2007: The Best in Music

[synchrostorm]

Best holdover:  My #1 from 2006, OLIVIA inspi’REIRA, released even more soundtrack material for the NANA anime this year, and I kept eating it up.  Angsty rock ballads are clearly OLIVIA’s forte (see “Recorded Butterflies” and “Winter Sleep”), but I was also surprisingly taken with Anna Tsuchiya inspi’NANA’s more uptempo punk rock, especially the

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[dobledorje]

"Cry No More" is such a Miliyah chestnut! At first I thought I was weird for liking it so much, I wondered if it really was anything special but it seems most fans really dig it! Probably her best song this year. I just love how the chorus is delayed until the end... reminds me of "HEAVEN" and "M"!

I agree about the Nakata/capsule thing. It's funny because capsule used to be more of a post-Shibuya kei act but lately they've turned to their electronic sound which I don't find as appealing (as weak as they were in Shibuya-kei compared to P5 especially). People say the constant vocal distortion is just Nakata's style but it gets tiresome to me. I'm glad you liked Osawa's album, I thought it was awesome too! But he could've asked Eri to "Sing a Song" at least (ka-ching)!