Single: 遥花～はるか～ (Haruka)
Artist: melody.
Release Date: 13/2/08
Tracklist:
- 遥花～はるか～ (Haruka)
- プルメリア (Plumeria)
- That’s The Way It Is
- 遥花～はるか～ (Instrumental)
This is melody.’s 11th Single, released on February 13, 2008 and reached #10 on Oricon’s Weekly Charts. This is also her 1st single after her Ready to Go! album
1. 遥花～はるか～ (Haruka)
Ahhhh! It is my favourite song of this month ^^
A great ballad I would say, without much emphasis on the background music. However, the instrumental version is also worth listening, since you can listen to the background vocals in that version. The tune is simple but sweet in my opinion. But one thing that could be better was if it was filled with more emotions.
The promotional video is a bit abstract, but worth a watch =)
Overall comment: I simply love this emotional ballad!
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2. プルメリア (Plumeria)
This B-side is a pretty nice fit for Haruka, since its another ballad, but with a more guitar acoustic tune. Background vocals play a more important role here, giving it much more variety in tune rather than just being plain acoustic.
Overall comment: Simple song but I would prefer listening to it after the A-side.
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3. That’s The Way It Is
The 2nd B-side is a cover of Celine Dion’s song! I always liked Utada Hikaru, Yuna Ito and melody.’s English songs because they can deal with it well — most J-Pop singers can’t.
If you had listen to the original version, melody.’s cover would be much sweeter and pop-like. But in the end, I still preferred this over the original version..
Overall comment: Listen to both melody. and Celine Dion’s version and make a comparison! =D
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Links
Song: Entire Single
Promotional Video: 遥花～はるか～ (Haruka)
Final comment
I have always loved melody.’s ballads and this single just proved it much better. Though 3 songs are all ballads, they are all pretty well sang, even though their tunes may seem simple.
Even though my main reason for turning to J-Pop would be that their tunes are much more varied, experimental and synthetic, I eventually still love simple but emotional ballads the most ^^ Like Yui’s recent single which I will be doing an introduction of it soon =)
Let’s hope melody.’s next single would be a nice dance song!
