music video<\/a> for this song. Time has come and Imagination > Reality fall under the same category as Mind-set. The drum and guitar are very present and the beat is nice and fast; perfect to go all out on at your own private dance party. <\/p>\nNumber 10 on the album, \u30a6\u30c4\u30af\u30b7\u30bb\u30ab\u30a4,is different than any other song on the album in a good way, in my opinion. She sings very cute without her voice being nasal. The tempo and melody are quite pleasant to dance on and therefore seems to me like the perfect song at a concert for the audience to get swept up in. <\/p>\n
And Jump!! and Good Job! are both very upbeat and merry songs. The tempo is high and AiRI\u2019s zinging sounds very flowing and alive. What\u2019s different about Good Job! than any other song on the album are the singing voices of other people in the song. They repeat what AiRI is singing or they sing sentences themselves. If you\u2019re like me and can\u2019t or can barely sing along in Japanese, this\u2019ll be a very good solution. The words\/sentences those people sing are easy to understand and to reproduce, perfect at a concert!<\/p>\n
As I said before, AiRI has already sung a lot of songs for videogames and this album is no exception. With a couple of songs destined for videogames I noticed an increase of nasality in her voice. This is the case with the songs Baby, \u9001\u308c\u306a\u3044\u30e9\u30d6\u30ec\u30bf and \u30df\u30e9\u30af\u30eb\u30cf\u30a4\u30d7\u30ec\u30c3\u30b7\u30e3.Personally, I don\u2019t really like that nasality. It sounds kind of like she\u2019s trying too hard to be cute and I think that\u2019s a shame, especially because I think it\u2019s unnecessary. I\u2019m not into Baby and \u9001\u308c\u306a\u3044\u30e9\u30d6\u30ec\u30bf for that reason. I can appreciate the song \u30df\u30e9\u30af\u30eb\u30cf\u30a4\u30d7\u30ec\u30c3\u30b7\u30e3 more, because there is a great use of different tempo\u2019s and instruments. Because of that, the nasality disappears more. <\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to hear her singing potential at its best in this album the songs You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone and Powdery Snow will be perfect for that. She\u2019s able to go from a sweet and loveable voice to a very powerful voice where she holds her tones fantastic without me noticing she has to put in an effort. That alternation from sweet to cool is pleasantly incorporated in the songs. Powdery Snow is mostly very harmonious, whereby her voice is presented well. <\/p>\n
One Scene and MEMORIA are both songs I don\u2019t find special. MEMORIA is just a normal rock song and not really much more and One Scene is more a pop song than a rock song, but is also not really special in my opinion. The guitar however is nicely processed in One Scene and is presented well in the bridge and at the end of the song. <\/p>\n
My personal favourite of the album is the song \u6df1\u6d77. It\u2019s a mysterious song with a slow tempo paired with a dreamy voice that\u2019s varied with emotional singing and a higher tempo that fits the emotional singing well. She renders the emotions beautifully in her voice. The mysteriousness is mostly a kind of flute instrument that reminds me of music from the Middle Ages. It sound sort of like a mix between the Middle Ages and our time, which I find very unusual, but also very fitting for this song and it definitely makes it unique. <\/p>\n
All in all, I find this album to be a good one. I only find a couple of songs kind of mediocre, but those where compensated by unique and well produced songs. If you don\u2019t know yet who AiRI is or if you want to discover her again, Mirage is certainly a good album to begin with! <\/p>\n
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