josilverdragon: (Heroes Hiro Waffles)
 Today's Album-A-Day pre-chosen music artists now includes Olivia, which I know I just posted about her inspi'Reira album last week but when the album came up on my shuffle, I completely forgot because I was too excited about listening to that album. So here, have another. Olivia Lufkin, aka OLIVIA, released Synchronicity in 2000. It's definitely a different flavor from her inspi'Reira sound, but it's still good to listen to. She is more experimental in some of the music she writes, as will be featured in some of her minialbums that we'll be listening to later on, but overall I enjoy her music and can say she is a favorite music artist of mine. Some of my favorites off this album are definitely the more mainstream songs, like Dekinai, Color of Your Spoon, Escape the Flames and the first press bonus track, Mint.

For Music Shuffle Nostalgia, I ended up pulling this gem of an album. It's a remix, I'm not sure if it's official or not, but it's organized by Yigytugd and called BoA Best of Angel, released 2009. It's a remix/mashup album of BoA's English release and various other songs. Like the first track is Did Ya Buddha's Delight, which mashes the song Buddha's Delight from the movie Music & Lyrics with Did Ya and it's probably my favorite alongside of the remix of Hypnotic Dancefloor (DJ Amaya vs. Groovebot's Club Remix). I definitely enjoyed listening to this album.

That's it for Thursday. Another shameless request for recommendations to journal communities who "talk" about general Jpop/rock, Cpop(rock?), and Kpop/rock. I think you can send a direct message to my inbox if commenting makes you uncomfortable.

Thank you for reading!
josilverdragon: (Avatar Jake Neytiri First Glance)
 For Tuesday, the artist next on my list was BoA and her debut album, ID;Peace B from 2000. It seems so weird to me that this album is 20 years old. 21, actually. Being 41 and understanding how your parents felt whenever they make comments about how long ago things are but don't feel like they were that long ago is a new thing that I've really become aware of recently. 

Listening to BoA's first album and the quality of her voice and the songs on this album made me wonder how the reception was when it was released. I'm sure there were many then who recognized the absolute powerhouse she would become, especially in the Korean music industry. I know she spread out to the Japanese charts but when she attempted to break in to the USA scene, it wasn't as successful as I hoped. C'est la vie. Not all of my favorites are able to be like BTS. I am not a fan, but they are one group that seems to have exploded worldwide.

Anyhow, I liked this album and enjoyed listening to it.

Next up on Tuesday's Music Shuffle Nostalgia, was a group called The Pretty Reckless and their self-titled EP from 2010. I am not sure how this ended up in my hoarded music library but my suspicion is from a fanmix somewhere. I was actually pretty happy with listening to this as I don't remember if I ever did before. Their sound is definitely along the lines of Paramore and Halestorm and by that virtue, something I would enjoy listening to again.

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