Track Listing
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touch Me!
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Ichibyou Goto ni Love for you
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Break the Tone
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Yume ga Saku Haru
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I can’t believe you!!
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Secret Lover
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Hello!
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24 Xmas time
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Catch
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You and Music and Dream
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TOP OF THE WORLD
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Yume ga Saku Haru -remix- (bonus track)
1. touch Me!
Kickstarting the album is the promotional and title track, touch Me!. It’s quite soft sung, then again Mai-K is one of the softer singers. It’s quite catchy and maybe a little sexy. How she says ~touch me~ is so darn hot though. There’s some synths included here as well, as best heard in the second verse which is awesome actually.
2. Ichibyou Goto ni Love for you
This was an amazing track from Mai-K and she rarely does rockish type of songs, if any. There’s a great guitar hook and the synth backing it up is just wow. I guess the only problem is that I wish Mai was a stronger vocalist in the song because she sounded a little too quiet and airy than usual, but I love her attitude in the song. Best A-side of the era.
3. Break the Tone
Wow, what is this? An more urban sounding track from Mai? Why yes, just like the last song, there’s a catchy sound and how she sings the verses with just the acoustic guitar was pretty cool. Actually, this reminds me of Ami’s stuff during the “Infinity Eighteen” era. I’m not sure if that’s her rapping, but it fitted nicely with the song. Niiice
4. Yume ga Saku Haru
Yume ga Saku Haru reminds me of the disco style of back when and Mai once again shows off so smooth vocals with this track. I just love how you can dance with this song and just groove to that beat. The chorus is pretty catchy as well….Dang, I love this A-side as well.
5. I can’t believe you!!
We sort of return to her past style with this track. In other words it’s definitly R&B and has the 90’s sound to it which also kind of made it stand out. Mai’s sensual vocals and lyrics just ooze nicely in the song. It’s so very chill and calm, especially for a title like that. I like this song a lot.
6. Secret Lover
That obviously carries on to this song. Once again proven as an R&B ballad, Secret Lover is just as nice to listen, but Mai shouldn’t really hit the high notes as they are way thin. Although, she has a great soulful voice that you would just have to forget about it. Her English has gotten better as well, but she still has some issues to work out.
7. Hello!
People were hyping over this one song and I have no reason why. It’s a pretty calm song with a lot of string action and a nice piano melody. Mai sound pretty good for the most part, but I really like the music rather than the lyrics. Maybe there should be an instrumental version of the song.
8. 24 Xmas time
Like I said before Mai has done an upbeat Christmas tune before “Winter Bells” and this isn’t as good as it, but being the final single of the era, it was what she needed. I really don’t understand the whole “24″ of it but it’s a pretty nice track. Now if the rapper wasn’t there….I think it would’ve done better.
9. Catch
Catch is also nice to listen to, but it seems a little tacked on the album for some reason. I guess the album was a pretty upbeat sound and this just doesn’t surprise me. What I do like is the deep synths and the mystical feeling it has. I guess it isn’t as bad as time goes by, but still seems a little fillerish.
10. You and Music and Dream
Oh yea, there was a few songs I didn’t like in the era and You and Music and Dream was one of them…Oddly enough, it’s actually a little different than the single version, including more strings. Sadly, it just sounded like every other Mai-K ballad and it seemed to drag to entire time. There’s some golden parts in the song mostly the music, but I was still too bored to pay that much attention in the first place. I guess the new changes didn’t exactly help it much in the end.
11. TOP OF THE WORLD
Oh, Mai-K is singing fully English? Yeah once again she’s doing way better, but she’s still failing. There’s some help to cover most of her mistakes, but this song just screams a little corny. I mean the guitar sounds odd in the song. I swear this is a cover of an old song….maybe The Carpenters perhaps? Why yes, it is a cover of an old Carpenters tune.
12. Yume ga Saku Haru -remix-
I’m not sure why they had to put a remix on an album no less, but they took the disco sounds out of the song and replaced it with a house kind of sound which actually sounds quite relaxing here. I think they did a good job with Yume ga Saku Haru getting remixed and is actually shorter than the main which is surprising. I think the only disappointment is how vacant the song can get without the lyrics…yea…
Tracks Recommended
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Ichibyou Goto ni Love for You
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I can’t believe you!!
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Break the Tone
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Yume ga Saku Haru
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touch Me!
Actually, this is definitly one of Mai-K’s better releases and actually this and previous album “ONE LIFE” are so much better than her stuff while she was under GIZA. I liked a good protion of the songs and while the bonus tracks were a little disappointing they filled out the album more, which is good. Still, such a great album
