Nishino Kana (西野カナ) the 11th thread ~ Love Place ~

[adantatu2]

I like Kana, but you're right, she is repeating herself too much

[Benikari47]

I feel like her songs this era focus so much on being your typical Jpop mainstream ballads that they have everything original stripped away.
The songs are pretty but get boring on multiple listens cause they all sound the same.

[TeamAyu2004]

I dont find her that boring right now..
although I really dont listen to her singles and tend to just wait for the albums...
so maybe I dont over listen to her or something?

[Utena]

Well, first, Be Strong's purpose is not to be creative, it's to SELL. It's an album promo track afterall, I wouldn't expect anything but what's made her popular to begin with.
Other tracks from this era were different though (SAKURA, I LOVE YOU? & GO FOT IT!! mainly). Obviously, it's hard to please everyone, but at least she's trying different things, yet keeping in mind what a more mainstream part of the population would like.
I find it a bit odd if not harsh to call her boring when she's only been trying to offer us some variety while keeping some sort of unity in style... You might not like it, but it's not what I would call being boring. Esp. when she has not been around for so long...

I can only speak for myself, but I enjoyed Tatoe Donna Ni.. & SAKURA ILY a lot, I still listen to those two a lot. On the other hand, not too fond of Watashitachi & GO FOR IT!!.. I used to like every single song Kana released, but this time I can't say I was pleased.. Even with the b-sides :/

[NintendoHTF1242]

If Kana is boring, then I guess I like boring music.

#hatersgonnahate

[Zeke.]

I am looking forward to:
Day 7
FANTASY
is this love?
Honey

I think overall it sounds more interesting than Thank You, Love;
the only song I truly loved on that album was Where Are You, followed by
Alright (which isn't even half as good as Where Are You). The rest of that
album is a major bore so I believe this album already sounds much better and
a longer play-life for me.

[Earth_maiden]

I'm waiting to get mine before I listen to any of the new tracks. Its worth my money that way.

[kakumei]

some longer previews

Day 7
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/pZfwciUgZTI/

Love Song
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/yIPOXDpWp3g/

FANTASY
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/MtA16EhDcTg/

Is this love?
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/0iC9UhUyqzs/

Honey
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/MeDfn0DYlFs/

kiss & hug
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/0oN7NSo8l-E/

[happiholic★]

I don't think that Kana is boring, I think she is safe. At this moment she is the closest thing Sony has to an avex diva, save for maybe Miliyah. Sony needs to play their cards right and keep her reaching the widest audience. I do think that she is plain vanilla a lot, but every now and then I see a little chocolate and I have my love restored.

[FIRSTKLAS]

lol, when did the Kana thread suddenly become so dramatic? It's like one thing after another in here.

Kana's just doing what other JPop singers do: finding a niche that sells and sticking with it. It seems to me that most successful performers in Japan aren't overly concerned with "artistry" or trying to do everything and be everything with their music. It's like they figure "if I do 'this', someone else can do 'that', and music fans can listen to me when they're in the mood for what I have to offer and to someone else when they're not." It's just part of the conservative nature of Japan and its preference/appreciation of consistency.

Just my two cents.

[matt9210]

I was going to leave it til next month before I bought this, but it looks like this album is having a similar distribution to her first two albums with the Limited Edition.

It's still easy to get a Limited Edition copy of Thank you Love, but the LE of Love Place has sold out on YesAsia, and there are only 11 copies left on cdjapan.

[x-megumi-x]

Album previews

[sanzo2011]

the album sounds boring so far!~~! it's not even on par with Thank you, love, not to mention the flawless to LOVE!~~!

[Minttulatte]

I'm just gonna wait until the album comes, meaning I won't listen to the previews either. It's not that long anyway. *_*

[Yoake]

FANTASY & Is this love? sound interesting. I wait for the full version to say if I like or not. It seems that this album'll have a lot of similar ballads.

[PoetGirl]

she's so much copying the queen ayu LOL I just cant, Love song, is this Love?, honey lol...

jk jk

I love the previews so much!

[Benikari47]

I like the sound of Happy Half Year, and i'm really looking forward to get Be Strong in good quality. But the album sounds far too repetitive for me. I could hardly tell the previews apart when they changed.

[Klauser_Bateson]

After listening to the previews I'm interested in pretty much everything except for kiss & hug, so I'm pretty excited to hear the songs in full.

With the release of Love Place being so close, I've been listening to nothing but Kana songs all this weekend. Currently listening to her B-sides from singles before Tatoe Donna ni.

[Zeke.]

SO HAPPY! DOWNLOADING NAOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!

[NintendoHTF1242]

Honey sounds so flawless I can't. Prologue/Epilogue this time around aren't as good (she'll never outdo Sunrise and Thank you, Love though so she should just stop)