AAA – ATTACK January 4, 2009

Track Listing

1. BLOOD on FIRE
2. DRAGON FIRE
3. Welcome to This World
4. Taiyou
5. Kirei na Sora
6. Saikyou Babe
7. Get or Lose
8. Deai no Chikara
9. Friday Party
10. VIRGIN F
11. Chikyuu ni Idakarete
12. Bokura no Te

1. BLOOD on FIRE

I still think this is their best song I’ve heard so far.  Definitly a hard eurobeat song with some hardcore lyrics.  ~Get back, your too hot!~  I mean this is one of the hardest dance tracks I heard from avex as of recently.  Got to give props on Urata for sounding so damn cool here.

2. DRAGON FIRE

What ended the era on a pretty good note was DRAGON FIRE.  It still isn’t hard as the first track, but it’s got some pretty smooth lyrics and it sounds really nice.  Adding a brass section gave a more diverse sound from the rest of the A-side’s of the era.  Gotta give creds to this cool track.

3. Welcome to This World

Then, we hit a new with this really bubblegum pop song.  I mean even “Friday Party” wasn’t as corny as this song.  You can really tell this is an avex track just by the sound.  Lot of synths then underline everyone.  Still, I think this would’ve been the summery/pop song.

4. Taiyou

Luckily we fix the problem with the next cool song, Taiyou.  There’s actually strings opening the song and Urata leading the track off.  There’s some pretty cool rhythms and the song has a pretty cool wide sound that fills your ears.  It might not be “BLOOD on FIRE” but it’s great on its own for sure.

5. Kirei na Sora

Weird, that Kirei na Sora is the more jazzy track of the album, which is amazing in its own right.  Shows that they are a very diverse group.  Even Mitsuhiro’s rapping is nice and calm.  I still kind of cringe during Misako’s rapping part, but I’ve grown to enjoy the nice jazz sound and I still think this would’ve been perfect for FFX-2

6. Saikyou Babe

Knowing that motsu from m.o.v.e was one of the people who produced the track was cool, but Saikyou Babe seems a little too much.  There’s way too many things going on at once and the music is frantic and crazy, add in Mitsuhiro’s part and you get a wild latin track.  I’m not fully into it, but it’s enough that I can listen to it.

7. Get or Lose

First time that the girls lead off the track.  I got to say they sound really awesome, well until the yelling happens, but all three ladies sounds amazing in their own way.  The guys practically don’t exist here which is just so damn funny.  Still this was the better latin-infused track.

8. Deai no Chikara

Finally taking a nice break from the more upbeat stuff, is Deai no Chikara, a kind of song to just sway too.  It’s a little upbeat, but not to where as it’s in the league of the previous tracks.  Everyone is harmonizing nicely and Mitsuhiro isn’t rapping here which is great.  It’s your token love song though, so it had to happen.

9. Friday Party

Definitly the weakest A-side of the era is near the end of the album and to be honest, to put it after “Deai no Chikara” is a little strange.  It seemed a few of the singers were uncomfortable singing here and caused some sour notes and nasally sounds.  It can be catchy, but other times seems to just be annoying to hear.

10. VIRGIN F

motsu also produced VIRGIN F as well and seemed a lot more like a sexy track.  I love how Urata did the ~kiss kiss~ part, that was just golden.  Sadly, this song isn’t too memorable, but is good when listened to it on its own and not with the album.  I wonder if motsu was in the song too…hmmm.

11. Chikyuu ni Idakarete

Great, we get another cheesy pop track.  Seriously lay off this genre AAA, it’s very sad to listen to.  Urata though you are loud here which is a nice surprise, but Misako should take some vocal lessons to not sound so amazingly nasally.  Even the rap part was so awkward….

12. Bokura no Te

A more soft R&B sound fills the last tracks overall sound and it actually sounds smooth and calm.  This was a great way to finish up an album and everyone sounds even sweet and smooth.  Great finisher.

