Review

Tenjochiki - Piranha

11/02/2008 2008-02-11 12:00:00 KoME Author: sianface

Tenjochiki - Piranha

Tenjochiki's (Cheon Sang Ji Hee The Grace) 6th Japanese single


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Single CD

Piranha

Cheon Sang Ji Hee The Grace

When presented with the track list, you feel as though you're getting value for money. There's 8-tracks, admittedly half of those are remixes but that can be somewhat forgiven when you see that there are collaborations with two big names: SEAMO and Tohoshinki's JEJUNG.

The lead song, Piranha is an almost perfect pop song. While it isn't exactly breaking any new ground, the song has everything that you'd want from this sort of song: a good beat, strong vocals and is catchy. It almost makes you wonder why more Asian groups aren't more popular in the west; they're doing pretty much the same thing but, in some cases, to a standard that would make some of the biggest pop acts jealous. The song is definitely a track to dance to and is almost guaranteed to make you tap your feet and get firmly lodged in your head. It's easy to see why it's quickly become a live favourite of the group, with them performing at a-nation and other such events.

The second track, My Everything, is at the completely opposite end of the spectrum and is a ballad. While the song is a good opportunity to show off the girl's harmonising skills, which is does fairly well but is let down by the quality of the song. It's a fairly standard ballad and sounds rushed compared to the first track. Just For One Day starts off with JEJUNG singing, which does add something to the single as a whole in terms of adding some texture, especially as this song is another ballad. The song is definitely of better quality than My Everything while undoubtedly sticking to a formula. The vocals are exceptional throughout both tracks from all members.

The fourth track is a remix of The Club with SEAMO (The Club "STY Gin n' Tonic Remix"), the original version of which is featured on their full length Japanese album Graceful 4. The remix itself stands on its own without having heard the original song and isn't noticeably a remix. The vocals from all members are very strong (possibly overly so in parts) and this is definitely another song to dance to. The song doesn't have a lot of variety and it sounds empty in some way but there's still something likeable about it.

Overall this is a very strong single, which exploits all of the girls' talents (both individually and as a group) and would probably be a good recommendation for anyone wanting to start out with this group. While the single is not perfect, it does offer some fairly strong songs and the lead song Piranha is as good, if not better, than some of their contemporaries.
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