Super Eurobeat 107
1.Dave & Domino - I Believe In You (
A-Beat C)
With
Dave & Domino kicking off the album the expectations are a bit
contradictive, two great titles, but when put together you get badness. Well
like with many of their collaborations this time we again get a song that is
rather calm and
Dave sings most of the vocals mostly leaving
Domino
to sing backgrounds, which works nicely but it'd be nice to hear more of
Domino's vocals instead of just using her as a background-gal. The
track itself has a rather nice beat to it, the upbeat feeling is catchy and the
chorus is catchy, not really my favorite kind of eurobeat, but it works nicely
and probably will also please fans who don't want as much energy in their
eurobeat as I do.
Rating : 8+
2.Matt Land - Fly To Me (
A-Beat C)
I wonder if I'm the only person who thinks that this song sounds a lot like 80's
rock-songs, there's the similar intro, the energetic backgrounds, the cool
lyrics, the handsome vocalist, the catchy vocals... Well the newcomer to the
eurobeat scene (well technically not that much of a new-comer as
Matt Land
already sung at Time under the title
Tension, but a newcomer at A-Beat C)
still manages to surprise with energy and a new kind of attitude. A great chorus
sums up this song pretty nicely, as
Matt really shows that he has the
balls needed for a good eurobeat vocalist. He just keeps on improving.
Rating : 9½
3.Delta Queens - Get Up (
Delta)
Clara being the queen of different eurobeat titles is here, and well
perhaps they've given her this title due to the fact that nobody else probably
has had as many titles as she has. The song is your typical happy Delta
materials that will either make you go yay or gag, depending on your personal
preferences. It reminds a lot of songs that you might expect to hear from
Cherry, so it'll be easy to notice if you like it or not. A catchy upbeat
chorus combined with great vocals still makes this a good song, but we know
Delta can do so much better as well.
Rating : 8½
4.Karina - Sunshine Dance (
Time)
After an upbeat performance from Delta, we get another kind of an upbeat song
from Time, and of course vocals handled by
Elena Ferretti. The song has a
really great intro, which is still the area that Time has mastered and generally
offers a lot of kicks, but gladly they also present us with a great song over
all. The track is rather light-weighted and offers a lot of synths and happy
dance-sounds to make you move. The best part with the song is clearly the chorus
that in it's simple happy way will make you sing along to it for sure. Nicely
effective and also fun to loop for some time.
Rating : 9-
5.Rose - Goodbye Goodbye (
Time)
Rose being one of the old-school names who appeared on the albums wayyy
back in the past, is still on the same path that we very well know. Light, airy
backgrounds, dreamy kind of vocals and lots of synthesizers. The song is
perfect for a more calm kind of a mood, when you're having a romantic
candle-light dinner (just make sure that your date isn't a person of _really_
calm music, as what's calm for us eurobeaters is generally way too fast for most
people), and the song also has a kind of relaxing tone to it.
Rating : 8-
6.Cherry - One Day Queen (To Diana) (
Delta)
Like I already before pointed out we already got a song that sounded a lot like
Cherry, and then we get the actual
Cherry as well. Upbeat, bouncy,
bubbly, a song to make you feel good, and also really simple yet effective. The
people who enjoy the more hard, rough kind of eurobeat won't probably find
anything good about this song as it's the embodiment of girly Delta-dance and
even with those standards it's slightly lighter. Not the best track
Cherry
has released, but it's not a huge disaster as the song is blessed with a good
chorus, where as the other areas can't stand up to the same standard.
Rating : 7½
7.Mr. M - Superwoman (
Time)
Time switches the male gear on and we get a slightly more edgy kind of a song
that is again very typical Time material. Lots of synthesizers and an energetic
beat at the background, but that's all there is oh yeah and of course the vocals.
I am not so sure about the different male vocalists on Time and therefore I
can't really even point out who the singer here is, the vocals remind me of
Robert Patton, but I'm not really familiar with the Label's vocalists so it
might be him or somebody else. A rather dull song that flows by rather
un-noticably, leaving no marks what so ever, like a ghost.
Rating : 6+
8.Mr. Groove - Out Of Sight (
A-Beat C)
More
Mr.'s, and I always confuse these titles for some reason. Well we're
dealing with A-Beat C now, so we're moving on slightly different grounds.
Tomas Martin sings with his usual energetic style again, and we're getting a
typical song that isn't as edgy as for example
Mega NRG Man songs, but
still a rougher style than what we can expect to hear from the female artists.
Lots of guitars here and there, and of course the basic synth/beat, a typical
production from the label, not much to say.
Rating : 7+
9.Happy Hour - Give Me Heart & Soul (
A-Beat C)
It's
Happy Hour! Yay, a new title that brings a few familiar vocalists
together and you can easily notice the main vocalists
Karen and
Elena
Gobbi, who do a great collaboration here. The song could've just as well
been titled as
A-Beat Sisters as it's really similar to what we know from
the title. The voices of the two vocalists blend together really well and it's
great to hear the high-pitched vocals of
Elena switch to low vocals by
Karen, the contrast is really nice and adds a cool tone to the song. A good
song with a great chorus, nothing sensational but still it manages to make you
feel good.
