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Perfume’s “COSMIC EXPLORER” named 16th Best Pop Album of 2016 by Rolling Stone!
That was a surprise - Rolling Stone named Perfume’s “COSMIC EXPLORER” their 16th favourite Pop Album of the year! Out of the full list, “COSMIC EXPLORER” is the only non-English language album, and the only album on the list from Asia.
From the article itself, Keith Harris writes:
“Not many groups release their best work a decade and a half into their career, but Cosmic Explorer – the year’s most expansive and infectious J-Pop album – is Perfume’s high point to date. As on their past four LPs, this trio of female singers – who go by Kashiyuka, A~chan and Nocchi – were abetted here by electronic whiz Yasutaka Nakata, who handles all writing and production duties, wiring indelible pop hooks into dramatic EDM structures. Churning gears of rhythm send melodies pinging about the mix until they’re borne upward on explosively cresting electronic waves. Cosmic Explorer may be sugary and exhilarating, but don’t overlook its ambitions – the nearly six-minute “Story” is a dance-pop mini-symphony.”
You can check out the rest of the article, and rest of the list here!
Release date and track listing for Perfume’s first 2017 single, “TOKYO GIRL”
We now have a date and track list for the upcoming single! The single will release on February 15th, 2017 in two physical editions and a digital release, as usual. Covers have yet to be revealed, but we imagine they’ll be shown within the next month or so.
The regular edition (UPCP-5009) will be priced at ￥1,450, while the limited edition (UPCP-9015) will be priced at ￥1,900. We will update this post with CDJapan and Amazon.co.jp pre-order links as soon as they are available.
Track Listing CD 01. TOKYO GIRL (”Tokyo Tarareba Musume” Theme Song) 02. Houseki no Ame (Ora2×Perfume “Kuchimoto Beauty Project” CM Song) 03. TOKYO GIRL -Original Instrumental- 04. Houseki no Ame -Original Instrumental-
DVD (LE Only) 01. TOKYO GIRL -Video Clip- Other contents TBD
Unfortunately, this means we won’t see a CD release of Atmospheric Entry/ Perfume no Okite 2016. It may appear on the new era’s album (like STORY), but we won’t know for certain until the album track listing will be announced - and that’s a long ways off yet! At the least, assuming it will cover the Dome tour, the song and performance will appear on the BD/DVD release of Perfume 6th Tour COSMIC EXPLORER.
Source perfume-web.jp (JP)
2011 Asia Song Festival - Perfume On Stage - 2011/10/15
Perfume’s “COSMIC EXPLORER” was named the 16th Best Pop Album of 2016 by Rolling Stone. OMG SO PROUD OF MY GIRLS!!!
Rolling Stone:20 Best Pop Albums of 2016 http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-pop-albums-of-2016-w455459/tkay-maidza-tkay-w455639
Not many groups release their best work a decade and a half into their career, but Cosmic Explorer – the year’s most expansive and infectious J-Pop album – is Perfume’s high point to date. As on their past four LPs, this trio of female singers – who go by Kashiyuka, A~chan and Nocchi – were abetted here by electronic whiz Yasutaka Nakata, who handles all writing and production duties, wiring indelible pop hooks into dramatic EDM structures. Churning gears of rhythm send melodies pinging about the mix until they’re borne upward on explosively cresting electronic waves. Cosmic Explorer may be sugary and exhilarating, but don’t overlook its ambitions – the nearly six-minute “Story” is a dance-pop mini-symphony. K.H.
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