Released December 19, 2007, this is their 15th Japanese single. Copies sold so far: 12,874
Frankly speaking, i don’t really listen to them much even though some of my closest friends do. And they’re pretty much HUGE fans, really.
So i thought of giving them a try, at least for the sake of putting up reviews…xD and i am curious anyway you see.
Tracklist:
- Together [click to download]
- Together -Kids Chorus ver.-
- Forever Love -Bell’n'Snow Edit-
- Together -Less Vocal-
So, first track: Together begins with rather distorted music, pretty interesting you see. I like random stuffs.But i won’t know who sings that part or this part, since i am not a fan anyway, so forgive me for that ignorance. This track is pop, it’s got that slight sense of jazz, perhaps?At least the way they sing the verses. Vocal wise, they’re nothing but good.I don’t have a problem with their voices. And the constant funny drum beats in the background gives this track something different. Midtempo song, rather relaxed but at the same time, nothing much special.
The Kid’s Chorus version, is the same, EXCEPT for the chorus, i mean, from the title i suppose you can figure out yourself. Obviously, they add the chorus with kids singing, it’s not very distinct but you can hear them. It’s pretty cute. Having kids singing with them or exploiting them? xD
Let’s go to 3rd track, Forever Love ( their last single actually), they used distant crowd voices with instruments like organs to start off. Bells are ringing too, which gives this song the Christmas or winter feel. This is a ballad, and no doubt it is a better track than the title track. They managed to really show the emotions from the way they sing, the higher pitch notes are done flawlessly.Pretty awesome track, even for a non-fan like me.
Last track, again…Together (less Vocal) version, somehow after a while the distortion method kinda gets old after a while here, this version is like the Instrumental version of the song, no wait….scratch that, it IS the instrumental version. I don’t understand why can’t they just name it as instrumental and not ” less vocal”…i mean, they don’t mean the same thing you know…less vocal means, there is still vocal but just not whole. Maybe, they just wanna do things differently for the heck of it. Creativity here however isn’t that much creative to me.
OVERALL: 7/10
Being just a listener and not a fan, i don’t know whether i am being biased or not, but personally i think that this single lacks substance.the title track, Together can’t really stand by itself, it’s not a strong single/song, i’d say that Forever Love is the one that saves this single. Even with the MANY versions, it’s kinda weak. Sorry TVXQ fans out there, not my type of single, that’s all. But it still gets 7 out of 10 from me xD
