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Suite Room Number 1

November 13th, 2005 by Lainay · 8 Comments · ★★★☆☆

Review and downloads of H!P group Biyuuden’s first album, Suite Room Number 1!

COUNTDOWN: are you in?

October 10th, 2005 by Leanne · 17 Comments · ★★★★½

After only reuniting with L’Arc~en~Ciel for two years, HYDE returns to us with “COUNTDOWN” a hard rock number being used as the Japanese theme song to the movie “STEALTH” (staring Jamie Foxx) and lyrics crying out for peace. 13.12.11.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1, Let’s review!

Kurenai no Kisetsu

October 9th, 2005 by Lainay · 2 Comments · ★★★½☆

Biyuuden’s 5th Single, titled Kurenai no Kisetsu, was released on the 5th of October, 2005. Sound interested? Take a look!

Be My Last

October 9th, 2005 by Jason · 8 Comments · ★★★☆☆

Utada Hikaru’s 14th single, “Be My Last”, was released on the 28th of September 2005. This single debuted at the top position on the daily Oricon charts on its release day. “Be My Last” also managed to achieve the first position on the weekly chart, selling about 80,043 copies to date. By taking a look at the sales amount of Hikki’s earlier releases, one can notice that, compared to Hikki’s standards this single didn’t fare well, at all…

BoA’s “make a secret”

October 9th, 2005 by spellcheck · 4 Comments · ★★☆☆☆

After spending the summer in Korea performing her butt off to promote her 5th album “Girls on Top”, BoA has made her return to Japan with “make a secret”, released on August 31. Before the release of “Girls on Top”, she took some vocal lessons in New York to strengthen and define her voice. Fans have been wondering what BoA could possibly do to top her amazing performances in Korea this year, and this is her answer. …