Thanks to celestia’s post about all the Johnny’s singles on the annual chart, I couldn’t help but browse the single and album charts for myself. Of course the first thing I check out is how Perfume did. I was pretty happy with the results:
Singles:
#47 love the world
#80 Dream Fighter
Albums:
#23 GAME
I’m not really surprised that GAME made it that high since it sold like crazy upon release. With the singles though, I’m kinda surprised they broke top 50. It’s definitely been a year of TechnoPop. I couldn’t be happier for the ladies.
Now that the Perfume news is out of the way, here are some shouts and special mentions for other people I listen to and made it onto the annual chart.
Singles:
#44 爪爪爪／「Ｆ」 (マキシマム ザ ホルモン)
Yay Maximum The Hormone! I still want to make a stepchart for this song since there are so many tempo changes and it’s just a fun song in general. Can’t recall F though. I just listened to TsumeTsumeTsume too much when it was still fresh.
Albums:
#40 – ＥＬＬＥＧＡＲＤＥＮ ＢＥＳＴ １９９９−２００８ (ＥＬＬＥＧＡＲＤＥＮ)
Don’t have much to say about it other than they were fun while they were around. I kinda lost track of them. Maybe I should give their best a listen…
#48 – ライフアルバム (いきものがかり)
I’m still in the process of getting into these guys thanks to reading about them in SEKUSHII ISLAND (ilu sei<3) though I've heard their name thrown about in #wotachat just never really paid attention. Their latest single, 気まぐれロマンティック, and the only song of theirs I've heard, is REALLY cute with the dance and all. Also, Kiyoe's voice is quite fun in it. Cute, without the helium, and just fun and energetic all around. The instrumental track is also up my alley for acoustic JPop, which I don't usually get into. I see myself getting more into them during the Christmas break... we'll see.
#52 - ＢＥＳＴ ＯＦ ＴＨＥ ＢＥＳＴＥＳＴ (ＢＥＮＮＩＥ Ｋ)
I've totally fallen off the BENNIE K bandwagon but I should definitely check out this BEST album since I was a fan of their older stuff.
#62 - Ａｗａｒｄ ＳｕｐｅｒＮｏｖａ −Ｌｏｖｅｓ Ｂｅｓｔ− (ｍ−ｆｌｏ)
*Sigh* I wonder what's going on with these guys. love comes and goes was quite the exit track for the loves series and I miss them. Maybe I should do some research during the Christmas break...
#74 - ＴＨＥ ＢＥＳＴ ＣＯＬＬＡＢＯＲＡＴＩＯＮＳ (ＤＯＵＢＬＥ)
I only know of her thanks to the guys above. Her voice is awesome with all that jazz and soul. I should get into her more.
