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Ai Otsuka - PEACH/HEART

September 4th, 2008 by Erika · 10 Comments · ★★★★½

PEACH/HEART” was released on July 25, 2007 and sold over 157,000 copies, placing its sales higher than “CHU-LIP”, Ai’s first single of the year.

NEWS - pacific

August 13th, 2008 by oroitsme · 1 Comment · ★★★★☆

Two and a half years after their last album with eight members, NEWS as a six-member group released “pacific”, their sophomore album.

Arashi - One Love

July 13th, 2008 by oroitsme · 3 Comments · ★★★★☆

In 2008, Arashi had been experiencing a successful year with both a greatly successful single and an album. They released “One Love,” their second single of 2008, as the theme to the movie, “Hana Yori Dango Final”.

Ayu’s anniversary

May 25th, 2008 by Rinoa · 5 Comments · ★★★★½

“Mirrorcle World” is Ayu’s 42nd single which was released to celebrate her 10th Anniversary…

Perfume - GAME

May 2nd, 2008 by oroitsme · 13 Comments · ★★★★½

There really isn’t a single bad song on the album: all of them are intricately crafted and slickly produced. In many ways, the album isn’t by Perfume but by Nakata Yasutaka featuring Perfume’s vocals; Perfume themselves are far more oriented towards the performance than the music itself. However…