Hit Parade / 10
Annie / 10
Street Level / 10
Smut! / 10
Bozo / 8
The Glitzy Hive / 10
Dear Skorpio Magazine / 9
Slumlord / 9
Slumlord's Re-lease / 8
Techno Clique / 8
Baby's Eyes / 7
C'est la vie (Say the Casualties!) / 6
61 Cygni Ave / 7
News From the Sun (Live Bootleg) / 8

Neon Indian absolutely knocked it out of the park with this album. The roaring synths and slick vocals from Alan made this quite a joy to listen to. The run from "Hit Paradise" to "Techno Clique" is ... read more

Clear color / 9
Runaway / 10
Sparkle / 8
Coaster / 9
Miracle / 10
Freaking / 7
24-25 / 6
SUMMER END / 8
COME BACK TO MY CITY / 10
Best life / 8

Admittedly, this album is a guilty pleasure for me. Most of tracks off this album are insanely catchy (I'm looking at you "Runaway") and are absolute "bops". The first half of the album is fantastic while the back end of this album is decent/good.

Saudade / 10
Promessas e Previsões / 7
Se no Cinema / 10
Tem Certeza? / 10
Chocolate / 10
Vinheta / 8
Torturadores / 8
Devia Ter Ficado Menos / 8
Caspa / 9

Listening to this album makes me long for a past that I've never experienced. The instrumentation and Ana's vocals amalgamate perfectly into one beautiful package. The run from "Se no Cinema" to "Chocolate" is one of the best three-track runs that I've ever listened to.

745 sticky / 8
money machine / 8
800db cloud / 6
I Need Help Immediately / 7
stupid horse / 9
xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx / 6
ringtone / 9
gecgecgec / 7
hand crushed by a mallet / 8
gec 2 Ü / 4

High-key trash but low-key good. I still have a lot of fun listening to this album. stupid horse is insanely catch along with some other tracks off this album. gec 2 Ü is the worst song of this album, in my opinion.