15 amazing Albums for Beginners to J-Pop.
 

Duty at number 13


http://media.goboiano.com/original/1...nners-to-j-pop

YAS @ Perfume's GAME, Utada's First Love and Namie's PAST<FUTURE

Duty as recommended, hmm that does make sense. I personally believe Duty is one of her strongest albums.

And oh, I can't wait for this thread to become the "let's bash the idol groups" thread.

Eh, for the artists that I do listen to, I really don't think those are the best album choices for trying to get ijto j-pop. Like first love and Duty are kind of old and not even remotely close to being current. Although Duty is great I guess. Utada has way better albums for first timers than first love -___-

Idk. At least it's a diverse listing kind of.

I think it's a good list tbh I may recommend it to someone hahahaha

And I felt like listening to Duty cause of it *opening iTunes*

I highly disagree with this list, because I remember when I started listening to J-Pop, and most of the albums in this list contain the style of songs that would have made me give up on j-pop if I had listened to them back then... I still can't bring myself to like most of those artists up to this day.

Duty, PAST<FUTURE and Black Cherry are great recommendations though :)

I disagree with some of the albums being mentioned in this list . Like , I'm a big ARASHI fan but I wouldn't recommend Boku no Miteiru Fuukei to someone who wants to get into JPop (that should have been either Time or ARASHIC which're both still excellent albums til now)

On that note , Duty wasn't the album that got me into ayumi in the beginning , that will be Secret . Then again at the end of the day , such lists are subjective if not debatable

I agree with Duty being picked. Especially when looking at lyrics and live performances. It's my favorite Ayu album, too. If they had to pick from one of Utada's albums, they should have chose DEEP RIVER. Black Cherry IMO wasn't a smart choice. I'd easily take secret or grow into one over that. Those have more of "JPop" flair. Black Cherry seems fairly western. I think the rest of the albums are fairly representative of popular JPop though.

If Momoiro Clover is in the ranking then this is a ranking to make you deaf or something

I agree because Ayu's high pitched voice in Duty might also make you feel dizzy

Also if we add Utada's First Love cover then there are serious intentions to harm people

Can not even understand how you can put something like First Love over something like Ultra Blue. I mean especially if you're gonna capitalize on the whole Kingdom Hearts thing. What's wrong with these people.

Like pls lol

The list IS so JPOP though. Reminds me of how fucking boring everything is. Ick.

I can't understand why AAA is that high in the ranking ôo
I don't think that AAA is a good artist for J-Pop beginers

Cuz UB is quite non-JPop IMO. To get into the real JPop world (probly aka cute high pitch and probly boring to u lol), I think First Love is probly the best choice. Not saying that FL sounds JPop, but it is the highest selling album of all time in Japan, so it's normal to see it on the list.

For ayu tho, I wouldn't recommend Duty. Instead, I would recommend LOVEppears. That album is soooo Japanese. I remember I was so horrified by the pv and the music of appears when I first listening ayu. It's too JPop (i.e., high pitch), and it was so different than hikki's music (back then I only listened to hikki). :P

black cherry,eighth wonder & past & future are a really good choice :)

I would choose albums:

Ayumi's (miss)understood or Secret
Namie's Queen of Hip-Pop (but maybe PAST < FUTURE is a better example of J-Pop, but I like QoHP more)
Koda's secret
Utada's Distance

But that's my personal opinion.

Nakashima Mika's MUSIC belongs on this list.

I forgot about this MASTERPIECE. Feel so bad about it :(

Isn't First Love one of the biggest selling albums in J-POP history? I can certainly understand why it was included on this list.

I don't agree with this list at all lol.
Like, if someone's first taste of jpop was Arashi and AKB48 having NEVER heard jpop before, chances are 99% they'd be completely turned off. Not because they're "bad" per se (although I don't personally really like them), but there's a stark difference between jpop and what Western-listeners like... And idk. I just think it'd be better to start someone off with actual artists and not just idols.

I also don't agree with the albums chosen for the big divas either, lol. Black Cherry's fine but DEEP RIVER, STYLE or PLAY, and (miss)understood are probably what I'd recommend for the others. idkkk.

I think Duty is a good choice for Ayu, as is Past <Future for Namie. Here's a few others I would have liked on the list:

Ayumi - (miss)understood
Namie - Concentration 20
Hikaru - Deep River
Kumi - Best ~Second Session~

Also would have been nice to have seen L'Arc~en~Ciel on there and Hyde's Roentgen album.

AAA covers a lot of genres so I guess that's why it would appeal to beginners; they might find at least one song they like lol

Duty seems like an off choice for beginners. I would have thought more I am... or MY STORY.

AAA must remain on the list, the reason was said on the post above, but I can't agree with the position nor with the album choice '--' They have better albums that define J-Pop.

I believe this list was made based on the author's personal taste and you guys shouldn't take it too seriously... you can make your own list as well right? :yes

If I made a list it would be something like this and in no particular order:

ayumi hamasaki - (miss)understood
Namie Amuro - PAST < FUTURE
Hikaru Utada - Distance
Koda Kumi - secret
Mika Nakashima - MUSIC
Mai Kurai - Perfect Crime
Miho Fukuhara - Music Is My Life
BoA - Love & Honesty
Superfly - Superfly
ayaka - First Message
Masami Okui - Love Axel
mink - Shalom
Nanase Aikawa - Red
Rurutia - Promised Land
Tomomi Kahala - Kahala Compilation
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Pamyu Pamyu Revolution


All girls cause girls rule!

Duty it's a great choice, but (miss)understood would be good too.
Usually I recommend it to anyone who never heard of Ayu nor is a big jpop fan. And most of the times, everyone loves it.

I don't really agree with Utada though.
First Love may be the best selling japanese album of all the times, but it's so generic music wise. Deep River it's much better imo.

The word awesome in "15 Awesome Albums for Beginners to J-Pop" is somehow out of place. This list mostly introduces you to basic J-Pop music from basic idol groups (9 out of the 15 albums are from girl/boygroups).
Why not make a list to introduce people to western pop music and include *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Take That, One Direction, Jonas Brothers, Destiny's Child, Pussycat Dolls and Atomic Kitten. Than add an album of Madonna from ten years ago, the worst Mariah Carey album out there, an album of Britney Spears, Rihanna and Katy Perry and last but not least one from Avril Lavigne.
This list would be equally "diverse". I mean, not that a lot of those artists wouldn't be iconic to one point or another, but this list can't show how great and diverse pop music can be.
It's a nice fun fact that "First Love" is the best selling album in Japan ever, but it's by far Utada's worst album.
What I can't stand about the whole J-Pop fandom is people ALWAYS!!!!!!! (yes, I'm angry about it) forget that there is much more to discovere than idol groups, Ayu, Koda, Namie and Utada. Of course idol groups have high sales atm, but that doesn't mean other artists sell nothing at all and aren't popular. People forget that high sales aren't equal to good music and if I would be introduced to western pop music with a list similar to the one I posted I wouldn't be impressed. Same goes for the list with those "awesome" J-Pop albums. It's a shame people reduce J-Pop to idol groups and if anything this list is an introduction to what's popular at the moment.

true that :yes

Thank you for that list, I've never listened to these people, I checked the previews on iTunes and loved them as the others too.

I like Rurutia so much that I'm already downloaded all of her albums and EPs.