Morning Musume. 13th album : ⑬ Colorful Character

[iceymoon]

the song titles do not make me feel as if these will be awesome, but considering how seriously i misjudged One・Two・Three & The Matenrou Show based on titles, i will not even begin to fathom how much i may or may not like these songs. i'm sure there'll be at least one or two i love (i hope) because there usually is. :]

i agree on not ageeing with the color spectrum thing. i prefer a aesthetic balance rather than a "hey, my crayon box is neatly organized!" feel. if i had arranged the girls myself (based on color) it probably would have been a little different, but not by much. if i were arranging them based on who i feel should be center it would be totally different.

[Sohee]

Tsunku♂ blogged about the album.
http://ameblo.jp/tsunku-blog/entry-11324126495.html

Tracklist:
1. One・Two・Three
2. What's Up? Ai wa Dou na no yo〜 (What's Up? 愛はどうなのよ～; What's Up? How's Love〜)
3. Be Alive
4. Lalala no Bibibi (ラララのビビビ; The Bibibi of Lalala) / Michishige Sayumi
5. Dokkaan Capriccio (ドッカ～ン カプリッチオ; Bang Capriccio)
6. The Matenrou Show (The 摩天楼ショー; The Skyscraper Show)
7. Zero Kara Hajimaru Seishun (ゼロから始まる青春; Youth That Starts From Nothing)
8. Renai Hunter (恋愛ハンター; Love Hunter)
9. Chikyuu ga Naiteiru (地球が泣いている; The Earth Is Crying)
10. Namida Itteki (涙一滴; A Drop Of Tears) / Tanaka Reina
11. Waratte! YOU (笑って！YOU; Smile! YOU) / 9th gen & 10th gen
12. Pyocopyoco Ultra (ピョロピョコウルトラ; Bouncy Ultra)

-Lalala no Bibibi is technopop.
-Dokkaan Capriccio is a rock/eurobeat/dance music song that was made for concerts.
-Zero Kara Hajimaru Seishun is a song about giving thanks.
-Chikyuu ga Naiteiru is a "serious rock number".
-Namida Itteki is in minor.
-Waratte! YOU is a disco number.

- The theme for this album is "The earth's yell".
- The concept is "An album where you can see the face of the all 10 members of Morning Musume".
- The lyrics for Lalala no Bibibi is probably about Sayumi's current worries. (And possibly inspired a bit by Sayu's talk back when she was 15 and talked about a prince coming to her home on the back of a white horse etc.)
- Chikyuu ga naiteiru is Reina and Riho main, because the nuance and the way to sing this song is difficult.
- Namida Itteki sounds like a simple song at first listen, but is really difficult and he noticed how Reina has improved a lot after she recorded this.

Might translate more later. xD

[Panic Nancy]

Another Sayumi solo?

Chikyuu ga naiteiru is Reina and Riho main, because the nuance and the way to sing this song is difficult.

Why does he bother saying this? They're probably ALL Reina and Riho main.

I was hoping that we would hear a decent amount of the new people, but there are no tiny shuffle groups. That's really disappointing.

[Jessi]

Sayumi solo and Reina solo is expected. I'm glad Sayumi got one too and not just Reina.

But besides that.... No mini shuffle groups? What a boring concert thats going to make!!!

Like oh let's put the 9th and 10th gen into one song and that will balance out the two solos.

And instead your going to do Reina Riho led songs??

The only reason we put up with it is because the albums let the girls shine!!



My excitement is turning to disppointment... And I was very excited...

[randompasserby]

They only mentioned 1 other reina riho lead song and considering "What's up?" was pretty evenly divided for a momusu song who knows how the others would turn out?

I'm also glad sayu got a solo, lately i've enjoyed more of her singing parts(fantasy ga hajimaru, suki da na kimi ga) so i'm curious how she'd sound doing solo now.
It'd probably still gonna made my ears bleed but hey i made it through "It's you" it helps a lot that performance was hot though

[Sohee]

Seriously.
He said THAT song is a Reina/Riho song, not that all the songs on the albums were. My guess is that, as he wants to show all of MM on the new album, that there will be one/two girls who will be main-ish for the other songs.
After all, if all the songs were to be Reina/Riho lead songs, he most likely wouldn't have pointed it out with that particular song.

It's not like album songs have been all Nacchi/Maki or Ai/Reina before. Everyone has always gotten to sing and to shine when it comes to albums. I doubt this will be much different.

[UreChiissa]

I love the tracklist, jusging by the description of the songs, I really think there's gonna be a lot of variety and hopefully this will allow the girls to sing main in different songs.
Did you already forget about Sayu/Mizu duo?
I'm sure everyone will get their fair share someway!

[DARC1993]

Feel the same way about the titles like Icey.
But yeah they are just titles.


Looking forward to Sayumi's solo and Dokkan Capriccio.
Reina's too cuz I know it'll be a beautiful song.

[Panic Nancy]

Um, I'm a pessimist. I'm just preparing myself for the worst / trying to keep my expectations low so that I am pleasantly surprised when one of the other girls gets a lead instead of just being disappointed.

[rikkikow]

^ everything will be alright