[Mika Nakashima] Be a Fighter in thread n°18

[Utena]

official tracklists

DEARS
-disc 1-
1. STARS
2. WILL
3. GLAMOROUS SKY
4. LIFE
5. 初恋
6. 流れ星
7. ONE SURVIVE
8. LOVE IS ECSTASY
9. I DON'T KNOW
10. CANDY GIRL

-disc 2-
1. 永遠の詩
2. MY SUGAR CAT
3. Gift
4. ALL HANDS TOGETHER
5. Over Load
6. CRESCENT MOON
7. Love Addict
8. 火の鳥
9. 僕が死のうと思ったのは
10. FIND THE WAY

-dvd-
＜DEARS LIVE BEST＞
STARS (Mika Nakashima The First Tour 2003)
WILL (Mika Nakashima The First Tour 2003)
GLAMOROUS SKY (MIKA NAKASHIMA LET’S MUSIC TOUR 2005)
LIFE (MIKA NAKASHIMA CONCERT TOUR 2007 YES MY JOY)
初恋 (MIKA NAKASHIMA LIVE IS “REAL”2013～THE LETTER あなたに伝えたくて～
FIND THE WAY (MIKA NAKASHIMA concert tour 2004 LOVE FINAL)
Bonus：一日一美嘉　～占い篇～


TEARS
-disc 1-
1. 雪の華
2. ORION
3. Dear
4. 桜色舞うころ
5. 一番綺麗な私を
6. 見えない星
7. ALWAYS
8. 接吻
9. 愛してる
10. 素直なまま

-disc 2-
1. LEGEND (Main)
2. SAKURA～花霞～
3. Fighter
4. SEVEN
5. 一色
6. Helpless Rain
7. 明日世界が終わるなら
8. ひとり (single version)
9. 愛詞 (あいことば)
10. CRY NO MORE

-dvd-
＜TEARS LIVE BEST＞
雪の華 (MIKA NAKASHIMA concert tour 2004 LØVE FINAL)
ORION (MIKA NAKASHIMA CONCERT TOUR 2009 TRUST OUR VOICE)
Dear (MIKA NAKASHIMA CONCERT TOUR 2011 THE ONLY STAR)
桜色舞うころ (MIKA NAKASHIMA LET’S MUSIC TOUR 2005)
見えない星 (MIKA NAKASHIMA CONCERT TOUR 2007 YES MY JOY)
愛してる (Mika Nakashima The First Tour 2003)
Bonus：一日一美嘉　～一言篇～

[KarenPang]

Mika's website is finally updated today with new layout surrounding DEARS + TEARS

New TEARS promo pic from her website



https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...52545468319545

It's unfair that new TEARS promo pic wasn't used as the cover for either 1 of the best albums ._.

[KarenPang]

DEARS & TEARS can now be purchased digitally via iTunes

DEARS - https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id925256462

TEARS - https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id925254737

一日一美嘉 ～一言篇～ special movie - https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152545445249545

LOL

[Kouyou]

I don't own anything by Mika and I think I may start with these best albums. I can't afford to buy them both at the same time, so which one do you guys think I should buy first? (Given that I'm sure a lot of you guys are long-time fans.)

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Becky

I don't own anything by Mika and I think I may start with these best albums. I can't afford to buy them both at the same time, so which one do you guys think I should buy first? (Given that I'm sure a lot of you guys are long-time fans.)

Honestly I don't know because before the tracklist for both best albums were changed (3 times & counting) , I would say probably DEARS as the 1st tracklist for it contained some of her earlier/best known works but if you already own BEST , having DEARS might be a bit reluctant

But now the tracklist for both consists of both her old & recent singles being jumbled up all over the place , I really don't have a good answer

Not helping that I'm not buying them either lol

[NintendoHTF1242]

Originally Posted by Becky

I don't own anything by Mika and I think I may start with these best albums. I can't afford to buy them both at the same time, so which one do you guys think I should buy first? (Given that I'm sure a lot of you guys are long-time fans.)

I would personally recommend DEARS. There is a lot of good up-beat tracks and ballads on it.

I would recommend TEARS but I haven't listened to quite a few tracks off of it, but I would want it purely for LEGEND haha.

