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Su, you brought spatulas.what the hell?įLY AWAY - The album opens with a soaring number ( just a little joke for the TA's in the room), and sort of a bold choice for the opening track of a debut album, sampling briefly from the tracks that come later. I still believe that a well-crafted album is more than just a random collection of songs, no matter how good, and offers the listener a transcendent experience. I've been hearing for years that 'the album is dead' thanks to the resurgence of a single-driven industry facilitated by iTunes & the advent of downloading music. I'll rate each song on a scale of 1-10, and then conclude with an overall album rating. That's something you'll get have to get over. Seeing as how it has been out almost five years, it may seem strange to be reviewing it. Today I will be reviewing Sakura Gakuin's first full-length album, Nendo 2010's Message.

Yunano notsu 100 series#

Welcome to the first in my series of reviews Sakura Gakuin and related artists discography until like everything else it eventually peters out and I give up! Good luck, Ayami, and come back as soon as you are ready!!! Or join the competitive Pop-Up Pirate circuit. Or perhaps pursue her life-long dream to become the world's cutest burikko idol.

Yunano notsu 100 full#

Or take up horse racing full time because why not. I expect she will take some time and get her head together, then craft an amazing re-entry into the music world. I still think of Ayami as the best voice in Sakura Gakuin history.

SG has a unique atmosphere that I really appreciate. In other idol groups, there seems to be a lot of jockeying (that's a little joke for the TA's) for position, and sometimes backbiting, whereas the SG girls seem to genuinely care about and support each other.

For someone so talented to have so much self-aware graciousness and dignity, as well as appreciation for what she has been able to accomplish, seems almost super-human given the level of maturity often displayed by stars even twice her age.Īnd that is also why I love Sakura Gakuin so much. It would have been easy for Ayami to become bitter and feel slighted (and for all I know there may have been some problems, but if so, they were kept in private), but instead she carried herself with a maturity far beyond her years. But maybe that's where she also found her strength of character. The fact that they were friends, having previously worked together in Karen Girl's, must have made it especially confusing and frustrating. It must have come as a bit of a shock to Ayami, finding goofy little Suzuka suddenly somewhat usurping her place in the hierarchy. And then a funny thing happened.īabymetal, started as a subunit of Sakura Gakuin, became more and more popular, to the point of eclipsing SG in terms of both devoted fans and media attention. Twinklestars songs seemed crafted to highlight her vocal talents, and her outgoing personality and sense of humor made her a natural leader for SG. Well, that's probably too strong a way to put it, but it's clear Ayami was going to be the face and the voice that lead this plucky new upstart idol group. When Sakura Gakuin first began - in fact, even before it first began - it seems obvious to me that it was an Ayami vehicle.

My admiration of Ayami is based on two things: First, her wonderful voice and personality, and second - and probably a bigger factor - is her strength of character and sense of dignity. Ayami has been working almost continually since 2008 (not to mention attending school), so I find it perfectly natural if she wants to take a break and think about her future for a while.

I know that often in Japanese business relationships, you cannot take everything said at face value, but I don't think this is the case this time. There has been a lot of speculation about the meaning of Ayami's hiatus, or even if it is a hiatus at all.the worst fear is that Amuse has decided to cut ties with her, and this is Ayami's way of saving face. I guess this can be seen as another example of the classic 'you don't really appreciate what you have until it's gone' syndrome. I had actually started to write this post long before Muto Ayami announced her decision to take a break from the entertainment world, but I kept putting it off - keeping it on the back burner as I worked on other more pressing things (or just goofed off instead of working).