Comments on: SHINee Album Review [EDITED]

By: Welcome to my little world! « Flavour of the week

Welcome to my little world! « Flavour of the week — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:54:54 +0000

[...] That’s them! Ha, they’re a Korean boy band that just debuted and fortunately, they’re receiving a lot of support (Yay!). Anyway, I’m developing a serious obsession with them – I got their album the day before yesterday and it’s been on repeat nonstop since then. I could talk your ear off about them but since this is my first post, I’ll stop here. I’ll probably say more in my next post and I really want to do a full review of their album, The SHINee World (which is amazing – I seriously suggest you check it out) but that will be for another…hour probably. edit: Read the album review HERE. [...]

By: kuroi_katzchen

kuroi_katzchen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:25:24 +0000

Thought I’d give the album a few more listens before I add my own comment. It took time to grow on me – initially I only liked Romantic and Y Si Fuera Ella (I like Latin dance and music) but now I like most of the songs. The contemporary R&B sound does seem rather mature for the boys, but it’s refreshingly different from the catchy pop / heartwrenching ballad stuff that’s predominant in the music scene (not that I don’t like those) and they do harmonise well. It might be fun to see what other styles they can experiment with; I would have liked an Onew solo or an OnJong duet, but I’m not really complaining. Looking forward to more live performances from them!

Oh, and eh. Not sure where to post this, but I speak Chinese (or sort of). So, willing to help out anytime ^_^

By: yumimaki

yumimaki — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:36:49 +0000

Hi kokoruri. Yay, I’m happy to hear that you liked the album because I really loved it. And you’re right, Jonghyun’s voice does sound amazing in ‘Y Si Fuera Ella’ – it just doesn’t astound me like it usually does. That’s all. Thanks for commenting!

By: kokoruri

kokoruri — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:52:38 +0000

I agree with you in every part. I was a bit dissappointed to that they haven’t more dance tracks, but when the more I listen to the album the more the ballads grow on me and now I LOVE the album.

And yeah: I’m dissappointed of Jonghyun’s solo as well. When I heard about he’d get a solo before album release, I was so happy and excited, cause among of them I love his voice the most and had high expectations. I don’t want to say his solo would totally suck, no, I mean it’s, like you already said, boring. Nothing really special and unfortunately I don’t like spanish tunes. So this song isn’t really one I’d LOVE to, but nevertheless Jonghyun’s voice sounds amazing in this.

By: yumimaki

yumimaki — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:15:43 +0000

You didn’t like it? That sucks. ;_; I’m sorry. I definitely get what you’re saying about the repetitiveness though – the song styles were quite similar but that didn’t bother me. To me, it made an easier transition for each track because the slow songs were all around the same tempo. That’s why I don’t really understand why ‘Love’s Way’ comes between the two dance tracks – it makes for a really weird change. (You seriously didn’t like that one? That makes me really sad.)

Would you believe that I can’t hear the difference between the two versions of In My Room’? They both sound the same to me – that’s why I only put the ‘unplugged’ version on my iPod.

I’m glad I’m not the only non-fan of ‘Y Si Fuera Ella’. I hate to say it but I would totally forget I was listening to it – and Jonghyun’s voice is usually so loud and clear. I think it’s the verses – he has to sing them very softly and he’s only able to belt out stuff at the chorus (and the belting’s what he’s particularly good at). I did listen to the vocal version though and I liked it a bit more then – but still not enough to add it to my iPod though.

Ha, use the lyrics – they really help. When you start to recognize Minho’s singing voice, you’ll love him even more. It’s very beautiful.

Aw, I’m sad that you didn’t like it as much as I did. ~~Wonder what that says about me~~… I really hoped everyone would like it…*sigh* Hopefully, they’ll be able to kill the performances of these songs and then come back with some more upbeat, dance tracks like Replay. At least, we’ve still got Replay~

By: sheau

sheau — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:32:35 +0000

when i listened to the album for the first time, i must say i wasn’t impressed. i think the album’s a little repetitive and too mature for them. and i’m guilty of having great expectations of the album……

AND WHY WEREN’T THERE CATCHIER SONGS LIKE REPLAY?!?!?!?!?!

i was so disappointed. ): but i really like IN MY ROOM (unplugged). their voices are hauntingly beautiful, and the song’s more worth replaying over and over as compared to the original version.

as for “Y Si Fuera Ella”.. don’t bash me, but i only listened to like half of it before skipping to another track. it sounded really boring and uninspiring. the next few times it started playing, since the album is on replay, i completely skipped it.

butttttttttt when it played on itunes, when i was slacking ard at home, i must say it sounded better. maybe it has to do with space and all, the song sounds better. i think it’s a song that has to grow on you.. just like IN MY ROOM was, for me. (:

i think the songs in this album don’t make the cut for me, but after listening to them over and over, they sound better. i think the problem is that their MINI ALBUM has too many songs that are memorable, such that the FIRST ALBUM pales in comparison. (>.<)

can’t wait to see them perform the songs live~ i hope it’s 100% the same as the mp3. HAHAHAHA. as i said, i have high expectations for the boys. <333

must listen to the album more, i can’t catch TAEMIN’s voice as of now.. but as for KEY, ONEW and JONGHYUN, it’s really easy, especially JONGHYUN and ONEW, their voices are very distinctive.

AND I WANT MORE SINGING PARTS FOR MINHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! i don’t really know how his singing voice is like. *headdesks* and i’m a MINHO fan. *smashes keyboard* ;_;