Tracks Recommended

•  BLOOD on FIRE
• Taiyou
• Bokura no Te
• DRAGON FIRE
• Deai no Chikara

This album was one of those hit and miss albums.  Like I was hoping for more “BoF” songs, but what I was surprised was the diverse sound this album actually had.  Sadly, there wasn’t exactly a lot of good tracks though.  Some were just poor choices for music and some were vocal issues.  I guess it’s an alright debut album.

AAA – DRAGON FIRE December 27, 2008

Track Listing

1. DRAGON FIRE
2. DRAGON FIRE (Instrumental)

1. DRAGON FIRE

I guess this is better.  I mean with the energy and all the brass found throughout, it’s pretty quirky.  The verses seems to be taken pretty strongly and I like everyone in it this time.  I found it very funny how they end the chorus on a super high note.  I love whoever is singing in the 2nd verse though.  It isn’t Nissy I don’t think.  Yukari perhaps?  I don’t know but she sounds great!

 

 

Ending the ATTACK era with DRAGON FIRE was great.  I love this song, even though it doesn’t surpass “BLOOD on FIRE” at all.  If I want to have a fun party-like atmosphere song, this would totally do it.

AAA – Kirei na Sora December 2, 2008

 

Track Listing

1. Kirei na Sora
2. Kirei na Sora (Instrumental)

1. Kirei na Sora

Uhm, well this isn’t what I’m expecting.  I’d call this pretty jazzy for AAA.  The whole laidback sound adds up into the strangeness to them.  I was expecting something like “BLOOD on FIRE” still.  Is one of the girls rapping what the hell?  I’m not really a big fan of this track.  Though the strongest singer here is obviously Urata when he gets super loud.  They could’ve used the song for FFX-2 if they wanted, it’d fit IMO.

 

 

Weird ass song.  AAA better pick up the pace because I’m not liking this direction they are going.  This song just totally took them into a different area of sound and I’m not liking it one bit.

 

AAA – Friday Party November 6, 2008

Track Listing

1. Friday Party
2. Friday Party (Instrumental)

1. Friday Party

After the awesomeness that was”BLOOD on FIRE”, This was pretty shocking and probably not what I was expecting.  It’s got a lot of fun written all of it.  This time it seems that Urata and the ladies have more vocal time which is great, but needs more Takahiro LOL.   The rapping was quite unneeded but at least it was short.  I just still can’t get the fact that the song was a fun pop tune this time around.

 

 

AAA is definitly surprising me with their styles so far.  WE go from exciting force to OMG let’s have a pillow fight and well, I guess I’m going to have to get used to it right?  Friday Party is a fun song and did give more of the obscure members more time for solo vocals which is good.

AAA – BLOOD on FIRE October 31, 2008

Track Listing

1. BLOOD on FIRE
2. BLOOD on FIRE (Instrumental)

1. BLOOD on FIRE

Initial D….what’s that mean to me?  Well, it means blood-boiling adrenaline rushes and high-speed races.  The music should also be this dynamic and well-made.  Does AAA do this right?  OH HELL FRIGGIN YES!  AAA’s debut track is the driving force for the movie “Initial D” and it so did its job.  Like all of the other tracks used for the series (Looks at m.o.v.e’s discography)  This one in particular was definitly an easy fit.  Takahiro doing most of the vocals, Misako leading the gals, and Mitsuhiro doing the rapping it kind of works in a lot of sense.  Though I wished the other members had more time in the song mostly the other girls since Urata did sing a line or two in conjuction with Takahiro.  Their energy is phenominal almost and the chorus really proved to be the best area of the song as they say ~Your blood’s on fire!!!!~ Hot!

 

 

This couldn’t have been a better way to start off their career.  I still don’t think any of their other songs come close to the awesomeness that is this track.  Maybe if there was a B-side perhaps, but who cares this single wins IMO