[Zeke.]

After clearing out crap from my harddrive, it seems I kept 5 songs from THE FACE, 1 from MADE IN TWENTY (Gracious Days, although the wintery songs I have kept on my holiday compilation album), most songs on her BEST albums, and all but 1 song (track number 12) from VALENTI. Those are her J-Pop albums.

Although, I just finished listening to the new album and I do feel it's her best yet. There weren't any songs that I felt were stale and cheap. Sometimes J-pop has those fluffy, non-special songs (many of BoA's albums has had this shit), but this album has great melodies and a fresh sound while still being FUN! BoA's got the right idea, or at least her producers do. I appreciate that her material is still very clearly J-pop but with a modern twist, rather than the reverse, which is what most J-artists are doing now-a-days.