Filed under: Crystal Kay | Tags: Album, All Yours, Crystal Kay, iStarReviews, J-Pop, J-Urban, June 2007
Inspired by my new banner for November, I’ve decided to review an album by Crystal Kay. The album is my favourite by her, and one the highlights of 2007 music-wise for me – easily in my top 3 albums from last year! It’s called All Yours, and it was released on June 20th 2007 and it’s GORGEOUS.
The album is very sincere and is quite a laidback. Some people complain it’s too laidback with a lot of ballads but slow songs are what Crystal shines at so I’ve never once complained. Covers are an important part of projects too, and I think you’ll agree that Kuri looks beautiful on the cover. It’s simplicity works, and the text is nice aswell. A lot of the time texts can ruin covers (see Britney’s Circus cover). Here are some of the highlights from the album for me:
こんなに近くで…: This song is amazing, easy as that. A magical mixture of R&B beats and classical instruments, mainly violins, Konna ni Chikaku de is a beautiful song. Kuri’s vocals are better than ever on it aswell. It was released in February 2007 as a single and my favourite of the whole year.
Dream World: I love this song as it’s very different for Crystal with it’s acoustic and latin theme. The guitar riffs are great and it’s video is fabulous so you should definitely check it out!
Escalator: A popular song on the album simply because it’s the most upbeat. (see above), Escalator sounds straight from the US and it’s very agrressive R&B, but not quite hip hop. The lead into the chorus and the chorus itself are extremely catchy.
All Yours was also the first album I bought online. I bought it at YesAsia and I’m so proud to own it! 
My Rating: 9/10 or A
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