Best Asian Albums of 2012 Thus Far

[toLOVE]

01 Namie Amuro - Uncontrolled
02 Mai Kuraki - OVER THE RAINBOW
03 ayaka - The beginning
04 Koda Kumi - JAPONESQUE

[KarenPang]

Yamashita Tomohisa - Ero

Had 0 expectations for this album (no thanks to the terrible album title if not crappy covers) but turns out it's a very solid & enjoyable album . Gazillion million times better than his debut

[sesshy]

Blaise Plant (MONKEY MAJIK) - MOTION PICTURE.

Holy CRAP, this album is amazing. He knows how to make music.

[tinka69]

Just listened to Ayaka's The Beginning.

Wow.

Just wow.

[XFER]

Wow, no one has mentioned alan's LOVE SONG That's definitely the best one.

Also miss A's Touch

And I am sure I will love the new Morning Musume album 13 Colorful Character

[Klauser_Bateson]

Absolute 2012 favorites would have to be Koda Kumi's JAPONESQUE and Beach Mix.

Other albums that I enjoyed:
L'Arc~en~Ciel: BUTTERFLY
Meisa Kuroki: UNLOCKED
capsule: STEREO WORXX
Koda Kumi: Driving Hit's 4 (but I like Beach Mix a whole lot better)
MiChiL: Therapy
Crystal Kay: VIVID
Namie Amuro: Uncontrolled
XIA: Tarantallegra (I downloaded this but I ended up wishing I had bought it by the time I finished listening to the whole album)

I have AAA's 777 ~Triple Seven~ preordered so I'm looking forward to that. I'm also half-excited on Kana Nishino's new album, Love Place.

[Kouyou]

Many more adds! I got TaeTiSeo's mini album Twinkle for my birthday and it was lovely and addictive. I recently discovered After School through their fifth maxi single Flashback, and I know it's not an album but it has more tracks than Hello Venus' first mini so I think it's eligible for the list.

I'm still really looking forward to Kana's new album, now entitled Love Place. Also, I'm excited for a possible 2NE1 album and Girls' Generation Japanese album.

[KarenPang]

I'm looking forward to the release of SPYAIR's 2nd album Just Do It . Hopefully it will sound equally as good as their debut album Rockin' the World which's a joy to listen

And also BREAKERZ's 1st best album . Ok it's not a studio album but it's their very 1st best album & I can't wait to find out the title of their 1st best album & also the tracklist & how many editions it will be sold in haha

[tinka69]

Originally Posted by XFER

Wow, no one has mentioned alan's LOVE SONG That's definitely the best one.

Also miss A's Touch

And I am sure I will love the new Morning Musume album 13 Colorful Character

OMG. Miss A's LIPS
Probably one of my favourite tracks of the year so far.

[relmy]

Crystal Kay's VIVID is now on my favourite list, probably my favourite album so far this year.

It's just been perfect all summer.

[letter]

I'm almost shocked to say this, but: none. I can't think of a single satisfactory work of any of the Asian artists I've ever listened to that was released this year and left a big impression on me. Shame.

[Delicious n Bold]

I'd like to add in Angela Aki's Blue. That was good (for me, that is). I know a lot of people don't really like it and such, but meh.

[Acile]

Namie Amuro's Uncontrolled
EXO's Mama

These are the only works that stood out to me so far. Let's hope there will be more good albums soon...

[Kouyou]

I'd like to add SISTAR's summer special album, Loving U to the list because I loved the title track and it's one of the first albums that I liked the remixes on.

[KarenPang]

SPYAIR - Just Do It

Released only this week but such an enjoyable album <3 Much more experimental than their debut Rockin' the World & they're not my 2nd fave JRock artiste for nothing x)

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

The only one that comes to mind is Crystal Kay's VIVID.

[KarenPang]

Domoto Koichi - Gravity

Awesome album , SO much better than his previous BPM which was a major BORE D:

Although I still feel/say that his debut mirror is still the best , nothing can match that album as he composed all the songs in there , unlike in Gravity

Still compare between BPM & Gravity , Gravity is so much better like way & the PV for Danger Zone is just so very

[dreamland2.0]

Nishino Kana's Love Place is probably my favourite from this year so far. But Nana's new album might top it have to see.

[wildconnetta]

Okay, so GaIn's Talk about S. really impressed me, especially Bloom.

[Party_King]

M Y T O P 3


Kumi's JAPONESQUE ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
like the whole concept, nearly every song, title, covers etc...
for be a long waited hq album... since Kingdom


ayu's Party Queen ♥ ♥ ♥
more love than hate... cool title, fresh covers, individual track(names)...
not so good quality as her previously albums (Love Songs, Rock 'n' Roll Circus, NEXT LEVEL)


Kumi's Beach Mix ♥ ♥ ♥
better than i've ever imagine...
really love Whatchu Waitin' On? and nearly every track on this CD!
great choice on the tracks which were used ^^
much better than every release of her Driving Hit's series!