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i had said before that after listening to mizuki nana's latest album ultimate diamond, i will do a review. well so here is the review, although i am very very sure that some other hardcore nana fans would have already done this long ago.

but well, i am still doing this, semi-objective and semi-subjective review.

after listening to the album no less than 20, or is it 30 times(?), i think i am ready to write something about it. of course i had dragged this piece of self-given work for a long time. blame the computer games. hahax.

of course, when the pv of 悦楽カメリア (etsuraku camellia) came out, many of the fans wondered if nana was really intending to shift out of her normal genre of music. for now, i can say that nana-chan is still giving more priority to the genre she is well-known for. afterall, she needs to keep her fans from going away.

i mean, if one day nana-chan starts singing songs that i don't like (such as hard rock, which i don't think she will) much more than the type of songs she is famous for, even though i like her, i may start to listen to more of 堀江 由衣's (horie yui) songs or maybe 下川 みくに (shimokawa mikuni).

most of the album's songs are still of the 'nana-brand'. hahax. as with many of other nana songs, to me, this album takes quite a few listens for me to like it.

maria&joker - well this song, when i first listened to it, i was like 'wow, old!' i dont know the music scene in japan, but this kind of music, in the chinese circle, it certainly feels old, giving the retro feel. hahax.

悦楽カメリア - like i said before, it has the same feel with pride of glory. yeapx, like pride of glory, after a few listens, well maybe 10, i started to like it. maybe it is that i start to get the beat or whatever you call that. it certainly is not because that nana sang that song, so i will like it. no i don't do that. i mean i don't like well, many of her songs too. this song, will be in my ipod.

perfect smile - when i was doing the preparations for the review and listening to this, for some weird reason i thought it sounds like a mix of 宝物 (takara mono) and 恋してる (koishiteru). like it has the feel of a sad, yet light hearted emotion. i don't know why, but after that, when i listen to that again, that feeling disappears. hahax. well this song is going to appear in my playlist as well.

trickster - well it is self-explanatory. taken from her singles. i don't need to review on that anymore.

mr.bunny! - a light hearted song. typical nana song, i think.

沈黙の果実 (chinmoku no kajitsu) - i think it is pretty normal. not too nice, not too bad. add it to your playlist.

brand new tops - light hearted and happy song, i think. since i cannot say i am even remotely proficient in japanese. i like this.

少年 - hahax, this song had attracted me ever since i first listen to it. it gets better with every listen.

gimmick game - well typical nana song. but i like this, a lot.

dancing in the velvet moon - no need to say anything much. it's in her singles. when i first listened to it, i don't really like it. when i heard it in rosario + vampire, i didn't really like it too. but for some reason, now this sounds pleasing to my ears. hahax

ray of change - not too bad, not too good. will add it in my playlist though.

深愛 - well, i believe you have already heard this song till you can memorize the lyrics.

蒼き光の果て-ULTIMATE MODE- (Aoki Hikari no Hate -Ultimate Mode-)- well did this song appear in any anime? it certainly sounds like an anime opening or ending (maybe opening). ok i admit i am not the most hardcore of nana fans and wouldn't know which of her songs appear in which anime. this is a nice song.

astrogation - same as dancing in the velvet moon. didn't like it at first even after listening to the n-th time, but after listening it to the n-th + n-th time, i actually like it. surprising why i am so much slower in catching the attractiveness of the song.

夢の続き (Yume no Tsuzuki) - in my opinion, the best song out of the whole album. well i think you can roughly know which type of nana songs i like best. 宝物、refrain, 夢の続き, last scene, window of heart... i think you can find a common feature in all these songs. of course i do like other songs like crystal letter, replay machine -custom- etc. if i can only add a single song into my collection from this album, definitely, absolutely, it will be this song.

now, i don't know if this review is even semi-objective. it looks like 10% objective to me. well get the cd, and listen to it. since i am her fan and since i am writing this for public view, i would definitely encourage you to buy instead of downloading the album. well just buy it, it is worth it. lol.

ok that's it.