[Koda Kumi] The Official 102nd Koda Kumi Thread

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

lol I'm not the only one on AHS who doesn't like YesAsia anyway

if I don't say it , someone else on here will

yuck, me either. i will never go through yesasia again!
what's worse is that it doesn't even count towards the oricon!

Originally Posted by milky_way

Downloading it right now

i'm sure you'll have a megaupload mirror for us, cause you love your fellow kuustans. right?

[howtousesexy]

^ i second this. would love that very much so

[Kingdom]

A+ ALBUM.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL SERIOUSLY

[x-megumi-x]

The new album is much better than TRICK The only song I don't like is Comes Up.
You're So Beautiful, Work It Out! and No Way (I remember I didn't like the preview for this one haha) are great. My favorite new songs by far!

[Maemi]

I'm downloading it too, but it's going sooo slow LOL

[miroro]

i know i don't post here, but just came to say that the new album is amaziing! even more epic than trick (and trick is so epic)

my favs are no way, stay, and comes up!!

[emi♡]

No Way is my song

Stay is really sweet with the little piano.

I'm really proud of her...I never thought I'd be so fond of an album that didn't have as many dancy tracks, but I love all the R&B styles.

...this is really being anal...but which Lick Me heart is the right one? lol oh it's the taller one...

and oh ****, pictures of the booklet are up! THEYRE AMAZING

omg. My koda is killin~

[GRACE]

I really like this album, I'm really surprised by Kuu After TRICK, I sorta gave up hope she could ever do a good album, but this one is actually really good. Alive and Comes Up are the only bad tracks, and my favorite is Work It Out! (The arrangement is AMAZING)

[brand new love]

i love the album! i actually like all the songs. no way, stay and comes up are definitely my favorites.

the booklet is so cute, i can't wait for scans of it.

[Gubsi]

Great album i really love it!
Can't get enough of it and it's so good i can't find words for it!
Already made my review in my Lame B Blog!

Especially No Way is Woah Amazing as hell!
And UNIVERSE is insane, it's so gorgeous, the Beat is superb and i love this album is more RnB orientated then expected!

Originally Posted by ero-kakkoii

yuck, me either. i will never go through yesasia again!
what's worse is that it doesn't even count towards the oricon!

Ehm...
didn't you know it counts to oricon since summer last year or longer!? xD

[love in music]

Tracks I like:

Step into my world
You're so beautiful
Work It Out!
Comes up
ECSTASY
Alive

I don't like any of the rest or that Moon Crying live, that was ridiculous loll.
Well, the bad is outweighing the good here and the songs I like aren't even that great so I'm probably going to have to go on a kuu break. Ughh why is most of J-pop sucking so much right now.

[ayumisrael]

UNIVERSE is good!!

My favorites are Step Into My World, UNIVERSE and Stay!

I probably won't listen much to SUPERSTAR and Comes Up.

No way is nice though the choruses can be annoying at times also because of her voice in there and it's too long for nothing so it makes it to be too repetitive.

Work it Out! is really nice! I like the 80s arrangement!

You're So Beautiful is nice and I really liked the live version of Moon Crying <3

For the new tracks ranks:

Step Into My World - 5/5
SUPERSTAR - 3/5
You're So Beautiful - 4/5
Work It Out! - 4/5
No Way - 3.5/5
Stay - 4.5/5
Comes Up - 3.5/5
UNIVERSE - 5/5
(Moon Crying live version - 4.5/5)

I think I like it a bit better than TRICK, it's WAY better than Kingdom and far more way better than Black Cherry. ^^

For this time it would be something like grow into one>BEST ~second session~>affection>secret>TRICK=UNIVERSE>Kingdom>B lack Cherry>feel my mind.

[emi♡]

okay, I love moon crying live version now.

It's gorgeous. I think it made me like the song...uh possibly lol

But whatever because her vocals are PERFECT~

[Maemi]

Step Into My World is an okay opening, I don't think I'll care about this song, but I'll probably won't skip it while listening to the full album
Can We Go Back is one of the best Kuu's rock songs (nothing can beat Ningyo Hime I guess), and even though that still bugs me that is a cover, it's a good cover.
SUPERSTAR is probably one of the worst songs on this album. I don't see anything cute in it, really. Even the title "SUPERSTAR" & the way she sings it is annoying.
You're So Beautiful is a nice song, I like it, it has a good refren.
Lick me♥ has grown on me since the last time I really hated it, but I still think it has nothing to do with icecream. It's just annoying, maybe I'd like it more if there was normal lyric.
Work It Out! is really cool! Kinda rockish with great arrangaments <3
No Way is nice.
Stay has nice piano elements...
Comes Up is ok~
Physical Thing is a great, catchy song, even though it's another cover.
ECSTASY is another great, catchy song.
UNIVERSE I like refren, but I was expecting sth faster/harder @.@
It's all Love! feat. misono is one of the worst songs on this album. I still can't get over how they replaced Hashire! with this crap.
Alive is very relaxing & nice. Who would say that Kuu could sing a song like this -) It's outstanding, and I like it.
Moon Crying (Live ver. in Taiwan) is I believe a very nice ending. Kuu's vocals are very nice, I like the piano in the background and maybe this live version is making me to like this ballad even more...

