[Koda Kumi] Continues walking in her 174th thread!

[Corvina]

Ok, after first listening - really fresh album.
For now I prefer the latter part of the album after the interlude.
PIECE IN THE PUZZLE, Fake Tongue, Sometimes Dreams Come True - those are just great!
I also really like House Party and Like It.
And both Mercedes and You can keep up with me have something I really like, but I have to listen to them again.
The only song I don't really like is Lippy, lol. But her pronounciation is good here, applause.
All in all I'm satisfied and I guess this is an album, which will grow with each listen!

[Surreal17]

HOTEL: this song is so basic. First of all, the verses have some annoying vocals and the chorus is generic. I just can't get into this song. I mean, I listen to it but its nothing special

Gimme U : I don't know what to think about this. Love Kuu's vocals in the pre-chorus but the melody is too similar to Hotel x.x She should have left out Hotel and include only Gimme U, but she had to include the singles to help the sales for the album, so..

You can keep up with me : I like this one but not love it. Her vocals are kinda strong here. ~hey hey~. The short length works in its favour

MONEY IN MY BAG : too short and repetitive. She should have extended the song a bit more

PIECE IN THE PUZZLE : the chorus is so damn addictive ~brabbbammmm~~

Fake Tongue : ohh, rockish kuu. nice song

Sometimes Dreams Come True : the album should have closed at Fake Tongue followed by WOML. This is not good. I'm sure that the lyrics are nice but that's all.

LIFE so GOOD!! : please no..I'm sick of this kind of songs. She should have kept this a b-side only

WALK OF MY LIFE : I'm really glad that Kuu decided to keep this as the only new ballad. Fresh and inspirational. Not a masterpiece but nice.

[Gustavopc]

Listened to the album once, I only dislike Sometimes dreams come true (sry Jessie J), really into Mercedes and PIECE IN THE PUZZLE. Gonna make a mini review after a few listens

[Lee^ChaN]

I have mixed feelings about this album.
I doubt it will leave a good impression on her Japanese fans.
Most of them are too difficult to be sung at Karaoke.
Surely it doesn't really have J-pop feeling and it's more rock-ish than dance-ish..
Does it mean that we'll get less dance performance this time???
I bet Kenji's influence is really strong.

Introduction : Love the rhythm. Expecting a WOW tour opening. But after BV intro, it's kinda degrading.
Dance in the rain : Still my jam! Perfecto!
Lippy : Need few listening.
Mercedes : I'm not sure with this one.
Like it : The trumpet part is the best one.
HOUSE PARTY : No-No for me.
Interlude : Catchy. But after BV interlude, I can't say much.
HOTEL : I love this song. Period.
Gimme U : So relaxing. Something that I would play on repeat. Love her deep voice before it ends.
You can keep up with me : I don't like the chorus
MONEY IN MY BAG : Love the live performance.
PIECE IN THE PUZZLE : The chorus has already stuck in my head.
Fake Tongue : Kinda like it but need more listening.
Sometimes dreams come true : The lyric is very positive. I kinda have this feeling that she's trying to copy Jessie J's style.
LIFE so GOOD : Typical towel dance song. You can only enjoy this kind of song during concert, dancing and jumping with your towel.
WALK OF MY LIFE : Begin to like this song after few listening, especially the bridge. Still hate her ugly wig on the PV, tho.

[Corvina]

Introduction :
The intro of the intro (lol) is strange – but, wow, it gets so good after that, when Kuu starts to sing! Better than her last intros to me.
Dance In The Rain :
A dance ballad. Some parts still sound disjointed to me from one to antoher, but it just has something that gets me. Lyrics are great.
Lippy :
Hm, hm, hm. The electric background melody reminds me of another song – ah, yeah, I think it was Namie. The rapping parts are bad, but I like the rest. Idk what to think. It’s interesting enough, that I won’t skip it, I guess.
Mercedes :
Uh, a full song in the same style SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA and Let’s Show Tonight are. I really like it, the different parts go so well together, though it’s a bit repetitive.
Like It :
I’m still amazed by its high production value. Her vocals are superb.
HOUSE PARTY :
So funky! I’m surprised they kept the rapper and didn’t mention him…
A bit repetitive as well, but I just wanna dance and sing along!
Interlude :
It’s so fitting. Male background vocals, yay. Nice.
HOTEL :
Well, I still don’t like it much. But I can listen to it at least. Sometimes.
Gimme U :
Hm, I actually don’t know what to think of this one. It isn’t bad, but I’m kind of indifferent right now. But could grow on me.
You can keep up with me :
Ah, I just like it. It’s such an interesting song.
MONEY IN MY BAG :
Somehow it doesn’t fit for me on the album. I actually prefer her to left it out. But it still has so much energy and funny lyrics.
PIECE IN THE PUZZLE :
Instant love. Love her vocals.
Fake Tongue :
Another instant love! Love the mellow verses and the - boom – chorus in your face. And that electric guitar. <3
Sometimes Dreams Come True :
I don’t know why, but this song makes me happy! I didn’t even like the demo much and I only listened to it once, but Kuu’s version sounds so different – and I love it!
LIFE so GOOD!! :
Uhm, the intro and those baby (?) and rapping parts in between are so unnecessary. But other than that it is catchy, I admit! Another nice happy song. Though nothing I’ll listen often to.
WALK OF MY LIFE :
It feels so long after the rest, lol. An unusal ballad, but so personal. And I just like her deep vocals in the verses.

