CORE OF SOUL is shortly going to release a “Best of” album (middle of March), which is always fun. The best part of this was that fans were given the opportunity to vote on what songs should be included (well, at least, we were given the illusion of being able to vote… I’m always suspicious about these things; I think they’re about as effective as online petitions.)<\/p>\n
So because I’m such a fan, I signed up for their (Japanese-only) mailing list, and today, the tracklisting was “released”.<\/p>\n
And, as far as I can tell, there will also be a limited edition including acoustic versions of some of their recent songs, and their previously unreleased… demo, I guess? Something before their debut.<\/p>\n
(My comments on the selection of songs follows.)
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\n01 Photosynthesis
\nAn absolute shoo-in. I love this song to bits.<\/p>\n
02 Angel
\nOne of CORE OF SOUL’s English songs. The English is a little weird in this one, but it’s much better than the random English you get in other J-pop songs….<\/p>\n
03 FULL MOON PRAYER
\nLovely lovely lovely lovely LOVELY! :love: I love this song even more than “Photosynthesis.” I’m really enjoying the “unplugged” version they released on their latest album, too.<\/p>\n
04 \u30af\u30b8\u30e9 (KUJIRA<\/em> “Whale”) 05 Natural Beauty 06 Sweet Dreams 07 Flying People 08 \u82b1\u74b0 (Hanawa<\/em> “Wreath”) 09 \u6708\u3067\u5f85\u3064\u541b (Tsuki de matsu kimi<\/em> You, Waiting on the Moon) 10 Kaleidoscope 11 In your arms 12 \u767d\u3044\u5947\u8de1 (Shiroi Kiseki<\/em> White Miracle) 13 Make Me A Woman 14 Purple Sky 15 \u30a2\u30b2\u30cf (AGEHA<\/em> Swallowtail [?]) 16 Hello Hello\u3000\uff5eanother star\uff5e My selections would have been pretty similar except that I would have included “The Spirit of this Place” and “Way of Life” as well. Still! I can’t wait for this album, even though it’s basically just a cash grab ^^;;;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CORE OF SOUL is shortly going to release a “Best of” album (middle of March), which is always fun. The best part of this was that fans were given the opportunity to vote on what songs should be included (well, at least, we were given the illusion of being able to vote… I’m always suspicious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramblings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undreamt.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThere’s also an unplugged version of this, but uh… I don’t know it that well. I know it’s a good song, though. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n
\nThe video is weird but the song is great :3 Actually, all the songs from their debut album are great (this is the titular track.)<\/p>\n
\nA nice, more subdued track that plays foil to some of the more electronic tracks on the album. It’s a nice respite, and stands up nicely on its own. Plus it’s not a lullaby in the least.<\/p>\n
\nThis song is SO GOOD Joey Yung covered it. Yeah. In Cantonese and in Mandarin. No, no, this is just a fun song. A fun song that talks about boys. XD<\/p>\n
\nThe video is basically Fukko running a lot. I don’t get it, either. This is a decent mainstream pop track. I still really like it, but then again, it’s not exactly… groundbreaking.<\/p>\n
\nThe companion to \u82b1\u74b0 is another mainstream pop track, but with an altogether different feel. If I remember correctly, this video has her walking a lot.<\/p>\n
\nThis is the best track on OVER THE TIME, TIME IS OVER<\/em>. And at one point I had translated the whole thing, but alas! I lost it. But, I digress. It seems to be that CORE OF SOUL abandoned their intense pop-rock for something a little less rock and a little more pop after their first album, but this track is a good example of why pop doesn’t suck. Well, not all pop.<\/p>\n
\nOne of my favourites off RAINBOW<\/em>, their mini-album. I don’t know what genre it belongs to, but it’s just fun to listen to despite its calmness.<\/p>\n
\n… Okay. I just don’t get why people like this song. The lyrics? I’m just not a huge fan of this. Maybe it strays a bit far from the mainstream path. O_o;;<\/p>\n
\nI can totally envision this as a female singer-songwriter song. It’s a good one. I like it. I just don’t like it as much as one of the other tracks on the single, “Cinderella Night in New York” (which is, by the way, possibly one of COS’s best English songs.)<\/p>\n
\nOh, it’s no secret that I love this song. I tend to translate (or try to, haha) songs that I really like. The video’s a bit boring, though.<\/p>\n
\nThe video is SO MUCH FUN! Happy pop. Just think happy pop, and you’ll have the tone of this song down pat. Of their latest work, it’s one of the better tracks.<\/p>\n
\n… Okay, I admit I don’t really know what this one sounds like because I’ve only listened to the new album twice. I didn’t think it particularly stood out, though.<\/p>\n