Afterall, this is a good album, 100x better than TRICK

[Tom Punks]

The album isn't really bad, but it's kind of boring. None of the tracks really stand out in a good way to me, but there are few songs that are like horriiible (like Alive). But yeah, none of the songs catch my attention all that much. :<

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by Gubsi

Ehm...
didn't you know it counts to oricon since summer last year or longer!? xD

really? i haven't bought anything from them since like, 2007. w/e, they are still slow and SUCK!!!!

Originally Posted by emiko

okay, I love moon crying live version now.

It's gorgeous. I think it made me like the song...uh possibly lol

But whatever because her vocals are PERFECT~

i love moon crying! the live surprised me, i like how she belts it. YEAAAH YEAAAAAAY YEAAAAH heeeeeey. 7 & a half minutes of love

[» Kuya •]

Just listened. It's really a very good album, especially compared to Kingdom But I don't know if it's better than TRICK.

Step Into My World - Even if it's almost the same as TRICK, I like it very much *ç* It's the kind of song I like.
SUPERSTAR - This song is as "silly" as funny And that's why I like it **
You're So Beautiful - WONDERFUL. I liked it when I listened to the live version, and the studio version is much better IMO
Work It Out! - I really liked the music from the preview The full version of the song is just great And I love when her voice goes stronger =ç=
No Way - At the beginning, I didn't know if I liked the song or not. But it's a very nice song.
Stay - Bah...typical Kumi's ballad. "I love you, I will be by your side forever", blah blah blah, don't really like it.
Comes Up - I didn't listen the whole song lol It reminds me of an old song, like girls or similar...don't know XD
UNIVERSE - Catchy, that's all. Absolutely love it.
Moon Crying (Live ver. in Taiwan) - I always love Kumi in live, and even if I don't really like the song, I love the way she sings.

The booklet is just HOT! Looking forward to the scans!

[lollipop sophie]

I'm surprised people really like the album!!!
I'm still wanting for my copy so I'm not gonna listen
but I like to read people's opinions on the album

[relmy]

I don't really post here, but I thought I'd share my opinion on the new album. I'm not a huge Kuu fan, but I've found myself really enjoying her lately - I blame watching the TRICK tour!

1. Step In To My World (2/5) - It's a nice opening, but it really reminds me of the TRICK one, which was just nice too.
2. Can We Go Back (4/5) - Surprised how much I like this one (if it had a ? in the title it could be 4.5 XP)
3. SUPERSTAR (2/5) - Not really for me, I don't like Kuu's cute songs really.
4. You're So Beautiful (3/5) - This is good, it's a really sweet song!
5. Lick me♥ (3/5) - I like it more than when 3 SPLASH came out, but gaah... it's catchy!
6. Work It Out! (4/5) - This is super catchy, I really like this one.
7. No Way (4/5) - I usually dislike her slower songs, but this is really good!
8. Stay (2/5) - Heard it all before, and still dislike her slower songs as much.
9. Comes Up (3/5) - I don't like or dislike it, it's pretty catchy though
10. Physical Thing (5/5) - No TABOO, but still awesome. Love it.
11. ECSTACY (5/5) - See above~
12. UNIVERSE (4/5) - I can't decide if I really love it or really hate it, depends what part of the song it is really. I don't like the "every put your hands up" part.
13. It's all Love! (5/5) - I LOVE this song, I really do. It's amazingly catchy! I have no problems with misono here, she was awesome in DAT...but is awful solo? Makes no sense to me.
14. Alive (1/5) - The worst song on the album, I find it really boring.
15. Moon Crying (3/5) - It's pretty, but still a bit bland for me. But gosh, there's some power behind this!

Overall I'd probably give it 3.5, individually some of the songs don't work, but when I listened to the whole thing through I liked it more than when I focused on each song individually (does that make sense?). I like it about the same as TRICK, way more than Kingdom but less than Black Cherry.

[jean-baptiste]

this album is ****ing awesome!!!
it beats TRICK. and i LOVED TRICK.

my least favorite song is Work It Out!! but it's still a goo song though.
the songs i'm loving atm are Stay and No Way.
UNIVERSE and SIMW are delicious too! xDD
A+ album for sure!!