Track Listing
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Nocturne
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Campanula no Koi
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Nocturne (Vocal-Less Track)
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Campanula no Koi (Vocal-Less Track)
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BAMBINA
1. Nocturne
Nocturne, is just a really beautiful ballad from Ayaka. She nails these tracks in a way that entices the listener to just sit and enjoy every second of her performance. After the first verse, things pick up and bass comes in to make the ballad pop out a little more. I thought that was nice the arranger put this in, especially useful for the instrumental parts of the song. This is just pretty all over.
2. Campanula no Koi
Strange though, Campanula no Koi is basically the English version of Nocturne and once again nails the language perfect and her vocals are just as heavenly. It’s also a tad different that “Nocturne” since there’s no bass in the song. It’s just the Ayaka, the chorale, and the orchestration playing along. Campanula no Koi has a different feel from it’s JPN counterpart and I love it.
3. BAMBINA
BAMBINA, is a rather strange track to find on the single since it’s a French song and is a cover of a Lara Fabian song. Now, I’m not fluent in French either, but from what I hear Ayaka did a pretty nice job despite it’s 1:20 time. Her voice sticks out nicely against piano and ended the single nicely.
Of all of the singles of the era, Nocturne/Campanula no Koi is the prettiest of them. Likewise, I’m still not the biggest fan of ballads, but I’ll say these three tracks were nice enough to not bore me to death. I still consider “Sayonara Watashi no Natsu” as my favorite of the era, but this is like second behind. No wonder why this was such a huge hit earlier this year.
