
Track Listing
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Hide-away
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Hide & Seek
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Find you
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With you
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Hide-away -dino starr Mix-
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Hide & Seek -SCP ReVamp Mix-
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Find you -Super Mix-
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Hide-away LIVE
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Hide-away (Instrumental)
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Hide & Seek (Instrumental)
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Find you (Instrumental)
1. Hide-away
As the main A-side (well, the one with all the members present at least), AAA oddly enough goes into GIRL NEXT DOOR theme for the first track and a lot of people might agree with because it’s really similar. I guess I’m on ends with this song because of it, but there’s something that just doesn’t spark my interest fully. Well, I actually like Hidaka’s rapping parts and Urata’s solo here. It seems like it would fit them more, because the middle interlude goes all trance-like, but seriously this isn’t as exciting as “Summer Revolution”.
2. Hide & Seek
However, I was totally taken aback when I heard the boys-only track. Not only it was really needed, since Saihuun took over the last single, it was an electro tune. I loved the heavy sound and since it was basically only Nissy, Urata, and Hidaka here they really made the song amazingly catchy. That is, until the main problem of the entire single started. They reused the melody which is a terrible idea to start with. Since, I’ve already had heard the other tracks beforehand, Hide & Seek’s take of it was a whole lot better for me. The arrangement might not be as broad as I hoped, but it’s damn good for sure.
3. Find you
Then we get another Misako & Chiaki only song and Find you is a tad bit more guitar-driven than the other two songs and since it’s only the girls singing and reusing the melody of course. I did like that they actually had more guitar here and it really sounded like a dat track. The girls sounded together here and IMO sounded a lot more in tune than the boys. It’s pretty good too, but the reused melody is getting on my nerves.
4. With you
Then we get to the lone B-side of the single and immediatly was pissed off. Not only they reused the melody, the reused the arrangement fully but changed the lyrics to fit it’s tie-in with “InuYasha”. I really don’t know why they pulled this stunt off, they could’ve just used “Hide-away”. I guess the new set of lyrics could’ve been the reason since I’m guessing the previous three tracks all link together perhaps. Still, the was just laziness on avex’s part IMO.
5. Hide-away -dino starr Mix-
The first remix of the single, Hide-away’s remix takes the monotonous arrangement out for a more euro sound and the synths are amazing here. I was loving it right from the start. It reminds me of Ayu’s “GOOD” remixes and it gave the song a lot more punch. The chorus though does feel rather meh-ish and Hidaka’s rap is covered by the synth overload, but still way better than the original.
6. Hide & Seek -SCP ReVamp Mix-
Whoa, Hide & Seek’s remix is energetic as all hell here. Its got a bigger punch than the original and the first remix combined. The remix has got this rave feeling going on and I’m liking this as well. They did slow things for the verses and then brings back the loud in the chorus. Though they brought Hidaka’s rap out in this song and it really fits the arrangement. Why am I getting a feeling the remixes are better than the main tunes?
7. Find you -Super Mix-
Hmmmm, the opening for Find you’s remix is another one of those euro-induced remixes and the arrangement also adds punch. I’m actually these 3 remixes made the songs stand out from each other which is what I think they were trying to do the entire time. I actually want to know who remixed this because it sounds very similar to a m.o.v.e track. Another strong ass remix.
8. Hide-away LIVE
So on the special release of the single, we get a live version of the A-side. As such, you can hear that the group sounds really good live and it shows here. Though it does sound like the place is really empty since you don’t hear the crowd throughout the song like a bunch of their previous lives. Good live version.
AAA took a pretty big hit this time on their 2nd release of their 5th era. Let’s start off with the blaring cause. I didn’t enjoy that they reused the song’s melody through all 4 songs at all, it just felt lazy to me, but since all four songs had different lyrics, I’m pretty sure that they are linked somehow (with the exception of With you because of its tie-in.) About that, I was not pleased how that track was just a pure copy of Hide-away with new lyrics. The live version does show the group’s energy is still doing grat. I don’t know, but “Break Down/Break your name/Summer Revolution” is still one of my favorite singles from them in a LONG time.









