Inspired by Discord discussion, this is a topic to celebrate this precious milestone. 20 years is a long time and few albums stand the test of time and are still listened to that much later. Or, has music consumption changed? Are people still listening to albums from that long ago? Is it even that long of a time? Those are the kinds of questions I hope to answer while celebrating with some damn good albums. And what better albums to start this topic with than these two?
It’s from back in the day. Like Tainted World old. So I had to check in and see if the hate is still there! I never hated Cassis but I didn’t gravitate towards it either. So I was wondering what the good citizens of JRO thought about a classic visual kei ballad.
I don’t hate it, I think it’s a pretty good song overall. It’s long, but the structure doesn’t get too boring for me, and I like the delayed guitar part in the chorus. It’s a weird single for a major debut, an almost 7 minute ballad and then Toguro as the B Side, which has the complete opposite mood.
Gotta play a little catchup here with Tokyo Jihen’s Adult (or uh… Big Human), which turned twenty on January 25.
What a great album with great compositions and sophisticated production to match the cover.
I had trouble picking a single exemplary track because it’s the classic stylistic grab bag of Shiina’s career around this point in the 2000s. There are just so many cool outros and transitions here.
nil always holds a special place in my heart because it gave me taion. not sure if i’ve played a gazette song or pv more than that one truly buuut reila might be up there as well!
Love how chaotic DISCHARGE was in live performances. Hope they revive it. It is interesting to see how much the gazette has evolved from their music style to choice of outfits
