[news] NEW アンジェラ・アキ ALBUM 『TODAY』

NEW Angela Aki ALBUM 『TODAY』

NEW ALBUM
『TODAY』
アンジェラ・アキ
Release Date: 19 September 2007

Tracklist:
1. サクラ色
2. Again
3. TODAY
4. 愛のうた
5. たしかに
6. Silent Girl
7. モラルの葬式
8. 乙女心
9. One Melody
10. 友のしるし
11. 孤独のカケラ
12. On & On
13. Surrender
DVD Tracklist:
1. サクラ色 PV
2. 孤独のカケラ -special ver.- PV
3. たしかに PV
4. Again (Live 2007.04.30 in NHK Hall)
5. サクラ色 (Live 2007.04.30 in NHK Hall)
6. 孤独のカケラ (Live 2007.04.30 in NHK Hall)
7. サクラ色 (Making Of)
8. 孤独のカケラ (Making Of)
9. たしかに (Making Of)
10. TODAY Recording Document

The album, coming in limited CD+DVD and CD only versions, is to include her latest singles and "Again", which is the Mezamashi Terebi theme song.

[news] NEW アンジェラ・アキ SINGLE 『たしかに』

NEW Angela Aki SINGLE 『たしかに』

NEW SINGLE
『たしかに』
アンジェラ・アキ
Release Date: 11 July 2007

Tracklist:
1. たしかに (au "LISMO" CM song)
2. たしかに -piano version-

This single has been described as a summer pop tune.

[news] Wedding Bells Ring for Angie

Angela Aki has announced on her blog that she is getting married! She also mentioned it would be her second marriage.

おめでとうアンジェラさん!

Ding dong ding dong!

[single] サクラ色 - アンジェラ・アキ

Sakurairo-Angela Aki

This is Angela's first single after the release of her debut japanese album "HOME". All of her singles, including her album have been spectacular and naturally you would expect "サクラ色" to be on a same level as that.

Good news, it is even better than her previous stuff. "サクラ色" is the song is worth replaying a million times and it is also one of those songs that you can hardly get tired of. I recommend you to watch the PV also to get the full impact of Angela's prowress. One interesting thing about "サクラ色" is that there is a repeated lyric from her debut song, "Home". It was mentioned that she wants to show how her music career came in one full circle.

She is not lazy, ok.

The B-side to this single is just as good, especially "On & On", fantastic lyrics aside, this song shows a balance to "サクラ色" as "On & On" sounds a little more uptempo.

One of those die-die-must-hear singles.

Ratings: 5/5

[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