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Old 1st August 2012, 09:54 PM
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Surprised with the sales! I wonder if now they'll will always add a new song to her remix albums [I'd love that omg]

Now that I've listened to Beach Mix, I'll write a bit more about it
I don't know if I'm going crazy, but I kinda see a concept on the tracklist. KO-SO-KO-SO begins with waves sound, and then the remix starts. This gives me the idea of a party in the beach, and the first remixes matches so well a night/daybreak party, but then around POP DIVA they start to get a bit more light, like if the sun is going to rise. And it really do, around Cutie honey and D.D.D. they sound more songs you'd listen in the morning, and then when it comes to Twinkle, you get the afternoon part of it, with remixes that reminds me of Axé and latin music [Lick me and Cherry Girl], just to start getting a little darker in TABOO, like if the party is going to start again.
So, Beach Mix is a rave party in the beach hahahahahaha

About the remixes themselves,
Spoiler:

KO-SO-KO-SO: The best mix on the album, one of her best evers. So catchy and sexy <3
Blingx3: Makes the song a bit better, but I don't like that dubstep-ish parts, they don't fit the song at all
Hey baby!: A really good mix, still sounds ero-kakkoii like the original song
V.I.P.: Makes the T-Pain featuring better, with those "yeah"s in the song, and matching better his rap to the whole thing
POP DIVA: Pretty forgettable
BE MY BABY: Good one, I like the beat, but I imagined something more fierce, so it's a let-down for me
NO TRICKS: AMAAAAAZING, the instrumental is so different and everything makes it sound like a new song. This needs to be perfomed in a Dirty Ballroom II asap
Heat: Amazing as well, I love the reggaeton-like instrumental on MEGARYU's raps
Cutie Honey: Very weak, just like all the other Cutie honey remixes
D.D.D.: I both like and dislike it for them to have removed SOULHEAD from the song... The instrumental is awesome
COME WITH ME: Sounds like a remake of the original song, I'm sure I'll listen to it much more now than to the original mix
Twinkle: Made the song less annoying, but still not thaaaat good
Lick me: AWESOME, I can imagine people dancing to it in a Carnival in Bahia
Cherry Girl: I like the instrumental, but it doesn't fit the vocals at all...
TABOO: Loved the "clean" vocals, with much less effects and backing vocals than in the original song or the HOUSE NATION remix


Overall, I'd give Beach Mix a 3.5/5
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