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Originally Posted by roddypii
I still think Finally was rushed... her voice does sounds great on the 90s album, but the 2000s and 2010s albums her voice is really bad and she kills some songs (a.k.a. GIRL TALK, SO CRAZY and some others).. but at least the 90s songs are way better than the original ones for me. 
About the tours, I guess that's why she sings "Think of me" with all of her soul on past<FUTURE Tour, she sounds incredible and it really stands out as one of her best vocal performances ever. After LIVE STYLE 2011 she really runs away from almost every high note ("Love Story" I'm so sorry my dear) besides "Heaven" and "Stardust In My Eyes" (she really give life on those songs tho).. but I think she gave her voice a 'rest' for so many tours (from 2012 to 2015) that she managed to sing pretty well songs that demands vocal performances like Fashionista, Arigatou and she did a INCREDIBLE job on Dear Diary (that's probably why she only sang it during half of Live Style 2016-2017 tho ;-; ).
My conclusion is that: Namie still has some good voice there, but she can only use it really few times because it goes away too soon ;-; |
We'll have to agree to disagree on the 90s disc sounding better.
I believe the original recordings had much more personality and layers to the vocals.
And I'm not saying she sounds bad in her recent tours, especially on the DVDs, she sounds quite good; just I noticed a difference as compared to the past. Also, the backtrack is turned up so loudly that it really is difficult to differentiate her real vocals from the track, so you don't always know what it is you're actually hearing.
When I saw the Finally tour at the Tokyo Dome (one of the May dates) it was easier to notice the difference between what was the backing track and her vocals (I'm sure they smooth it all out for the DVD) and she was struggling; particularly with the older songs.