[album] HOME - アンジェラ・アキ

HOME-Angela Aki

Before she sang the theme song for "Final Fantasy XII", she was a indie artise with a enormous amount of potential who needed to big break to get in to the japanese market. Put Nobuo Uematsu into a picture and you have a big star.

Angela Aki's album is nothing short of perfection, each song is sung with extreme emotions and oomph. Every song on this album is writtened and composed by her, not to mention she plays the piano, guitar, violin and drums. It seems like she came out of nowhere and wows everyone with her talent.

She didnt debut at Number 2 on the oricon charts for nothing, if it is not for Utada Hikaru's "Ultra Blue", she would have debuted at Number 1.

There is virtually nothing to say bad of the album, each song is a pleasure to listen to. One song to take note of is "Your Love Song", which in my opinion, brings the album to a climatic end. The song features Angela's voice and her piano and thats it. That song is what talent is all about and it features one full minute of piano playing.

Just keep her name in your head, she is bound for greater things.

Key tracks: Your Love Song, This Love, お願い (onegai)

Rating: 4.6/5