Angela Aki – Ai no Kisetsu September 15, 2009

Track Listing

1. Ai no Kisetsu
2. Emily
3. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

1. Ai no Kisetsu

It’s been a while since we had a new single from Angela and she returns with a pretty nice sounding single.  It might not carry itself like “Tegami ~Haikei Juugo no Kimi e~, but Ai no Kisetsu is another song that’s strong from her.  Though she does say the English translation of the song as well ~season of love~.  I thought that was pretty cool.  Not as strong, but still good otherwise.

2. Emily

Though the first B-side is such a good feeling.  It’s quite upbeat and has a certain Ben Folds sound which is pleasant to hear since they collaborated on her last album, “ANSWER”.  I just love the bouncy piano melody and Angela sounded really nice singing along with happiness and giddyness.  I’m more impressed with this song more than “Ai no Kisetsu”.

3. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

As usual, Angela features another cover, this time from the R&B boyband Boyz II Men.  She does begin with the chorus which is in English and she sounds good, even though the original sounded strong because of the 5 guys singing together.  Angela doesn’t do too bad and she’s rather sings strongly even during her JPN parts of the song. 

 

 

Angela returns to singing after a nice break after “ANSWER” and continues to release consistently strong singles.  Ai no Kisetsu might not be better than her last single, but it’s a nice little tune.  Emily however was the stronger track as it’s light and just happy to hear.  The cover track was nice, but I think the original still beats this…