The funky guitar in the back, although it’s sort of suppressed during the verses, is a very nice addition and helps shape the attitude of the song. I liked it when it was the B-Side on Planetarium, but now I love this song. Happy Smile Again seems so many times better to me now. This song really makes me think of an anime scene where a teacher would be scolding avery young student (the tone, not the lyrics), and this song always makes me smile. And it’s placement is absolutely flawless.Īlthough it surprised me that Kaeritakunatta yo would be right before the poppy B-Side of Kimagure Romantic, message, I actually really like the transition. Everything about this song is just so beautiful, and it makes me feel both nostalgic and happy at the same time. Kage Boshi is definitely a pretty sad song, even though it may seem joyful at time, but Kiyoe really shapes the song with her vocal work.Īh… Kaeritakunatta yo (I’ve come to want to go back home) is still my favorite single of this era, and I think the strings section is the biggest asset, even though Kiyoe’s voice is equally beautiful on this song. Kiyoe’s vocals are particularly great on this song, and they really are the life of this song.
I don’t think it’s quite as good as SPICY MAGIC because the verses are pretty boring, but the chorus is beautiful and catchy. Kage Boshi (silhouette) is an acoustic ballad with some elements of the pop songs they often do. It’s more of a ballad than it is a Ikimono Gakari powerhouse song, but it shares a few common things with the latter, and the end result is pretty spectacular, and very catchy. It has that sparkly, lullaby feel that Planetarium had, but it made it a lot better. Our first new song is called SPICY MAGIC, and it’s very similar to Planetarium.
I still love this song, although I just realized (yes, it’s sort of late) that the song is only three minutes and a half long. The transition from the previous track to Blue Bird is many times smoother, because Blue Bird shares a lot of common elements with Kimagure Romantic. That way the transition from Planetarium to Kimagure Romantic would’ve been helped by a slight buffer space. The transition is not awful, but I think the next song should have been put before this one. And, as usual, A-Sides sound a lot better when they’re on an album.Ī lot of artists decide to put a bunch of A-Sides together, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing except when you put the gentle Planetarium beside Kimagure Romantic (capricious romantic), Ikimono Gakari’s most poppy and happy song so far. The song itself is a cross of a ballad and an Ikimono Gakari powerhouse track, which went wrong halfway, but, as I just said, is a perfect introduction to what you will hear on this album. It is equally their seventh release of this year, and their second album of the year.Īs much as I think Planetarium is Ikimono Gakari’s weakest A-Side ever, it makes for a gentle introduction to the album, and is probably the most fitting way to begin this album, considering all their other A-Sides are high-energy tracks, with the exception of Kaeritakunatta yo but had that song been placed as the introductory track on this album, it would’ve made most of the other songs on this album boring. It reached #1 on Oricon, marking their first appearance at the head of the charts, and beating GIRL NEXT DOOR’s self-titled debut album, which had received a massive amount of promotion, by one rank. My song Your song is Ikimono Gakari’s third album, released on December 24th, 2008. Those songs will, however, be reviewed in context of the album once more. Songs in blue (with a link) have already been reviewed. Songs in bold are previously released singles.
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