BoA is quite awesome!

***ImpactBreaker*** · #1 15th May 2009, 05:07 AM

Seriously, this album rocks so much, I'd never expect I'd ever get into BoA again, since I had lost the interest in her ever after she released Dakishimeru...(though I admit recently getting impressed by "Eien", which is actually a pretty good song though I was thinking she probably did a mistake with it for making a good song after releasing so much crap lately). I only got to listen to her american album now (though I had listened to Eat you up and thought the song had "forced faked up sentences" that made it sound bizarre, and was afraid the rest of the album would have the same mistake they made on it). I know...a little late to listen to it since it's been released for a while already..but I'm in love with it. Anyone can tell me if it's really selling anything over the US?

Some of the songs really have a great potential for being launched, unlike those from Utada's (which are pretty good songs -don't get me wrong, i actually love This Is The One a lot- but still carry too much japanesey flavor in them). I wish they'd start selling it over Brazil

I definitely need to have a copy.

Polyrhythm · #2 15th May 2009, 05:11 AM

Yes BoA is quite amazing now that you mention it...but isnt there a BoA thread somewhere already?

NintendoHTF1242 · #3 15th May 2009, 05:12 AM

I was mad at myself for not listening to this album before xD I listened to UNIVERSE and I hated her voice

but then I listened to I Did It For Love, Energetic, Did Ya, and Touched. And now I love the English album xD although I don't know if I will like her Japanese / Korean stuff.

***ImpactBreaker*** · #4 15th May 2009, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by xheartstation

Yes BoA is quite amazing now that you mention it...but isnt there a BoA thread somewhere already?

I'm not sure if there's a specific thread for this album (since it has a really vague title lol). I can only find the "official" threads. And I just want to talk about this album specifically. Not about her latest pictures or her last appearance on a TV show

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Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

I was mad at myself for not listening to this album before xD I listened to UNIVERSE and I hated her voice

but then I listened to I Did It For Love, Energetic, Did Ya, and Touched. And now I love the English album xD although I don't know if I will like her Japanese / Korean stuff.

LOL I actually started listening to some of her japanese/korean stuff again. And songs that I completely despised/ignored from her lately, i'm starting to like XD Like "Key of Heart" which I though was putrid, I'm actually humming to it recently lol

love in music · #5 15th May 2009, 05:14 AM

i don't think it's selling much, i think it's still under 5k? yay for BoA love
so this is a thread for thoughts on the album BoA?
i love it. i haven't been playing it much recently but all of the songs are so catchy and fun. definitely an underrated album!

***ImpactBreaker*** · #6 15th May 2009, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by identity

i don't think it's selling much, i think it's still under 5k? yay for BoA love
so this is a thread for thoughts on the album BoA?
i love it. i haven't been playing it much recently but all of the songs are so catchy and fun. definitely an underrated album!

haha I made the title to be ambiguous. I posted it on "Generic music chat" because it's for her american album. However, I definitely made it to spread the love for the artist as well. I had lost all interest in her, but I've regained my love all back again, which actually scares me. That's really a good thing, bewcause I had personally had lost all faith on her, but, hey, was I wrong!

And 5K?

Oh well, I hope it will at least get to be sold over here..I can only pray....

pommy48 · #7 15th May 2009, 05:25 AM

omg totally!! i fell kinda in love with BoA at first, now i love almost all the songs, it's just so catchy, and i still feel it appeals more than utada's album~

paper_doll · #8 16th May 2009, 12:04 AM

I've never been a BoA fan, but this album is really, really good

fake_foxtail · #9 16th May 2009, 12:25 AM

In my opinion I think it's the best album released this year.

I haven't been a huge fan of her but this album made me like her more.

tommy96814 · #10 16th May 2009, 12:54 AM

i think they digitized her voice too much in her U.S. album. also, i dont like her low voice i like her high pitch voice lolz

~Inori~ · #11 16th May 2009, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

And 5K?

Oh well, I hope it will at least get to be sold over here..I can only pray....

According to the people at Uriboa, BoA sold over 8k.

Kingdom · #12 16th May 2009, 01:56 AM

i actually like it a lot too. it got old quite fast for me though (just like tito

) but it's not as bad as everyone was making it out to be

Polyrhythm · #13 16th May 2009, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Kolongi

According to the people at Uriboa, BoA sold over 8k.

Thats including digital and physical sales combined...but thats for the U.S In Japan it sold way more than that. The album kinda flopped here in the U.S though....which I think is only cause whoever manufactures her album isnt printing enough copies for it to get noticed

Kingdom · #14 16th May 2009, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by xheartstation

Thats including digital and physical sales combined...but thats for the U.S In Japan it sold way more than that. The album kinda flopped here in the U.S though....which I think is only cause whoever manufactures her album isnt printing enough copies for it to get noticed

true dat. tho i walked into FYE and it was in the right section and everything. though there were only a few copies of it!

visionfactory · #15 16th May 2009, 03:32 AM

I'm a pretty new fan of BoA ^^ THE FACE was my favorite album (because I liked 5 songs from it) till I heard her english album
I love this album, every song is very well produced, this is one of the two albums I have on my iPod

chloeM · #16 16th May 2009, 04:42 AM

yeah... she's awesome... especially when she dances

paper_doll · #17 16th May 2009, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by juicy

true dat. tho i walked into FYE and it was in the right section and everything. though there were only a few copies of it!

I only found it for the first time last week (after checking my local store, plus another in the US). I still haven't found Utada's album yet.

I think the album really had potential to do well in North America

***ImpactBreaker*** · #18 16th May 2009, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by paper_doll

I think the album really had potential to do well in North America

I agree. It has a lot of potential..if only...

**zoomzoom** · #19 16th May 2009, 07:04 AM

I had a lot of faith in this album for North America, I really think it's something that could've been a big seller if it had had heavy marketing, tie ins on TV or something. She really owns what she's doing on the album, it doesn't sound like she's trying too hard or is imitating something. At least to me that is, I was never a BoA fan before this album. I did hear some BoA fans go "NO you're sexing it up too much, it's not you!"

**sugarbasil** · #20 16th May 2009, 07:35 AM

I only got about 1/3 through the album before I had to stop listening to it (had to leave), and that was quite a while ago; but I distinctly remember really liking it.

I actually completely forgot about it until you mentioned it; and since you brought up how good you think it is, I'm totally going to go find it and listen to it some more. <3

Also, for the record, I haven't heard and of BoA's songs anywhere since its release, but I've surprisingly been hearing Utada's "Come Back to Me" MULTIPLE times in various places. I heard it on the radio in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, and I also heard it in a store at Mall of America. I'm wondering why she's being played so much and not BoA...?