Review of NEXT LEVEL in the Sept issue of Singapore's TEENS magazine

[ren0210989]

i find it kinda short to be a good review
it's like he listened to it once and wrote it all in 15 minutes

[SunshineSlayer]

lol, I don't know why so many complaints about the review when it was overall favorable and gave 4/5 stars. Its also obvious that the writer only had a limited amount that he was allowed to write in order to fit the layout so they obviously aren't going to talk in detail about every aspect of the album, just the aspects that stood out the most to that person.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

lol, I don't know why so many complaints about the review when it was overall favorable and gave 4/5 stars. Its also obvious that the writer only had a limited amount that he was allowed to write in order to fit the layout so they obviously aren't going to talk in detail about every aspect of the album, just the aspects that stood out the most to that person.

Yeah but it was still poorly written

I guess it's no big deal, the album's been out for ages. Most people probably heard it by now. That review sure won't get any new listeners though xP

[love in music]

lol it's not a great review but i hate when reviews are super long and people judge every single part of every song. so it's okay.

[AyUta]

it's not that bad, i mean he/she gave it a high rating. it's just that he/she didn't really pay much attention to the album overall...

[MissElin_]

Originally Posted by ren0210989

i find it kinda short to be a good review
it's like he listened to it once and wrote it all in 15 minutes

I seccond that. It was okay.

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by PaPaRatZi

i think that is a terrible review, it must have been written by a young teenage fan? what is "game music fantasy" anyway, does it mean videogame music? and if it did mean that then it is an even worse review!

I disagree. I personally think NEXT LEVEL, specially the very first songs commented there, have clearly a video game music influence. I'm a fan of video games and NEXT LEVEL actually called my attention in that same aspect, because I thought some of the songs had a mix of 80's disco club songs + video game influence. It made me even wonder if in Japan, they've been creating a new sound to electronic music by adding video game like music samples and effects. For the example, "rollin' " starts playing a 8-bit console sound (NES) that I'm sure most people who have played that video game noticed that very peculiar sound to that song.

The review is short and a little too personal, but it wasn't that bad imo. NEXT LEVEL does get a bit repetitive on its themes anyways, so I don't think it was really a bad thing that the guy compalined about that.

[gothicayu]

cool, thanks!

[ian lim]

who is nicholas zhang? any pic of him? Anyway, i just ordered my NL from SG, wonder which country version i get..lol...

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ian lim

who is nicholas zhang? any pic of him? Anyway, i just ordered my NL from SG, wonder which country version i get..lol...

张栋梁 aka zhāng dòngliáng

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Chang

[reixminako]

Obviously this writer didn't really listen to the album but only heard it. hehe

[emi♡]

Do they give high reviews so that people won't be offended?

It's really annoying tbph. I've seen it done in another Singoporean mag too and it's like, woah wth.

[PEARL]

Singapore again...
sigh..

[PoetGirl]

thanks for sharing

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by emiko

Do they give high reviews so that people won't be offended?

It's really annoying tbph. I've seen it done in another Singoporean mag too and it's like, woah wth.

honestly I will not be surprised if that's done so , Sabrina

it's like they do it for the sake of doing it which annoys me

Originally Posted by Kaleidoscope

Singapore again...
sigh..

ya lor T_T

even I write a better review of NEXT LEVEL via my music blog - http://karenpang.blogspot.com/2009/0...ext-level.html

[RikkuChii]

She could've reviewed it more extensively.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

ya lor T_T

even I write a better review of NEXT LEVEL via my music blog - http://karenpang.blogspot.com/2009/0...ext-level.html

You should write for the magazine Karen .

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

You should write for the magazine Karen .

aw thanks I'm flattered but no I stick to writing for myself

writing for a magazine comes with big responsibility @_@

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

I disagree. I personally think NEXT LEVEL, specially the very first songs commented there, have clearly a video game music influence. I'm a fan of video games and NEXT LEVEL actually called my attention in that same aspect, because I thought some of the songs had a mix of 80's disco club songs + video game influence. It made me even wonder if in Japan, they've been creating a new sound to electronic music by adding video game like music samples and effects. For the example, "rollin' " starts playing a 8-bit console sound (NES) that I'm sure most people who have played that video game noticed that very peculiar sound to that song.

The review is short and a little too personal, but it wasn't that bad imo. NEXT LEVEL does get a bit repetitive on its themes anyways, so I don't think it was really a bad thing that the guy compalined about that.

The influence even made it into the tour... Every report comented the Mario Bros part...

[noidea]

wow, pretty bad review, 6 very similar songs IMO doesn't really feel right, i cant find 6 similar songs on that album xD maybe 3 + interlude
and Rule as strongest song? pretty much is the weakest song of that album for me and i totally love every rock song out there xD but Rule lacks...something, just like 1 LOVE, its just very boring.