[Utena]

Originally Posted by Becky

I don't own anything by Mika and I think I may start with these best albums. I can't afford to buy them both at the same time, so which one do you guys think I should buy first? (Given that I'm sure a lot of you guys are long-time fans.)

it's a really hard choice to make, because they made the tracklists so well that both contain must have songs... But I think I would recommend Tears for a more casual listener because of all the classics it contains (ORION, Yuki no Hana, Sakurairo Maukoro, Aishiteru, Helpless Rain etc... it would still be missing a few hit songs like LIFE and GLAMOROUS SKY, but oh well. If I had to make a choice, I would probably get Tears first (and I did actually as of now, I'll probably buy Dears along with it if I can make up my mind by then ahah... (AND I also prefer the original cover ahah)

For some reason I feel Dears is more of a fan pleaser because it contains a lot of fan's favorites that weren't really hits in Mika's career (ALL HANDS TOGETHER, ONE SURVIVE, I DON'T KNOW, Boku ga...). But maybe it's just me.... I honestly don't know but that's the way I see it.

But here again, it depends what type of song you like best .

[KarenPang]

Yuki no Hana from「DEARS & TEARS -ALL SINGLE BEST-」

http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Mika-Na...d8e5774b4fad23

[Kouyou]

I prefer upbeat music for sure, but my favorite song from Mika is 初恋, so.
I was leaning towards DEARS for that reason, and after what you guys said it seems like DEARS might be the better choice? I liked Fighter a lot, too, though..

[Refix]

Is that nagareboshi in Dears? Ah too bad, I would love to have it in Tears. And exchange Fighter for Gift. I'm a Mika slow pop / ballad junkies lol

[Surreal17]

My God, I finally listened to "Yes" album (the only remained unlistened album is True). I must say that I fuckin love it! The only problem are the first three boring ballad songs. But except those, the record is so diverse and awesome: we have blues, gospel, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, country and even some bossa nova. I can't believe it took me so long to listen to it. What do you guys think of Yes?

edit: I noticed that a lot of songs have gospel influence, so I guess that's the main style of the album

[KarenPang]

YES was the 1st Mika album I listened to & I still have fond memories of it

I know quite a lot of fans didn't liked YES as it was more Gospel driven as compared to her other albums but the photoshoot itself is still 1 of my faves up to now

And yeah the 1st 3 songs in YES are not that good but I like her cover of Ozaki Yutaka's I LOVE YOU . It has been covered to death by many artistes but Mika's version is nice

BLACK & BLUE is still so sexy *w*

[Utena]

The first 3 ballads are way more mainstream than the rest of the album, that's for sure
I know YES oddly contains a few fans favorites, especially in concerts. It's a very soothing album overall, not my personal favorite but I can say I love it for being really different and on certain days it's certainly a perfect album to relax.

[Surreal17]

I listened to True also. This is another great album. I've been a regular fan of Mika since REAL was released two years ago but now I'm officially a stan. I like how True is more disco and groovy than the rest of her discography. It's a great feat how all her albums are so different one from another. Just like ayu.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Surreal17

I listened to True also. This is another great album. I've been a regular fan of Mika since REAL was released two years ago but now I'm officially a stan. I like how True is more disco and groovy than the rest of her discography. It's a great feat how all her albums are so different one from another. Just like ayu.

Yeah I agree with you in that each of her albums have an unique identity going on with each other . It makes the experience of listening to her albums even more fun

In a way it's hard for me to pick which's my fave Mika album but the one that I 1st listened which got me into supporting her eventually was YES so that still holds rather special memories for me

[KarenPang]

Sony BMG Taiwan will be making/releasing both DEARS & TEARS in 2CDs + DVD 2 days after Japan's release date ie. on 7th Nov

中岛美嘉双精选《DEARS》《TEARS》
豪华2CD+DVD盘 | 11月7日即将上市！！

https://www.facebook.com/sonymusicjp...52809772201337

[thinkingoutloud89]

I say buy TEARS ...I found it very difficult to get into Mika and it holds more of the easy accesible songs...Dears on the other hand is really Mika-ish

edit: okay forget it..just saw the new tracklist. I would recommend to listen to 3-4 random songs from each and buy the one where you liked more.

[KarenPang]

DEARS & TEARS calendar posters

[thinkingoutloud89]

do you think the latets singles will be exclusive on these best albums?

[Utena]

^ hard to tell, I would tend to say they're probably gonna include them in the next original album. Seeing how Sony has been cheap with Mika, I would be surprised if they keep it solely for the best albums.. But you never know..