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All music lovers,

I don't recall when it was the last time I felt so excited over Seiko's new 
song (single or album or live video etc). It must have been around 1999 that
I had not been disappointed and actually gotten my energy level  

This single is a piece of music, not pop sound. To compare this with Aitai is
an insult. To compare it with Seiko's self produced music and with her 80's 
music would be comparing apples to vegetables. 

What we have here is Seiko at a new singing plateu. You got to hear it to know
what I mean. Her singing approach was fine-tuned by Toriyama (as producer), but 
as a progression from where we were left abruptly after self-produced Seiko era. 

I dare say that this new single will be a very important representative piece
(not in terms of sales, and by the way the CD cover and design is totally all
wrong. Totally mistlead the actual contents) to Seiko's singing career. 
When she leaves the living, I would picture this piece and this style as 
representation of what she had blossomed to. 

Thank to Yuji Toriyama for this wonderful piece of beautiful music, for
bringing out and bringing back the best of Seiko vocal magic, for living to the
true perfection of what a musician and producer is, for not compromising on 
quality in his own music and expectations from Seiko.

Thanks to Seiko for making such a strong comeback not in terms of visual impact
 but to what she said at the 2004 Premier Live that she wanted to do... going back 
to her roots and love of singing, and making people want to listen to her sing.

My hats off to both. 

Buy this CD, if this is the last CD you have decided to buy of Seiko. 
Forget about the last 5 years wasted investment. 
This one is worth more than the price, even to a non-Seiko fan.

Cheers to real instruments and orchestral sound (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Shopgirl
2/3/2005