Berryz Mansion 9 Kai review

suddenly felt like I needed a big berryz dose, it all started when I happened across this video

felt very nolstalgic, then I went and watched some of their mv's in full, and made me love their songs again. in particular, I really love the tomodachi wa tomodachi nanda, pv! I think it's one of the best videos, it has a story! and how it went back a forth a bit in time. and also the beautiful beach scene. if you forgot about it, here you goo

and then I went on projecthello.com, to look at all their songs

and I saw that their latest album is out! but I shouldn't be surprised really, since I kiinda stopped following Hello!Pro sadly. but I thought hey ho might as well check out their songs, (I always pray for a miya solo each time). aand then I saw there are some videos! sadly I can only find Miyabi and Risako's ver...but I'm sure the rest are there somewhere. anyway it's for the song...

Succha ka Meccha ka~

Risako Close up

Miyabi Close up

I have to say Risako looks stunning!

these must have been shot a long time ago, with Miya's dark hair.

the song is pretty cute

6.5/10

so I thought might as well check out all the songs

Otokomae

duet with Momoko and Yurina

quite like the instrumental, and I like overall sound

and they're good singers

7/10

Nandakanda de Ii Kanji!

duet with Chinami and Masaa

I just knew this would be a fast and upbeat song, I always think energetic with Chinami xD

I'm happy they have a duet together, they need the chance to sing more, masaa especially

6/10

Koi Itoshiki Kisetsu

I think one of my favourites so far. I like the tune of this song

reminds me of sailor moon a bit...I dunno why

7/10

Be Genki! 

I thought to watch this mv again, since it's been awhile and I haven't watched it much

I like the song itself, esp the chorus

but for the video, even though the rooftop scene looks really pretty. I felt like they coulda done so much more with the pv.

7.5/10

Massugu na Watashi

soo this is the ballad of the album

there's one line where chinami sounds like she's shouting it, lol sounds a bit out of place

I'm wondering, after Risako sings the last line, Massugu ni, whose voice is it doing the adlib? cause it'd make sense if its Risako, but it sounds like Miya...

6/10

Cha Cha Sing

this is just an awesome song, nuff said

8.5/10

Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai

ahh! lovee this, I think it'd be great if they sang more of their old songs

and this sounds so similar to the original one

(unlike c-ute's weirdly done up ver)

masaa rocks this one

8/10

Momochi Yurushite Nyan Taisou (Yurusanyai Remix)

.....well...

I never really liked remixes anyway

this reminds me on nyan cat

..I just can't rate this one...

did you like the Berryz album?

UsaTEN

Review - Ai no Album 8 (Berryz Kobo)

Oh my, I didn't even know it was out! shows how much I know ><

listening and typing now

I do miss blogging, so I thought I could do a review

Seishun Gekijo

where is this song from? cause it says 'Berryz ver.' so must be another ver

I didn't expect it to be a slow song

it's quite good, I mainly hear risako though, and is it my imagination, a guy voice?

Atarashii Hibi

sung by Momo, Miya and Captain

It's ok, but Captain's voice reallly doesn't go, it's too low. so overall I didn't think much of it

Ren'ai Moyo

sung by Risako, Chii, Masaa and Yurina

I like this group song more than the previous, surprisingly, as I prefer momo and miya's voices

Because Happiness

I took a liking to this song, it's happy but quite soothing too, not too hyper

though the title of this song reminds me of Icchoume Rock from their previous album, it's the 'happiness'

but who did that strange high note at the end? risako? reminded me of a horses' neigh....

Shy Boy

I really like the title of this song, I don't know why, so I was looking forward to listening to it.

It's quite funky, a lot of vocalizer. I like how everyone sounds~ especially momoko

Yo no Naka no Barairo

Barairo..Biro, as in pen? lol

I heard a radio rip of this song, and I didn't get a great impression of it, so I only listened to the beginning. I thought it was too childish for them

but listening to the full song, it's not so bad, I like the title line 'yo no naka no barai iro~'

it's like a cute kiddy song

Mythology ~Ai no Album~

another title I really like

the beginning is more upbeat that the other songs I think

miya's 'forever' is subarashii, she should done 2 rather than risako I think

seriously why does tsunku give risako a lot of the high notes? risako has a lovely deep voice, so it's a bit stupid imo especially as there are others who can actually hit the notes, i.e. Miya, momo and captain

hmmm, well I wasn't expecting much from this album, didn't really like the covers too much either.

I had hoped for a miyabi solo (as I always do) lol

it's not bad, however I feel like all the songs only gave me a good or ok impression, nothing grabbed me

I think that the songs are mainly soft, which actually goes well with their choir clothes concept.

my favourites would be Mythology, Because Happiness and Shy Boy

overall for album 7/10

what are your thoughts?

UsaTEN