Overall a fresh and cohesive album.
There actually are so much songs I already love: Dance In The Rain, PIECE IN THE PUZZLE, Fake Tongue, Sometimes Dreams Come True, You can keep up with me, HOUSE PARTY. So much (electric) rock overall - this is getting an interesting powerful tour.
Worst songs are HOTEL and LIFE so GOOD!! for me. Probably the two songs I gonna skip.

[Surreal17]

@Corvina, wow..your impressions for the album are so similar to mine
I also think the worst songs are Hotel and Life So Good. Also Money In My Bag and Sometimes Dreams Come True are unnecessary.

[Corvina]

Ah, nooo, Sometimes Dreams Come True is great, you can't leave it out!
Lyrics seem to be uplifting and quite deep as well. Can't wait to get them.
LIFE so GOOD!! could actually be great, if they removed those baby noises and the rap parts, they disturb the flow of the rest - and cause the rest is actually great. Maybe it will even grow on me.

I'm excited to see, how the album will go with time.

[kaled kalil]

Introduction ~walf of my life~: One of My favorites intro EVER. Nice beat, the lyric flow and I hope for a full version. 09/10
Dance In The Rain: I really like this dance ballad, it's a good opening for the album, but I'm not sure if it's and opening song for the tour. 09/10
Lippy: I love since the demo, I just can't help but sing "lippy lippeeeeee lippy like a rude girl ♪" 09/10
Mercedes: The song sounds like a leftover for an album with SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA / Let's show 'em tonight, but it's a cool song, not my favorite tho. She can put this song with Candy on the Tour, and it would be awesome. 07/10
Like It: WOW.... I was not expecting this! The production is so awesome, so urban and well done. "I think you like it, like it, like it, like it ♪" it's already in my head. Need to watch the music video and the live now. 09/10
House Party (this is a collaboration, it should have the name of the male singer...): My jam, nothing more to say. ∞/10
Interlude ~Dance~: So much better than the interlude from Bon Voyage, it could be a full song that I would love. 10/10
HOTEL: This song still fresh, love since the single. I'm still waiting for a killing perfomance. 10/10
Gimme U: WOW [2] So beautiful! Mid tempo/ upbeat ballad again! Such a beautiful song. 10/10
You can keep up with me: People were comparing with Crank that bass, this is sooooo much better. "I think. you. should. kiss. my...." LOVE IT! haha THAT is how you do an "in your face" kind of song. 10/10
MONEY IN MY BAG: Another great single song, it still as much fresh than HOTEL. 09/10
PIECE IN THE PUZZLE: The production for this song is also really great, and I love since the demo as well. 10/10
Fake tan tongue: Awesome rockish song, better than most of her rockish like Hurry Up/Work it Out, but still need to grow a little more. I can see a rock section again on the new tour. 08/10
Sometimes Dreams Come True: I'm curious about the lyric. This is ~the~ pop-rock song of the album, like Hashire / LALALALALA ~to the future~, but it's so much better in my opinion. Not a filler, not a highlight, but it's good enough. 08/10
LIFE so GOOD!: The only japanese song of the album, but you can't tell that by the style. The chorus is fun, and will probably be the towel song for the tour. Good, but not that special. I think the song needs a special moment of your life to sound good, you know what I mean? Like driving with your friends going to the beach, something like that. haha 06/10
WALK OF MY LIFE: FINALLY! I'm finally listening this song, after so many weeks with everybody enjoying and I waiting the full album. Nice ballad, so beautiful! And also, a nice ending for a great album! "I am finally free ♪" 09/10

Overall, it is my favorite album already. You don't have a single minute to breath, one great song after another.
Here it is, Kuu, a golden star for giving such a great and fresh album.

[Baernash]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Fake Tongue preview up on her website, and agaaaaaaaaaaain I adore the song o____o This album is gonna slay me so hard omg

I'm loving this teasing with the previews, if the album leaks this weekend I guess I won't listen to it until all previews come out (ok lol no)

Yeah, preview sounds great. 1st thing I did after awake was to check Kuu's website for new preview... but now I'm here and FULL ALBUM is awailable in download section. I planned to wait for my copy but now I just can't. This album seems to be too good to wait one more week

[waterballoon]

the new album is so adorable I love it!! but my favorite songs are

1) LIFE so GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) Fake Tongue
3) Gimme U
4) PIECE IN THE PUZZLE
5) HOUSE PARTY

[Surreal17]

Lippy has such an amazing bass. The chorus is a bit hard to digest but the production is top notch. The chorus almost reminds me of Chara's music
Like It is on replay. God, the pre-chorus kills me. This is the kuu i love.

