Sorry for double-posting, here's my review.
Review Time again! Well, I wanted to review the 235 transitions last time but it became a stupid idea... However, I'm gonna write real review today. I had very low expectations for 236 since 2015's Eurobeat for me was a big miss in general.
01 Games We Play / Hotblade - 5/10
Let's start with – surprise – Hotblade. Was there one SEB with Hotblade featured on it where the song wasn't put as first track? I don't know... Hotblade usually has a kicking sound which stays in head often. But Games We Play isn't one of those candidates for me. It feels like there's nothing special in this song. The felt infinite repeatation of „Games We Play“ quickly started to annoy me but to be honest, it's a solid Eurobeat song. At least, it's not the worst song to come.
02 Heartbeat Song / Speedmaster feat. Angelica - no rating
Even though I actually like this remix, it is out of the place! Non-Eurobeat shouldn't get on SEB!
03 Dr. Wesson & Mr. Smith / Franz Tornado & The Cow Girls – 9/10
Franz Tornado often is someone whose songs become earworms! This time again. I love the mix of Banjo and Eurobeat. It fits well together here. I have no other words for this song than „I love it.“ This gives hope for the rest of the SEB... If I wouldn't have listened to the rest, I'd really think the SEB would become a good one.
04 My Last Breath Of Love / Cherry – 3/10
Wow, a song which is that long isn't common nowadays (or never was that common). This would be a big plus if the wouldn't be that boring. I don't know, I kinda feel like falling asleep when listening this song.
05 Fly With My Tonight / Kaory – 9/10
GGM used to be the weakest label for me. Leo River, Kaioh, all those artists never produced music I like. Besides Manuel – who didn't have really, really good songs in the past – the label was just SCP's little sister for me. But with Kaory, a talented singer joined. The music is different than other GGM creations and is refreshing. I hope we'll see more by Kaory in the future.
06 Bring Me Into Your Life / David „Demo“ Dima – 4/10
Aaaaand my mood goes down again. David, whatever happened to you, it wasn't good for happy Eurobeat. You used to create fun and amazing songs. Aggressive ones, special ones. And nowadays, you put out one sad song after the other. #hugdima
07 1 Piece Of Action / Latina 5/10
It's Sinclaire time! At first, this song was stunning. It had the classical SS vibes but the more I heard it the more it annoyed me. The melody is confusing and tries everything to not stay in my head. But I still kind of like it. I just can't describe how I feel about this song.
08 Here Comes The Sun / Patty K. – 10/10
What the hell is going on at Dima Music? While the male vocalists are depressive, the female ones are having fun like it's the last day of summer. The song already got me with the first „STAAAY! HERE COMES THE SUN!“ And it doesn't get worse. The song kind of screams to me: „Play me!“ That's what Dima should sound like. Happy music, fast singing and in general, a positive-vibe-giving melody. This is the best song on this SEB!
09 Dancing Lover / Futura – 1/10
Futura is my instant nope. Is it possible to sound more boring than her? Maybe. Except „Super Eurobeat“ which was sung by her and Dave, she didn't make one song I liked.
10 Tell Me / Dave Rodgers – 4,5/10
This song sounds like another one Dave produced in the past but I can't recall which one. It's the intro with its „Look around“ which sounds familar. Anyway, the whole intro sounds nice and promises a good song until Dave begins to sing. Right after that, it sounds pretty generic and ABC-like, not like Sun Fire. That's nothing bad at first, but it sounds like the era when I didn't like ABC songs. However, I must admit, as pure Instrumental I'd like the song really much.
11 Hot Bikini / Lady Energy – 9/10
Ah, November. Cold, rainy weather, freaking wind and more shit. These are the days when I like to go swimming in my hot bikini. I bet this song was produced many months earlier and avex though, late autumn is the best releasing time. Okay, it's about 20°C here which are temperatures for early to mid-September, so it's kinda fitting. I now talked a lot about the weather and not the song. The song is great. Sounded weird at first but became better the more I listened to it. Now it's one of my favorites. I love the „beach-y intro“. It reminds me of my favorite season.
12 Bang Bang Love / Vicky Vale – 8/10
Vicky Vale is absolutely not one of my favorite artists. Her songs are not impressing and I often skip them. But when the possibly likable songs are only a few, I have no other choice. Just kidding, this song sounds more like a Leslie Parrish one but in a really good way. It's catchy as hell and it gets better each time it plays. There's just a special sound missing which is often used in Parrish songs.
13 My Lollipop Girl / Manuel – 5/10
It's better than „Do You Wanna Be My Geisha?“ but still not my cup of tea. Except the chorus it doesn't sound that good to me...
14 Crazy All Night / Irene – 4/10
This track sounded good at first but became more and more annoying for me. It's mostly the „Crazy! All night!“ which bothers me... This is probably the weakest song by Irene by now.
15 Feel The Power Of Rock / Bon – 7/10
We reached the final destination of this bad SEB. Bon was an instant guarantee for a great song. From 2013 to 2014. This year's SS songs couldn't reach the standards set by themselves. At least, it's not the worst on this SEB or one of the bad songs in general. It's above average for me. Not lovable-good, not bad.
Yeah, that's it. This is the worst SEB since 222 for me. Even though there were a few good songs, the album is dominated by below-5-points-songs. I mean, it's nothing special to only have a few great songs, but then, the rest is at least average with one or two songs being very bad.
I waited for this SEB way longer than I used to wait. I got hyped by the forum members. But in the end, 234 was the only good extended album this year. If I count it too, 234 and 235 together were the best SEBs this year.
I'm sad that the Eurobeat year 2015 had to end with such an album. Now I really are afraid of having a crappy tracklist on Best of 2015. There are not even 25 songs this year I'd like that much.
