So I decided to download the album after all… And I listened to it, and I have to say I feel impressed and disappointed at the same time, as there is so much flavour of World Of Fantasy, although I like most of the songs. ^^
(Yay for the original pitch – The ones on soundcloud are higher pitched)
The songs I like best are Feelin’ Alright, Step on the Floor and Tapping Beats.
Feelin’ Alright sounds pretty cool, I expected more vocals since I heard Step On The Floor. 😛 I think the song should be used as a movie soundtrack.
Step On The Floor, one of the only original songs in the album. I’m really digging the beginning and the lyrics, the rhythm is very catchy ^^
Tapping Beats… it reminds me so much of I JUST WANNA XXX YOU. I COMPLETELY love the song! But listening to it… what does capsule mean by “tapping”? XD Shame they didn’t make it an Extended Mix, I would be rather impressed 😮
Onto the other songs…
Never Let Me Go, I think it’s okay yet divine… I’m not sure whether that is Toshiko doing the vocals, because I read on the contemode LiveJournal blog that Toshiko was going to do the vocals for that song…. Overall I like it.
In The Rain is so relaxing… ❤ But the vocals don’t come in until after 2 minutes and 45 seconds. I love the sounds in this song, it sounds like a more relaxing version of KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
Dee J, I have to say it’s okay, listening to the beginning made my shoulders dance xD Rather repetitive like half the songs in WoF. Listening to the stock vocals saying “Dee J” reminds me of Benny Benassi. Then that weird-ass “DEEEEE ZAY” kid >.<” Then there’s that tempo change that comes in twice, making it sound like an electronica pornographic conga dance song. I pretty much think this is Nakata’s worst song, and it’s probably his form of “Friday”.
All The Way pretty much sounds like another repetitive conga dance song, only it has some I WILL in it, then a tiny bit of WHAT iS LOVE. I don’t love it, but I quite like it. “I TRY TO ALL THE WAY”. I’ve never heard that kind of Engrish in Nakata’s songs before. Then I heard “I TRUST YOU ALL THE WAY” o.o The worst part about this song is that they extended it by 29 seconds, which isn’t as extended as WORLD OF FANTASY, STRIKER, Never Let Me Go and Motor Force
Motor Force… I pretty much like the fast tempo beats in it and the sounds. Kind of reminds me of one of the OSTs in Sonic Rush, and at 15 seconds of the beginning it sounds quite like the beginning of the WORLD OF FANTASY extension. Overall, I like it, almost love it 😛
Transparent pretty much sounds like the EARLIER CAPSULE (e.g. Music Controller) mashed with Adventure ^^, ah, it’s like Time Travel once again, nice to know most of the vocals are Japanese, I miss Toshiko’s Japanese voice. :’) This is NOSTALGIA in a 2012 Album song ^^
Overall, I have to rate this 8/10, there are some ups and downs… From hearing Step On The Floor in it’s single release, I thought the rest of the album was going to sound like that with all the pop and sound of FRUITS CLiPPER, which some songs sound like.
Favourite song in STEREO WORXXX: Tapping Beats (I swear my top buttons were done when I clicked the play button)
Worst song in my opinion: I didn’t like Dee J, because the freaking kid ruined it…
Well, thanks for reading :]
– Ayon
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