[KLJames]

the roof
the roof
the roof is on fire!
#HouseParty

[Welurru]

My first impressions are that there are no highs like on the last few albums, but theres no lows either. It's consistently good but never great (on first listen).

I would say its her best flowing album but Dance In The Rains placement is odd. Coming after an uptempo intro (that sounds like Nicki Minajs 'Trini Dem Girls' :/) and followed by 13 uptempos/non ballady tracks. I'd have put it after Gimme U.

A few more listens and my opinions may change.

[Princess_Of_Roses]

Cdjapan has mine in shipping process!!!! !

[orbitalaspect]

The whole record sounds stale to me. From beginning to end, it all sounds like the same rock-ish, hip hop-ish song. I also noticed this record is between 10-30 minutes shorter than past releases. I'm not sure where she was going with this record, but I'm bored from it. How long did she spend writing and recording?

EDIT: I want to point out that I think the strongest tracks here are HOTEL and WALK OF MY LIFE. Both are good tracks, seem fresh and fun and totally Koda, but the rest of the album is pretty disposable.

[abestfah]

This is first time i don't have something to excite about Kuu's album and i'm brave enough to say that i buy this album because i'm her fanclub and continuously buy every albums.

Start with concept, imo, nothing connected Walk of my life, she wants to walk to new types of her music? she wants to walk away from fanclubs who like old Kuu?. Moreover, i don't like any styles she uses for this album, i prefer something like Queen, Navy or Geisha that she plays for previous albums.

i'm not some kinds of fanclub who fond of her J-Pop side. in opposite, i admire when she verifies new types of songs even if it maybe take a risk. However, results should be songs such as No Way, Touch Down, Slow, Passing By and more not like this time.

For the first time, the songs that i pick up to be my new jams are Hotel, Dance in the rain, Money in my bag, Gimme U, Like it, introduction and interlude.

I hate Lippy so much and don't think it can grow on me because i throw it away very far from ears.

never say never this will be the last time for Kuu and me

[Tom Punks]

omg I'm so sad right now lmao

I'm only up to Mercedes but I'm just floored by how awful both it and Lippy are

It's just noise and shouting over the chorus HOW IS THIS MUSIC

[Tom Punks]

WELP SO MUCH for my prediction that I would actually end up liking the album despite the terribad leaked demos hahaha. I mean, the demos were god awful noise, but I love western music so I thought maybe she'd pull it out and make it work? Nahhh, nope lmao. I don't really feel disappointed at least, which is nice. The album's biggest issue, aside from terrible songs choices, is the vocals. Very messy and screechy all over the place. It's actually completely painful.

01 Introduction ~WALK OF MY LIFE~
02 Dance In The Rain: This song is OK and feels old school 2006 Kuu, but the screeching vocals all over the chorus absolutely slaughter it. I literally can't even listen to this song because of them.
03 Lippy: The demo was a hot ass mess and the full song is just as bad. Don't get how this is considered music.
04 Mercedes: Floored she managed to make something worse than Lippy lol. The screeching all over the chorus is still not attractive. Moving on.
05 Like It: This song is decent in the context of this album. It's really short and goes nowhere though. But, compared to tracks 3 and 4, it's not atrocious and is totally listenable.
06 House Party: Sounds like it was pulled straight out of the vault Jolin Tsai got all her tracks from 1999-2000 from. It's too shamelessly tacky to hate tho lol.
07 Interlude ~Dance~
08 HOTEL: It's still fine.
09 GIMME U: lulz Almost skipped this one in my review and that pretty much sums it up. Boring and forgettable, 100% typical Kuu filler.
10 You can keep up with me: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... lol. No clue where to start on her. See: Lippy and Mercedes. Just noise.
11 MONEY IN MY BAG: I still like this for what it is. It's like weird and incomplete but somehow a bop.
12 PIECE IN THE PUZZLE: This song is fine.
13 Fake Tongue: NOOO THE VOCALS GOT WORSE NOPE
14 Sometimes Dreams Come True: Well, she made it much, much less cheesy than the demo, so there's that. I can't comment fairly on this song because I hate this style of cheesy mid-2000s pop music, so. I'll leave it at that lol.
15 LIFE so GOOD!!: (I am really ashamed to admit this but) I was actually kind of feeling this one until the chorus hit hahahahahahahaha. Chorus is boring af.
16 WALK OF MY LIFE: I absolutely hated this a couple weeks ago because of the awful chorus vocals, but now that I've heard the much worse vocals wailing around this album, this sadly sits somewhere in the first half. It's not a bad song in itself, but the delivery is very lacking. :\

Also, most of this album sounds painfully like the mid-2000s, which is really unfortunate because that era for western pop music was terrible lol. The second half sounds very very cheesy and dated.

[happiholic★]

Honesty, the new tracks on this album were horrid for me. I didn't get through most of them. Thanks, but no thanks Kuu.

[tenshi no hane]

I, for one, do like the album lol. I think Lippy is really fun. And I love Piece in the Puzzle and Fake Tongue and Sometimes dreams come true. Mercedes is fun too. House Party is the only one that I know I'm gonna skip.