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Old 15th March 2022, 04:03 AM
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The Greatest in the 32nd thread!!

Just wanted to kick this thread since it seems BoA is releasing a new best album on 5/30, "The Greatest".
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Old 15th March 2022, 06:37 AM
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nice!!!
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Old 19th March 2022, 03:04 PM
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That was unexpected but exciting news! Looking forward to this campaign!
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Old 19th March 2022, 08:37 PM
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She will do self-covers for 10 weeks starting with AGGRESSIVE (next week?)
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Old 20th March 2022, 07:54 AM
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I thought she was done with Japan, so this is surprising news

And I'm glad she's innovating and not releasing just a lazy best-of
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Old 22nd March 2022, 04:42 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPvNW_dTkJM

Here's AGGRESSIVE (The Greatest Ver.)
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Old 22nd March 2022, 06:30 AM
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Its not very different tho. I think i don't prefer it over the origial.
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Old 22nd March 2022, 03:33 PM
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Yeah, it's not particularly a reimagined version and for me it didn't improve from the original in anything, sadly I was expecting "The Greatest" to be like "Unchained" but I guess I should keep my expectations very low from now on ahahaha
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Old 23rd March 2022, 10:55 PM
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The new version of Aggressive is enjoyable enough although I think I still prefer the original. I'll form a proper opinion on it when I get the album!
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Old 24th March 2022, 04:54 PM
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^yeah same. It can't be worse since it is basically the same and AGGRESSIVE was always a great song.
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Old 4th April 2022, 10:04 PM
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I enjoyed Make A Secret and although Dakishimeru doesn't come close to the original (which is hard) this is shaping up to be a solid release so far!
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AGGRESSIVE was never a favorite of mine, so maybe that explains it, but I like the new version. It’s more club-driven, moody, thumping, gritty. The original AGGRESSIVE is kind of circus-y. This one is sexy, steady, cool and mature.

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AGGRESSIVE was never a favorite of mine, so maybe that explains it, but I like the new version. It’s more club-driven, moody, thumping, gritty. The original AGGRESSIVE is kind of circus-y. This one is sexy, steady, cool and mature.
The original is one of my favs and I always thought one of her more mature tracks to begin with. I don’t really dig any of the three so far, neither good nor bad - just a different version and I guess I can appreciate that. I wish she would chose lesser known songs tho. Aggressive was a nice surprise.

Dakushineru is my fav single by her. I guess I had higher expectations.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp169AiaMBM

コノヨノシルシ/KONOYONOSHIRUSHI (The Greatest Version)

Not bad. Very relaxing. I kind of like it.
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Old 20th April 2022, 09:54 PM
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That was an unexpected song choice for me but I like it! As you say, it has a relaxing feel. I am enjoying seeing which song will be released each week!
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Old 28th April 2022, 10:06 PM
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Still deciding which edition I should buy of The Greatest. Every Heart was enjoyable enough. Think I might make a playlist of the original songs to go alongside with it.
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Old 8th May 2022, 12:05 PM
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after QUINCY which was really good, LOVE LETTER is up next, which was expected.
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Old 8th May 2022, 02:54 PM
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QUINCY is my favourite so far, making it "disco" really took it to a new level!
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Old 10th May 2022, 07:40 PM
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LOVE LETTER had a nice grand feel to it.
I‘m still confused about the best-of that will be out soon. Will it just have these 10 tracks + that one new dance tune or will she remake all of the included songs?


She certainly did a better job than Kumi so far tho.
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Old 11th May 2022, 10:47 PM
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When we'll have covers!
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