An Incredible Cd!

First of all I don't know any Japanesse, but it doesn't matter. I first heard of Hikki when reading about the video game 'kingdom hearts', after playing the game and hearing her song 'simple and clean' I became very interested in her. I recently looked online and found a list of her album's and decided to pick up this one. Each song is beautifully sung, and each track has a great melody. My favorite songs are, "Deep River", "A. S. A. P.", "I Love You" and the Japanesse version of 'Simple and Clean'. With almost an hour of music, Hikki is sure to keep you interested. I look forward to buying more of her work. If you don't want to spend a lot of money here, buy this and other asian cd's on sensasian.com, because there items come start from asia, they have a lot of this cd's for half price(this one only costed me 13 bucks). Also, some of the lryics in some of the songs are in english, so even if you get lost in the Japanesse words, there will be some words you can understand.

Utada Hikaru's Deep River Album

A few weeks ago I ordered this album online. I want to tell everyone how much I love this cd, and when putting it inside cd players and such, I handle it as if it were pure gold or something. If you like overly loud and possibly negative music (much like Linkin Park, etc), you will probably be displeased with your order... Majority of people who love Hikaru would include those obsessed with Anime, people into Jpop, or that which have played the PS2 game, Kingdom Hearts, and noticed how catchy the opening sequence music was.

Hikki is a great singer, I say this mainly because I am so fond of all her remixes, which by the way are much like your favorite Hikki songs dressed up in different outfits and styles. Although there are no remixes in the Deep River album, some of the original songs that have been transformed are included in this cd, such as 'Traveling' and 'Hikari'. If you plan on buying any of Utada's music, I recommend the Deep River cd as a starter, even though this is one of her more recent albums.

To be honest, I have not had a single day where I have not listened to her cd since the day I bought it. I agree entirely that you can become addicted to her, and fast.

A few days after ordering, I had realized her music is categorized as R&B, pop, and rock. I know for sure not a big fan of R&B, pop, or rock, and to be honest, I wouldn't have classified her into any of these. She kinda gets her own category. This is mainly because I've never heard anyone like her, she's extremely original. Not to mention - she writes and arranges all her music.

Buy it now =)

Utada Hikaru: In Range

Tempted by the reviews and of the song or two I'd heard of Ms. Utada's, I bought her second album, along with this one ("Deep River"). While "Distance" was a bunch of simple songs with a few notes a little too high for this singer, "Deep River" is more spruced up and smooth to listen to. Here's my thoughts on this CD:

1.'Sakura Drops' - A good song with an absolutely beautiful closing with Ms. Utada's voice being shown off a little more.
2.'Traveling' - A simple song with a repetitive, yet catchy chorus.
3.'Shiawaseni Narou' - A nice tune, but not very memorable, especially being right before:
4.'Deep River' - This one is a really exceptional slow song and one of the best on the album in my opinion.
5.'Letters' - Another good song, with a fun beat and sound.
6.'Play Ball' - A little similar to 'Letters' but not enough to make it a song to pass over.
7.'Tokyo Nights' - I sort of have to be in a poppy mood to listen to this. It's reminds me of the US mainstream teenybopper songs. But it's still a good song.
8.'A.S.A.P.' - Probably my least favorite song on the CD. The chorus is just a little to repetitive, and because it mainly consists of "A.S.A.P" it gets old about halfway through.
9.'I Love You' - A song with a little bit of a punkish flavor to it and a lower instrumental sound. Nice little change in the CD's rhythm.
10.'Final Distance' - this is a remake of Ms. Utada's song 'Distance' and it's MUCH better than the original. The main instrument, aside from vocals, is the piano, unlike its first version, which pretty much had computer-made noises strung throughout it to give it a (oh no!) teenybopper sound.
11.'Bridge (Interlude)' - this starts out with a heartbeat and then leads into a small violin solo that wraps up with that good ol' heartbeat again. It's really very pretty.
12.'Hikari' - another faster version of this song was in the opening of the game Kingdom Hearts. This one, like 'Sakura Drops' shows off Ms. Utada's voice a little bit. It's also a good beat to end on.

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