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Best of 2017
2017 is almost over, and now it's a perfect time to look back on the year and discuss the best things to come out of it. Share and discuss your favourite albums, singles, songs, music videos, or whatever!
I enjoyed this year in Japanese music, especially when it comes to albums. Last year, I was having a hard time pulling together a top 5 albums list, but this year, I had enough albums I liked that making a top 10 was easy. However, I had less stand-out songs that I really loved and learned by heart, but I still loved lots of songs. As always, many artists I've loved for a long time really disappointed me (Thelma Aoyama, Perfume, Do As Infinity), but several more positively surprised me (Taichi Mukai, Negoto), and I discovered new ones to like (MONDO GROSSO, HARUHI). My own personal top lists for Japanese music (since I only really follow the Japanese scene): Top 20 songs Spoiler:
Top 10 albums Spoiler:
Honorable mentions Spoiler:
Last edited by Kacku; 27th December 2017 at 09:33 PM. |
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My turn & for all categories , they're in no particular order
Top 20 songs Spoiler:
Top 10 albums Spoiler:
I know it's very Johnnys & Rock driven but that's because female solo acts who release albums this year that I support such as Kuu , Mika , Aoyama , I don't think they deserve to be on the list :x Honourable mentions Spoiler:
Whew that's a LOT I've wrote ![]()
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Last edited by KarenPang; 28th December 2017 at 05:46 AM. |
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I usually have a hard time doing a list for a year, cause I don't really pay attention much to when something is released.
But from the top of my head, it goes like this (order is random). TOP 10 songs Spoiler:
So, with the list of my favourite songs you already get a hint of my favourite albums. There's just one addition actually, Koda Kumi. There's not a single song from her that stood out this year from the rest, meaning one that would be so much better than any other for me. There are quite a bunch I like equally and I do think altogether the albums were strong. But that's the reason, she's not in my top song list. Top albums of 2017: FAKY - Unwrapped Ai Otsuka - LOVE HONEY Koda Kumi - W FACE ~inside~/ ~outside~ Chanmina - CHOCOLATE Taichi Mukai - BLUE As I'm also a K-Pop and C-Pop listener, I mention my favourites there, too. K-POP/C-Pop albums 2017 Lee Hyori - Black Another surprise for me. Always ever liked certain songs from her, but this time the whole album is amazing (and pretty unusual in style overall). It has a bunch of songs I love. Red Velvet - Red Summer A mini-album for summer with a nice selection of catchy electronic based songs. MAMAMOO - Purple Don't like all songs on this mini-album, but the strong ones outshine the weak (love 3 , dislike 2). Just love them for their quirky mix. aMEI - Story Thief It is similar to Lee Hyori's Black in style, but not as consistent. Lots of cheesy ballads like happening often for Taiwan and China. But also more than one strong song and one of the ballads got me hooked as well (#7 Left Behind). + BoA's CAMO Wasn't too fond of her last Korean releases as well, but CAMO is awesome. BoA is definitely going in the right direction again for me both in Japan and Korea. @Kacku You're reminding me, that I still have to listen to Nana Kitade's new album!
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@Karen
I agree, I feel bad for Thelma too... But 10TH DIARY was such a disappointing album, I couldn't like it though I wanted to. ![]() @Corvina And you reminded me that I hadn't listened to FAKY's album yet! I listened to it today and found it quite good (I liked the first track, Keep Out, the most). I look forward to hearing more from them, they've released a good number of nice tracks so far. You also made me realise I hadn't heard the AI song you mentioned; I didn't like the album she released this year, so I didn't bother checking out anything she released afterwards. But I tried Kirakira and liked it! Not my favourite AI song, but nice. ![]() I hope you try and like Nana Kitade's album! I liked it enough to buy it twice (on iTunes and later a physical copy ![]() |
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Cos for me , if I really like an album it's very easy to write down my thoughts about it relatively quickly as compared to an album which I'm not feeling it that much It's also another reason why I wasn't willing to buy 10TH DIARY online & when my sister went back Tokyo in Sept , I told her to go TSUTAYA Shibuya to buy it for me so that I save a bit on shipping cost
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Still no proper time for Nana Kitade. But I skipped through it. Definitely sounds quite different to her stuff before.
@Kacku Glad you like the revamped FAKY! You're certainly happy to hear then, that they already announced that we're getting their first full album in 2018. I'm so looking forward to it. There's not one song from them I dislike since they came back. And I also really enjoyed their first own live.
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^ Ooh, I am indeed happy to hear that! I'll be looking forward to the album.
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Have to say, nothing else in J-pop moved me, nearly as much as Finally by Namie Amuro did. I feel it’s such a monumental album, that I hope I’ll be listening still after years and years. While it’s a bit bittersweet at times, cos I really liked her newer songs as well, and since this is the end, there’s no more coming. But with an album like this, I hope there’s songs worth listening years and years after. As Kachu said on the first post, a worthy swan song for an iconic artist, and even more iconic career with it’s ups and downs.
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