Fave Albums Of The 1st Half Of 2008
 

Since 1/2 the year has fly by already , list away your fave albums that you have come across during the past 6 months !

It can be an album that's released or not released this year .

Anyway , let's hit it !

(in no particular order)

1) Ken Hirai - FAKIN' POP

2) Ken Hirai - LIFE is ...

3) Ken Hirai - gaining through losing

4) Ken Hirai - SENTIMENTALovers

5) ayumi hamasaki - GUILTY

6) Koda Kumi - Kingdom

7) Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION

8) KAT-TUN - KAT-TUN Ⅲ -QUEEN OF PIRATES- (the album's not going to be released til this Wed but I have already downloaded the full album of it & I must say the non singles on the album from what I have heard are excellent , especially TABOO !)

9) Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World

10) Jesse McCartney - Departure

11) The Click Five - Modern Minds And Pastimes Tour Edition

12) Ken Hirai - Utabaka Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95 - '05

13) Ken Hirai - Ken's Bar

14) Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw

I will add more in time to come

I'm confused... You mean it can be any album as long as it's an album we discovered in the past 6 months, even if it wasn't released in 2008?

My favorites, from most favorite to least favorite (which is still favorite), are: HEART STATION, GUILTY, and Kingdom.

HEART STATION
DOLCE
GAME

GUILTY, Bittersweet Symphony (Jade Valerie), HEART STATION, LOST IN TIME (AKINO from bless 4), AAA's BEST OF album and well Kingdom wasn't that bad. Thats all the albums that were released in 2008/end of 2007 that I liked.

:yes

I guess my "favorites" that I've discovered in 2008 are:
1. GUILTY
Even though I don't like this much compared to her other albums, it's not that bad. :shrug
2. HEART STATION
Because I can actually stand listening to at least half the songs.
3. Lei Aloha
Because it's pretty much the only other album that I've listened to this year that I didn't hate. :rolleyes

01. ayumi hamasaki - GUILTY - I love the whole rock in it, period + pop/rock, soft rock is my favorite style maybe it's as good as the other albums I mention here but pop/rock's my favorite. great flow, personal touch, defining style.
02. Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION - Has some really great songs and it flows really well. And of course the Etheral is a defining style I really like.
03. koda kumi - Kingdom - Full of fillers but still has some songs I really really like. (and I like the fillers a bit too).
04. melody. - Lei Aloha - was full of ballads but still a lot of them are amazing.
05. BoA - THE FACE - very good album!!
06. YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY - my least favorite album of YUI mainly because of not so catchy compositions, but it has some songs I could get to like.

1. Ai Otsuka - Love Piece =) ~! <333
2. Aiko - Himitsu =) ~! <33
3. Utada Hikaru - Heart Station - I haven't heard it all yet but I like some songs on it.

1. Brilliant Green complete collection - brilliant green
2. I loved yesterday - yui
3. guilty - ayumi hamasaki
4. heart station - utada hikaru
5.Don't stay - nami tamaki :D

1. "HEART STATION" - Utada Hikaru

2. "GAME" - Perfume

DOLCE - Ami Suzuki
GUILTY - Ayumi Hamasaki
Kingdom - Koda Kumi
Lei Aloha - melody.
PLAY - Namie Amuro
HEART STATION - Utada Hikaru

Pretty much what you guys chose, lol.

Tohoshinki-->T and Beautiful you
Ayu-->GUILTY and Mirrorcle World
Kuu-->Kingdom
Hikki-->HEART STATION and Prisoner of love

I went on a "discover music besides Ayu" expedition... so...

1) Ayumi Hamasaki -GUILTY
2) P!nk - I'm Not Dead
3) Utada Hikaru - Distance
4) Tommy Heavenly6 - Tommy Heavenly6
5) Namie Amuro - Queen of Hip-Pop
6) Utada Hikaru - First Love
7) Koda Kumi - Kingdom
8) YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY
9) Namie Amuro - PLAY
10) Se7en - Se7olution

I will do albums released Jan 08 - Jun 08

DOUBLE - 10 Years Best We RnB
Great showcase of history with DOUBLE. 5 Stars

DOUBLE - THE BEST COLLABORATIONS
ALthough Black Diamond was lackluster and not really DOUBLE at all, the other collabs were great, Great showcase of history with DOUBLE. 5 Stars

KODA KUMI - Kingdom
A great POP album from Kumi. Eh~ I dont want to type anymore about it, last review I did for it was long enough lmao. 4 Stars

melody. - Lei Aloha
Very soothing, mellow, very pleasant to listen to. Great Ballads. 4 Stars

Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow
The perfect party album. Great clubbing techno songs with lighthearted lyrics. 4.5 Stars

Madonna - Hard Candy
Great songs, little to no fillers, fun lyrics with songs to dance to. 4 Stars

ROMA Tanaka - DAY BREAK
Out 4/6, singles were good but 叶わぬ恋 (i dunno the romaji), was outstanding. ALbum has all of his PV's from debut. UNRATED

Yuna Ito - WISH
Fantastic, it's much better than heart. Very pleasant tunes with unique sounds in track " A Long Walk". 4 Stars.

Um.. GUILTY, Kingdom, HEART STATION, okay, those three are out of the way, then uh... Base Ball Bear's 17Sai, Perfume's GAME and KinKi Kids' phi. Oh and chatmonchy's Seimeiryoku as well.

1.GUILTY - Ayumi hamasaki
2.DOLCE - Ami Suzuki
3.Kingdom - Koda kumi
4.QUEEN of PIRATES III - KAT-TUN

01. Koda Kumi – Kingdom
02. Utada Hikaru – HEART STATION
03. Hamasaki Ayumi – GUILTY
04. Tohoshinki – T
05. aiko – Himitsu
06. BoA – THE FACE
07. melody. – Lei Aloha
08. Suzuki Ami – Dolce
09. Tiana Xiao – desTiny
10. EXILE – EXILE LOVE
11. Misia – Eighth World
12. Kuraki Mai – ONE LIFE
13. Ito Yuna – WISH

BTW, June just started so it's only been 5 months so half of the year isn't over yet...

My Top 5:
HEART STATION - Utada Hikaru
DOLCE - Suzuki Ami
In Ghost Colours - Cut Copy
PNAU - PNAU
GAME - Perfume

01. MUCC - Shion
02. Koda Kumi - Kingdom
03. Utada Hikaru - Heart Station
04. Perfume - Game

That's all I've liked so far :/