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AAA – BEYOND~Karada no Kanata

BEYOND~Karada no Kanata is AAA’s 18th single. It was released on May 28, 2008, and reached #4 on the oricon charts. It sold a total of 20,536 copies, and charted for 4 weeks.

tracklist:
1. BEYOND~Karada no Kanata
2. One Night Animal
3. MIRAGE (83key Remix)
4. BEYOND~Karada no Kanata (Instrumental)
5. One Night Animal (Instrumental)

One of my favorties from AAA is BEYOND~Karada No Kanata. It’s a simple song, with a simple tune and catchy lines. It contains a lot of Guitar elements, which is pretty obvious with the guitar riffs here and there. The song also sounds heavy with the strong drums, which was quite good because it helped the song sound so energetic. The song has that “feel-good” atmosphere that never fails toput a smile on the listener’s face. Actually, the song itself doesn’t have anything unlikeable. Everything about it was good, if not, great. Almost every moment of it was a pleasurable highlight. Especially the part where the group sings “Burn your blood, flesh and bone, turn your wheel of fortune now“. It was just so catchy. So catchy that it became one of my favorite parts of the song.

The B-side, One Night Animal was nowhere as great as the A-side but, it has it’s own moments. The intro was quite unappealing but, as soon as it gets long, it starts to sound better and better. Some parts may sound repetitive but, some parts make up for those failures, like the part where you can hear the filter on Misako’s voice. It gives her voice a sort-of cool robotic touch to it. The whole song didn’t blow my mind but, I can safely say that it’s a good song.

The 83key Remix of MIRAGE was horrible. period. I didn’t like the new look it had, especially how it sounded. Their vocals doesn’t match the newly made background, mainly because it doesn’t follow the tune their voices are singing. Listening to it was a waste of time.

Favorite Track:
BEYOND~Karada No Kanata

shuffle rating!
B