Lately, I've noticed a lot of reviews suddenly appearing for Japanese releases so it seems that there's some interest out there. Here's a list of my top 50 from last year. First link is generally an official video and the second is either my favorite song from the album, a good live performance or just whatever's available on youtube.
Haha. Awesome, pizza. What was your favorite album, btw? Perfume?
@Washboard: Yeah, I can't disagree with that actually. Definitely not their best effort. Still, I had to throw it on here. I Just Wanna XXX You and Prime Time alone are worth the spot.
Definitely has to be Sugarless Girl, but the older stuff is good too. And lol, yeah. I've seen some of your reviews. There were a few of those I wasn't familiar with either. That's cool though. At least it's some exposure.
Aso I agree, Sugarless Girl is my favorite too. Title track is just the greatest thing ever
I know, some of the stuff I cover fly right under the radar but I have fun with it at least :3
LOL. astrel, you are absolutely right. I was making this list in notepad and I had a couple of things unranked when I couldn't find any vids for them. Totally forgot to add it back in before posting. It should be in the 25-20 range. The title track, 喜怒哀楽 plus 愛 and Deep Beep rock surprisingly hard. Thanks for mentioning it.
Well I planned to buy JPN on itunes but they don't have it in Canada's store, and I can't find downloads for the album anywhere, and the songs aren't even on youtube. :/
The kind of thing 0.8syooogeki and urbangarde do is pretty hit or miss for me, but their albums get it right more often than not. Good stuff.
Yeah, people who like Nujabes should enjoy that one for sure. The vocals on 9 are much better than the rapping on Spiritual State. Check out 32 too. Similar sound (less jazz influence though) and better rapping there also.
