Released November 28, 2007. Copies sold so far: 33,786
Oricon Ranking Weekly # 7 (highest position)

First of all, let’s talk a bit on the cover. While i personally think that Erika Sawajiri is a pretty Japanese actress/singer, the cover just doesnt do her justice. seriously, what kind of style is she or her designer trying to pull off here? The wig…is just…hideous. Maybe she’s trying to be different from the Erika we knew, you know…the actress. Now that she only uses ERIKA in the music department, i suppose this is the ERIKA we’ll get then.

tracklist:

1. Destination Nowhere
2. Escape
3. Free (overrocket101007 mix)
4. Destination Nowhere (Instrumental)

   Destination Nowhere actually surprises me because i thought it’s going to be some trance music, BUT it’s not. In fact, this is a pop/rock song. And when it starts with this remote captivating guitar strings, i got hooked right after it explodes into a louder composition. Her vocals has been something that i find, not as good. From the first song she ever sung, aka. kaoru amane, there’s this slight pitch of hers when she hits the LOW keys, kinda annoys me. but i do find that she has improved and pulled this track off pretty well. She sings the English lyrics pretty well too.Escape, on the other hand is a trance music. I think she has this trend of having at least a Trance in her singles. Her vocals are unclear, vague and mixed together with the melodies. But not bad actually. This track does sound pretty appealing and with that i am impressed.

   Free(overrocket101007 mix), obviously another trance mix, her vocals again are distorted to fit the genre. I can’t really say much about this track, since it’s just a mix from the original track, FREE. so i’ll leave it as it is.

   And the last track, Instrumental version of Destination Nowhere. I dont think i have to review this much right, since it’s instrumental. But what i can say is that the work of art itself is GOOD.

OVERALL: 8.5/10

Even though i am personally not THAT fond of her venturing into music industry since she does excellent as an actress, i do find this single worth listening and enjoyable. And with her recent attitude case, i don’t exactly know how to describe her as a person. well, humans have different characters, but good job with this single.