Rating : 8½
10.Melody - Fly (
Delta)
This wonderful title from Delta has really gotten way too few songs released,
but it's always great to hear new materials from
Melody as yet again we
get simply an amazing song. Catchy, speedy, upbeat, and the way I love my
Delta-girly girl eurobeat to be. The song starts off with a very cool intro that
turns into a really strong song and we indeed get a great melody by
Melody.
The song itself uses a lot of the basic elements to build up a lot of edge, and
the song just gets better when you listen to it more. Simply awesome, the
question is though that is the vocalist for
Melody (
Melodia Castalleri)
singing under the other Delta aliases?
Rating : 10
11.Time Force - Imagination (
Time)
And Time does it again, a song that is so basic, so neutral, so transparent that
it's almost funny. This song sounds like a huge amount of other songs from Time
and I honestly can't really think of many positive things to say about it. The
male and female vocals aren't bad but they can't create any edge, or make the
lyrics fun to sing to. The melody is alright, but it doesn't have any hooks in
it. The chorus sounds alright, but doesn't work properly, a bad bad song.
Rating : 5
12.Lolita - Hurry Man (
A-Beat C)
Nice to hear
Elena on the album for another time, and this time we're
moving on very familiar
Lolita grounds with an upbeat song that will
definitely please fans of
Lolita. A catchy song that offers a great
chorus and great vocals, but aside those it is just your basic eurobeat that
doesn't offer any surprises in the sounds or the melody which can be forgiven,
just that you know you're getting more of the same old. Still like with
Lolita's productions in general, the song is well produced and sounds good,
simple as that.
Rating : 9-
13.Alexis - Don't Worry Baby (
Time)
Time again manages to take down one uphill, as
Lolita managed to rise the
level up, and then we get
Alexis on board who pretty much screws up the
peak. The song is slightly speedier than the vast majority of
Alexis
songs which is a nice plus, but the song otherwise offers nothing exciting or no
highlights in it what so ever. The real problem here is that the song really
sounds similar from the intro to the end and I couldn't even tell if the song
was in the chorus or the verses if I randomly started listening to it from some
part...
Rating : 6-
14.Virginelle - Fly Wherever You Go (
A-Beat C)
And
Elena makes her third appereance on the album, and it seems that the
songs progress slowly for the better. The song kicks off with a really upbeat
solo where the lyrics repeat a simple non-word phrase that becomes familiar
thorough the song and is also the highlight for the song. At first it sounds
quite pointless but when you start to notice that you're singing along to it,
it's easy to realize that it's a nice feature in the end. A good upbeat song
with a great chorus and happy-go-lucky lyrics.
Rating : 9
15.Za-Za - It's Only Love (
Delta)
Delta throws another big title at us, and again we're getting great quality. A
catchy Delta song that has the same energy and edge as the previous
Za-Za
songs. Great vocals, great sounds and a killer chorus form a great combination.
The song doesn't really break any barries inside the genre, but when the song is
good it's good, simple as that. The c-melody earns a lot of points for the fact
that it manages to be the clear highlight for the song.
Rating : 9
16.Mega NRG Man - Video Killed The Radio (
A-Beat C)
When this song kicked off I was rather surprised by how it managed to catch my
attention from the very beginning. I've slowly began liking the more aggressive
style of artists like
Mega NRG Man and this song is just another nail on
the coffin. The song is really well produced as it combines traditional A-Beat C
elements, and the actual fact that it doesn't offer much new at first seems dull,
but the real plus here is that the song is blessed with an awesome melody. The
song flows by way too quickly and you just have to rewind back and listen to it
another time, great vocals, great chorus and an awesome c-melody that sums up
pretty well why I'm starting to like the men on eurobeat more by time.
Rating : 10+
17.Mad Max Feat. Denise - Radio (
Delta)
Another
Radio-titled song, and an interesting duet between two nice names
from Delta. The song starts off sounding typical, and that's what is all the way
through: typical. The song works nicely and offers great moments due to the
collaboration between the two vocalists, but it can't really create as much edge
as the previous song did. The part where the song really fails is the chorus, it
can't really keep up the energetic pace and sounds really lame when the verses
seem to prepare for some energy, and when you're expecting to experience the
energy unleashed and you get nothing, it's really disappointing. Not a bad song,
but definitely not what I was expecting.
Rating : 7½
18.Dream - Movin' On (Eurobeat Mix)
And we're already on the last song, and we're getting my favorite
J-Euro act
Dream. The band released a killer song on Euromach 4, and
we're close to the edge of
Private Wars, the song has similar kind of
production values and it's great to notice how the chorus really builds up the
energy and the upbeat c-melody changes the mood completely. A great way to
finish off the album with, and also a marvellous performance from the
Dream
girls.
Rating :
9+
Final Words :
Super Eurobeat 107 carries on the expected level of releases as it offers
a few really big hits and also many more mellow songs that get stampeded by the
bigger names.
Mega NRG Man, Melody & Matt Land present us with great
tracks that deserve the most attention from the whole album, but after these 3
big titles we also get many other good songs, and over all the level is pretty
solid. The few downs aren't really that horrible, as in comparison the level
always seems to get back up with the next song. A basic good SEB-album that will
please the fans, but if you're more picky and want an album with really high
quality, then you might wait for another one.
Final Score : 8+
Reviewed by Bore