It is time for another review again.
As we all know, Girls' Generation has just released a new Japanese full-length album, "Girls' Generation II - Girls & Peace" recently, and as stated by Sooyoung, this album aims to spread peace everywhere they go since they travel throughout the world very often.
The one I got was the Deluxe First Press Edition version A.
It comes with the album (CD+DVD), Posters, and a diary with a set of stickers included in it.
So, without any delay, let's have a look at the packaging of our musical peace!
I have to say, when I opened my parcel and took out the album, the first thing that came to my mind was "Wow, it's big!", of course it is not bad thing.
Comparison of size with the regular edition.
The whole thing is a big box, about as thick as a complete dictionary.
You're looking at the casing.
This is the box on the inside.
When you get to open it...
The inside.
The posters are the girls in their stewardess uniforms.
I believe all of you have seen the HQ images around.
You get 9 of them.
Slightly larger than A3 size.
This is the diary. It is almost as big as the box and half the thickness of the box.
It is supposed to be pinker.
The inside of the diary and the set of stickers.
The diary is like a memo book where you can write notes and insert pictures into the side of the notes.
Set of Girls' Generation Airlines stickers.
That is it for the contents.
Now on to the album!
Personally, I think this album is really good and it probably overtook their first Japanese album.
The album has only 2 ballads, while the tunes of the remaining songs are quite energetic or techno-ish, but I guess that is how peace is spread, through positive energy!
Let's see what we have:
FLOWER POWER- The title is in all caps according to the album. This song is about fruitless love (Adabana, people?) and the pretense of humans in finding love (to me). This is probably the most techno-ed song I find in the album. The cut-throat "I'm not gonna" left a strong impression on me!
Animal- This song has good beats. Energetic. Easy to sing-along with the "I-I-I-I'm an animal". Sense the wildness in their voices.
I'm a diamond- This is my favorite song from the album. The rap is just outstanding. The intro, somehow, reminded me of some Chinese war song, but everything is good on this end. I really love their lower voices when they sing the verses of this song. A song with a slight tinge of arrogance. Good arrogance.
Reflection- The song that Taeyeon recommended herself. No doubt it is a good recommendation. It has a strong melody to it. Powerful and upbeat. I really like the tune. Their falsettos are good, too.
Stay Girls- "Be ladies but we stay girls", the line we all got hooked on in this song. Something just warms my heart when I listen to this.
T.O.P- I see this one as an announcement to the world. The melody even has this victory trumpet playing in the back. Obviously the girls are gonna dominate and nobody can take them down.
Boomerang- Is it weird to say that this song reminds me of Chocolate Love and Beyonce? Chocolate Love is because of the heavy electrical music at the beginning and the way they deliver their first verse. Beyonce came from the chorus with the mixtures of voices and falsettos. A nice song to move and sing along to.
Oh!- Japanese remake from the Korean "Oh!". Old days, new memories.
ALL MY LOVE IS FOR YOU- Another song with an all-caps title. The first ballad in the album. Good vocals good falsettos, as you can guess by now I really love falsettos. Nearing the end of the song is the best part to listen to.
PAPARAZZI- And another all-caps title. People went all crazy when the teaser came out, more when the full music video was released. Many catchy parts and easy to follow, especially the "Ooh-la-la-la" and "boom boom boom" parts, and the English words in the song, too.
Girls&Peace- A cheerful song with a positive vibe to it. It feels like this song can bring people together and we can always follow their lead!
Not Alone- The second ballad that closes the album. Quite the light melody at the back. As usual, their voices always standout in ballads with all the emotions. The chorus sounds very layered to me. Taeyeon's vocals at the end paired up with the supporting vocals gives me goosebumps. A great way to wrap up.
Those are my own opinion on the songs and I hope I managed to tell I wanted to express about them. The album is great, and will not get boring even after many replays.
Obviously it didn't for me.
Sorry for the long post and the bad lighting for the pictures,
I hope you guys enjoyed my review and enjoy "Girls' Generation II - Girls & Peace" !
Thank you and signing off.
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