Beautiful
Single Review
Mai Kuraki – Beautiful
Beautiful is Mai Kuraki’s 32nd single. It was released on June 10, 2009, and reached #2 on the oricon weekly charts. It sold a total of 33,344 copies, and has currently charted for 2 weeks.
tracklist:
1. Beautiful
2. Wana
3. Beautiful -Instrumental-
After the great PUZZLE/REVIVE, I seriously thought that Mai would do something similar with her next single. Turns out I was wrong. No worries though, because Beautiful is indeed a BEAUTIFUL song.
When it was first heard by the public through it’s PV, I have to admit that I hated it. It’s not about the vocals or whatever, it’s the style that was bothering me. There were times that made me feel so bored. So bored that I was about to knock my head off the keyboard. Okay, I’m kidding. But seriously, I did not like it.
But then the single was released, and I finally got the chance to listen to it again. By the time I heard Mai sing the chorus lines, I was like captured by her voice. The melody was really relaxing, as it could easily rock you to sleep. And I mean that in the nicest way.
The instrumentals, mostly made of pianos and strings, create a peaceful aura in the song that easily makes the song so fresh-sounding. There’s also Mai’s beautiful vocals to add on, and there’s the background vocals (obviously from her too) to make it sound even better.
Same as Beautiful, I did not like wana during the first listen. I thought it was so mediocre, and it was quite messy for my tastes. But after a few more listens, I have to say, I learned to like it even more, and I found out that it was more than what I thought it was at first. It even became one of my favorites from Mai.
The arrangement, which focuses on the piano and some synthesizers, create a unique sound that really goes well with Mai’s vocals. There’s also the turntables that give the song an additional twist to it that’s sure to surprise the listener once they try it.
Favorite Track:
Beautiful and wana
shuffle rating!
A+
A+??? after the fact you hated most of it in your first hearing???
yeah. because I was sick when I first heard it. xD.
I see thats a valid point…
yeah. i know. xD.
haha its good to see a review again but my review list has been dry since the CD’s i ordered are all not in…yet…
That’s all right. Just do a PV review first then, just to hold back before everything arrives. But Where did you order?
a few places, the Local CD shop and i am getting a friend to get me “some”…I should do a PV review but I don’t know what…ooh What about Antic Cafe’s short film called BondS ~Kyu~ or…or…maybe an Alice Nine PV for Scars or something…
oh. then don’t worry, the cds will come. I remeber when I first ordered online last summer. I ordered may 30, it shipped in june 6, and arrived july 15. xD. so looong.
but anyways, if you’re doing those reviews, then i’ll be on the lookout. ^^
I do have a single review I chucked on yesterday which Was Antic Cafe’s Escapism, its very maybe you should check that one out for now please?????
oh. I read escapism a while ago. I tried them out on youtube too. ^^ the song is quite good actually. the parts were catchy, even though the PV was kinda wacky.
yeah I was wacked out by that when i first watched it but after learning the lyrics I understood it more…
actually, i don’t know what the lyrics meant, but I’m googling it out right now.
Yeah they are good, I did quote a few lines on the review, go to the unofficial Antic Cafe (english) page, they are the most reliable : )
oh really? then i’ll go there then. but I found some, and I finally get it.
thats ok…but if I ever needed Antic cafe lyrics I go there cause the Fanboys and Fangirls of that site have too much time on their hands : )
LOL. too much time? Now I wish I was them.
haha yeah me too…I gotta admit I am like them…I once spent two hours translating Back-On’s New world for Back-On Online
well at least you had the experience. ^^
The longest time I spent doing something for the net was.. i dunno. xD
haha…what was your longest review to write???
the longest? I’d say Hikki’s ULTRA BLUE, and Meisa Kuroki’s hellcat. How about you?
ooh…maybe Back-On’s New World Mini-Album review…
haha i finally finished the About the Author page : ) (finally after like 10 days trying to will myself into doing it)
oh. I haven’t heard of BACK-ON. maybe i’ll try them out if you review them.
and congratulation on your about page! ^^
thanks : )
Great comments! The first time I heard this song BEAUTIFUL, I did not like it. Because I was also expecting some thing like PUZZLE/REVIVE. After maybe 10 days, I gave it a second try. I found out it is a beautiful song. Now I am hooked by this song. I think it was because of Mai’s beautiful voice that did the magic.