Super Eurobeat 227

synthjunkie · Post by **synthjunkie** » 18 Feb 2014, 20:59

Listening right now to the whole album.
The first 4 songs are absolutely amazing! What a start!
Will comment a bit more, but will write more after listening to the whole album.

I am loving the breakdowns on Dejo's song and also Hotblade's songs.

Pamsy's song is probably one of my favs from her I have heard.
The preview doesn't let you hear how amazing the first verse is, and how it goes into an amazing 2nd part before the chorus which just hits the right notes leaving me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.

Pamsy's song doesn't sound really trancey to me. It just sounds very mature, and not happy during the verses, which is exactly how I like her songs to sound.

Btw, the synth for Pamsy's song is actually the synth that was put wrongly on the preview video that Avex did.
Basically Avex moved the highlighted cursor over to Manual's song on the video during Pamsy's synth! This synth belongs to Pamsy's song, and not Manual's.

What an amazing album so far in terms of quality. Will see what the rest holds after finish listening

Javy · Post by **Javy** » 18 Feb 2014, 22:44

But Pamsy's and Manuel's song are separated by Norma on the YT video ?_?

the_ditz · Post by **the_ditz** » 19 Feb 2014, 00:26

Javy wrote:But Pamsy's and Manuel's song are separated by Norma on the YT video ?_?

Yeah, that confused me too... hey ho!

I'm just waiting for the code for my iTunes card to arrive in my email inbox and then I'll be able to listen in full. Having the 1:30 previews on iTunes though means I could already hear that Crazy & Free has elements of both melancholic and happy Pamsy - it gave me chills the way they stayed true to the style they kind of constructed for her in the 160's while still updating the sound for the new decades. Sooooo excited to get the whole album!!

eXtaticus · Post by **eXtaticus** » 19 Feb 2014, 04:33

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synthjunkie · Post by **synthjunkie** » 19 Feb 2014, 05:26

Javy wrote:But Pamsy's and Manuel's song are separated by Norma on the YT video ?_?

I thought the original leaked video wasn't in this order.
The newly unlocked one on Avex's official youtube has reordered it??

Lebon14 · Post by **Lebon14** » 19 Feb 2014, 20:03

CDJapan is awesome. Got my copy today. F* Yeah!

synthjunkie · Post by **synthjunkie** » 19 Feb 2014, 20:30

My top songs on this album after a full listen of the entire album are:

1. Leo River - Far From the Light
2. Pamsy - Crazy and Free
3. Dejo - Wilder Faster Louder
4. Dave Rodgers - Money Money Money
5. Hotblade - Showdown

Leo River's "Far From the Light" is very very good. I love how serious and mature it sounds. I am really enjoying the part he sings just before the chorus hits. Same thing with Pamsy's song. Very strong verses to help shift into the choruses

There aren't too many bad songs on this album at all, except maybe ONE:
My least favourite would have to be Futura - One More Night.
I can't stand that chorus....The chorus reminds me of POP dance songs I can't stand such as "Nicki Minaj - Starships." The first verse sounds alright, like something that Nuage would sing.

Is it just me or is Dave's new song have that old A-beat-C 90's "running beat" during the verse and towards the end in the breakdown? I just love it and hope it makes a comeback to Eurobeat. Totally sounds like the synths beats used for some of Dave's older productions for Thomas Marin's Mega NRG Man songs.

I have to say also Norma's song surprised me. It goes much better with her style of voice than other of her songs which usually sound like Dave should have used Karen instead of Norma for vocals.
"Take Me Into Your Golden Dreams" has a nice 2nd verse that goes quiet and helps to go well with Norma's airy and whispy voice.

Gordon Jim's "I want to Runaway" has a very good riff. I can also hear some "I want to Runaway"'s riff's melody in "TOO TAN" used during the chorus, and at the end of the chorus just before its riff.

Other notable good songs are:

Manual - Manga Style
Luke & Cherry - Something Beautiful
Eliza - One Shiny Day
Hotblade - Showdown

Very strong album. I hope the next album can follow in this quality.

Post by **SuperEuroJimmy** » 19 Feb 2014, 20:42

What I noticed is that there are two different cover images online. It has been like that for a while now but I never saw anyone discussing it.

Originally this version was posted on the internet:

But, on Amazon, the seperate songs have another cover image, namely this one:

So... discuss!

(yes, breaking the lay-out on purpose!)

Bonkers · Post by **Bonkers** » 19 Feb 2014, 20:54

The only difference is the size? I would just say the album has the close up, with single tracks having the thumbnail.

Post by **SuperEuroJimmy** » 19 Feb 2014, 21:15

Okay I changed the really big one in size. It's more about the text.

Darkholme · Post by **Darkholme** » 19 Feb 2014, 21:39

The larger one resembles the physical cover a lot better since the top text is reflective

Bonkers · Post by **Bonkers** » 19 Feb 2014, 22:10

MKwiakaku wrote:Okay I changed the really big one in size. It's more about the text.

Gotcha!

Lebon14 · Post by **Lebon14** » 19 Feb 2014, 22:49

MKwiakaku wrote:What I noticed is that there are two different cover images online. It has been like that for a while now but I never saw anyone discussing it.

Originally this version was posted on the internet:

But, on Amazon, the seperate songs have another cover image, namely this one:

So... discuss!

(yes, breaking the lay-out on purpose!)

Amateur! I'm the boss of size:

EDIT

Oh wait, the point wasn't the size. Anyway, here's the best version of the cover xD

Darkholme · Post by **Darkholme** » 19 Feb 2014, 23:04

I think my favourite recent SEB cover is 227 now. The purple theme and the crystals by her eye makes it look so good

the_ditz · Post by **the_ditz** » 20 Feb 2014, 08:38

iTunes Japan is being stupid and asking me to verify my identity as I've apparently never bought anything from this computer (despite only ever using this computer to buy stuff from there in the past!!!)

Problem is the security questions show up in Japanese and I can't even copy and paste them into a translation engine so that I can work out how to answer them. So can anyone translate the two questions below for me so that I can buy the album?

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