Puffy AmiYumi - Nice
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Track List: Nice
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- Planet Tokyo - Puffy Amiyumi
- Tokyo Nights - Puffy AmiyumiDownload & Buy
- Angel Of Love - Puffy AmiyumiDownload & Buy
- Sayonara - Puffy AmiyumiDownload & Buy
- Invisible Tomorrow - Puffy Amiyumi
- Thank You - Puffy Amiyumi
- Long Beach Nightmare - Puffy Amiyumi
- Your Love Is A Drug - Puffy Amiyumi
- K2G - Puffy AmiyumiDownload & Buy
- Shiawase (Happiness) - Puffy Amiyumi
- Urei - Puffy AmiyumiDownload & Buy
- Teen Titans Theme - Puffy Amiyumi
- Red Swing - Puffy AmiyumiDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Nice
- Release Date:
- 08/12/2003
- Label:
- Bar/None Records
- UPC:
- 032862014222
User Reviews: Nice
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, September 17, 2004Reviewer: i_love_dib7664 - See all i_love_dib7664's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Nice
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Puffy AmiYumi have never released a record that is less than wonderful, and Nice is no exception to the rule. In fact, it just might be their best record. From the smashing opener, "Planet Tokyo," to the last track, "Red Swing" (which has the same music as "Planet Tokyo" but different lyrics sung in Japanese), Nice is a blast. The record genrehops like a jetpropelled frog, touching on swoony '70s discopop (the candycoated "Tokyo Nights"), sweet ballads ("Angel of Love," the White Albumstyled "Thank You"), jangling power pop ("Sayonara," a dreamy tune with a nice nod to Blondie in the chorus), hard rockers ("Invisible Tomorrow," the ultracatchy "Your Love Is a Drug"), skapunk ("K2G"), and cartoon theme music (the actual theme for new cartoon series Teen Titans called, strangely enough, "Teen Titans Theme"). Despite the mash up of styles and genres, the record hangs together extremely well. Besides, any record that can bring to mind both Marshall Crenshaw's debut album (the peppy, handclapping "Long Beach Nightmare") and Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (the ironically sad "Shiawase [Happiness]") is sure to be manna from heaven to pop music fans. Add to that the fact that every song has a hook big enough to catch Jaws, the perfect instrumentation, and a flawless production that sounds completely modern but never cheap or trendy. To thank for all of these factors is exJellyfisher Andy Sturmer. He has helped out Puffy in the past on a few songs, but here the girls handed the reins over to Mr. Sturmer and he brought home the Triple Crown. And as if all that weren't enough, Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura have never sounded better. Their vocals blend together as seamlessly and thrillingly as always, but it seems that they have a new warmth and power to go along with their schoolgirl enthusiasm. Check out how assured they sound on the chorus to "Planet Tokyo" or how sweet they sound on "Thank You." Without them the record would just be a nice piece of futuristic retropop, but with them it is pop magic that should be savored by everyone with even one pop bone in their body. Listening to Puffy will bring you pure shiawase. - Tim Sendra, All Music Guide |
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Puffy AmiYumi Biography
Though the Japan pop duo Puffy may be relatively unheard of in the U.S., they have achieved superstar status in Japan. Puffy, who are Yumi Yoshimura and Ami Onuki, originally busted onto Japan's pop music scene back in 1996 with their hit single "Asi...Full Puffy AmiYumi Biography
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Pros: Not your normal j-pop rock band!
Cons: Most of the songs are in Japanese...T_T
I love this CD so much! Puffy AmiYumi's new CD has me wanting more with Japanese lyrics (which i still need to decipher...-_-) and awesome guitar parts, not to mention THE ENTIRE TEEN TITANS THEME SONG! BOOYA!