Super Eurobeat 101
1.Dave & Domino - I Just Wanna Find You (A-Beat C)
Dave & Domino go along pretty well, but how on earth did they get a song
this lousy? The melody is non-existant and the vocals don't really impress
all that much. Of course Domino sounds good as usual, but still this song
is really a miserable start for a new era in Super Eurobeat history.
Rating : 6
2.Robert Patton - 1000$ (Time)
After the quite shockingly bad start for the album
Robert Patton throws in
his best and does a good job at improving the level of the album. I've
never been a huge fan of
Roger Patton but this song is quite good. The
vocals work and the melody is simple, but works efficiently.
Rating : 7½
3.Ace Warrior - Baby, I'm On Fire (A-Beat C)
Ace Warrior has a great voice for doing energic songs, and this one is a
good example of how he can bring a mediocore song into a totally new level.
The song works pretty much because of the great vocals, otherwise the song
lacks on both backgrounds and melody. But still it's a nice one.
Rating : 8-
4.Max Coveri - Supercar (Delta)
An interesting intro for a song that at first sounds rather lame, but
slowly it starts to grow on you.
Max Coveri of course has a couple
of real classic eurobeat songs, this one has some similar elements as his
biggest hits but still it's nowhere near of the level of
Running In The
90s for example. A good song, which works specially because of the
good sounds.
Rating : 8
5.King & Queen - 1999 (A-Beat C)
King & Queen do produce great songs time after time,
1999 is
a nice song that has all of the standard eurobeat elements in it, so it's
nothing really new or different but it is one of the better songs on the
album.
Rating : 8½
6.Rose - You And Me (Time)
What I like about Rose is her charming voice. She sounds really unique and
her voice is very suitable for slightly calmer eurobeat songs like this
one. The vocals are the high point in this song, and the great melody
played after the chorus, but it's definitely not Rose's best performance.
Rating : 7½
7.Domino - Tomodachi Big Friend (A-Beat C)
Happy Happy. Domino is back, Happy Happy Happy. And this song indeed is...
Happy that is. Domino's trademark of catchy and irresistible choruses is
here again and she seems to grow on you even if you don't want to. I've
always loved the way J-Pop and Eurobeat combine japanese words and English
into a mix, this song is one of those songs that make you smile due to the
adorable lyrics. A really powerful song that kicks ass seriously.
Rating : 10
8.Atrium - Message In A Bottle (Time)
Oh what a great chorus. Rarely songs turn out like this one... The chorus
kicks ass, but the rest of the song is pretty boring. If the song only had
a non-stop chorus I'd probably give it a really good grade, but now as
even some part of the song works as well as it does, I'll decide on a bit
lower grade.
Rating : 8-
9.Norma Sheffield - Suddenly You (A-Beat C)
This song starts out rather slow and it doesn't really sound a whole lot
like eurobeat in the end. It sounds like common Europop with just a slice
of classic A-Beat C sounds in the mix. Norma sounds good, but the song
isn't anything spectacular, still there are worse songs on the album as
well.
Rating : 7½
10.Helena - Tell Me (Time)
This song was the biggest surprise to me on the
whole album. I really like the simple backgrounds and Helena sounds
pleasant to the ear. It's not anything like a favorite or anything, but in
this album it sticks out as one of the better songs.
Rating : 8+
11.Vicky Vale - What Is Love (Delta)
Everytime I hear
Vicky Vale's name
Superdance starts to play
in my head, and this song is pretty much like the classic song. The
backgrounds are quite strange, but that makes them easily recognizable and
that's always a good thing in the confusing world of Eurobeat. Good vocals,
and nice melody.
Rating : 8½
12.J. Storm - Eyes Of The Tiger (A-Beat C)
Eurobeat artists really like to make songs that have the same title of
another famous song, this time it's pretty much identical to a certain
song most of us know, but still not a cover. J. Storm does a good job with
the vocals, and the song is pretty good but it falls on the same trap as
many other eurobeat songs, it's just not recognizable enough.
Rating : 7+
13.Elisha - Soul Of The Night (Time)
A new name once again? Well at least she was given a
pretty good song to begin with. The chorus sounds like she'd sing "Sword
of the night" and brings out all of these RPG feelings to me (nerd much?).
Well besides the missheard lyrics the song really is quite good, with an
excellent c-part after the chorus.
Rating : 8
14.Delta Queens - Music Has The Power (Delta)
A good song from the Delta Queens? Where is this world going to... Energic
feelings and catchy lyrics, pretty common to this genre but this one has
slightly more of both than the average track. Hopefully
Delta Queens
will produce even better materials in the future.
Rating : 8-
15.Dave Rodgers - The Final Countdown (A-Beat C)
So here we have Mr. Rodgers, I am a firm believer that he shouldn't touch
the mic. I find his voice to be quite tedious at most tracks, even though
I do give him credit for the amazings songs he has written. Also this song
has a bright spot as I think I can hear Lolita singing backgrounds every
here and there.
Rating : 7½
16.Niko - Speedway (Delta)
So first
Dave Rodgers and then
Niko, two of the male
vocalists I dislike the most. But at least Niko gets a proper song,
Speedway is damn energic and even if I don't really like his vocals
the song works really well. If a different artist did the song it'd be
really good, now it's just good.
Rating : 8+
17.Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Eurobeat Mix)
What can I say about this one? When I was a kid I remember liking this
song by the Vengaboys but after I grew a bit older I started to hate them
for some reason and now this song just brings me back to a summer I spent
in England when I was about 16-years-old. Nostalgy trips are generally
always good and well I can't say this song really would have a lot of
negative memories either. Anyways the mix is good and as the original is
really catchy it can't go all that wrong in the end anyways.
Rating : 9-
18.Ayumi Hamasaki - Boys & Girls (A Eurobeat Mix)
Ah Miss
Hamasaki. For some reason I have always loved her
vocals a whole lot even though the music itself hasn't struck to me as
very awesome. But these eurobeat remixes of her songs work like a charm.
Boys & Girls is one of the first
Ayumi songs I heard so this
one also has a slight nostalgy feel to it. Either way, a great mix and a
great song.
Rating :
9
Final Words :
Super Eurobeat 101 starts a new era (well sort of, some might call 100 the
first one of the new era but I count it as a part of the old era...). It's
quite good in many ways, though there are also a lot of mediocore tracks
along, so the first album of the new wave could've been better but this is
not a disaster either. Most eurobeat fans will probably like it more than
me, because I just have a grudge against all of these male vocalists.
Final Score : 7½
Reviewed by Bore