Notes on Mizuki Nana’s Trickster
I haven’t even ordered the Trickster CD yet, hah. But er yeah, there’s a reason for that - it’s Hari Raya celebrations over here and there’s no way in hell I’m letting any of my packages sit in shitty Malaysian post office’s depots while the postmen stuff their faces with chicken wings. God knows where my CDs would end up (most likely some bush in some remote village down in Johor or something).
Anyway, quick first impressions of Trickster.
-They kept in the a capella bit at the end of Trickster, thankfully. It sounds as good on record as it did in the PV. Pretty much the same goes for DISCOTHEQUE.
-I like Trinity Cross. Fans turned off by Trickster & DISCOTHEQUE might find it more to their taste - it’s a bit like Tears’ Night, one of my fave Nana songs ever. Seems a bit of a waste to use Trinity Cross for a shitty show like RosaPan *weeps in despair*
-Overall Trickster is probably the best seiyuu single CD release in 2008 so far though there aren’t many other contenders really. It’s much better than STARCAMP EP anyway.
-Shame Nana/record company somehow always manage to choose stupidly competitive weeks to release in lolz. Have fun trying to outsell:
Happy Birthday. NEWS
-Johnny’s. Nuff said.
Previous single first week sales: 201,266 (SUMMER TIME)
Ashiato. BAReeeeeeeeeeN
-The shittiest name for a musical project, ever. It’s a collaboration between GReeeeN and BACK-ON. GReeeeN’s latest album has sold over 700,000 copies.
Previous single first week sales: 186,097 (GReeeeN - Kiseki)
Aisho no Mizumi. Hikawa Kiyoshi
-Everyone’s favourite enka singer.
Previous single first week sales: 60,047 (Genkai Funauta)
Natsu no Kakera. Aqua Timez
-I love Aqua Timez (aka gay pop music); if charts were lined up by quality rather than sales then they would be No.1. Ain’t gonna happen though. Watch PV on Youtube.
Previous single first week sales: 55,233 (Niji)
Saiai. KOH+
-Second collab between Fukuyama Masaharu & Shibasaki Kou, Saiai is the themesong for the Yogisha X no Kenshin movie (sequel to Galileo dorama). I actually quite like Saia, much more than I did Kiss shite which was used in the dorama. Watch PV on Youtube.
Previous single first week sales: 54,639 (Kiss Shite)
STARCAMP EP first week sales: 37,353
Good luck, Nana!
I’m bored of every third hit I get being from someone searching for ‘trickster’ + ‘nana’ + ‘torrent’. Shoo, go away.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Good single is good!
Nana Mizuki FTW.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Trinity Cross is nice! I like all three songs in the single
October 1st, 2008 at 12:03 am
The guy singing in Aqua Timez wears his beanie/hat thing like a cancer patient, lol, or a stroke patient. He sits with his right leg up on that chair throughout the whole song?! o_O
The sales thing was on purpose I bet, so that music junkies would all go broke on the same day xDD
October 1st, 2008 at 5:21 am
My treat for the day since I had to wait all day til I got out of work to hear this. Definitely one of Nana-chan’s better singles I’ve heard of late as usually I only like 1 or so songs on a given single, but Trickster I’m actually enjoying all them a lot!
October 1st, 2008 at 8:38 am
Has there ever been a time a Nana release was not on a Wednesday? lol
October 1st, 2008 at 9:01 am
@extratax
Lol at cancer comment.
@Lil Donkey
Nah, 99% of new Japanese music releases are on Wednesday. Just like how it’s always on Monday in the UK. Er.. dunno about other countries though.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I had a feeling it was that, shows how Nana-orientated my calendar is. ^^ lol
October 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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