Jettai ni! J dake ni.

My baby's here!

Kochan and Tsuyo reached Farah's office this morning. Even though I don't celebrate Christmas but I'm gonna treat it like an X'mas prezzie xD~~~ *drools* It's a day earlier than the release. Which is why we love CDJapan so much, ne? *kyaas over first official new KinKi release purchase*

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="282" caption="Jettai ni... (Zettai ni...) KinKi Kids Forever."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="282" caption="Miskin pun miskin lah. J dake ni."][/caption]

Silvery shine and sleeping Kochan is win although the photoshoot's kinda boring after flipping through it twice.

The main highlight of J for me is obviously the willowy 'Kaze no Sonetto' (Sonnet of the Wind). It's very Shock!Koichi-ish and hearing Tsuyo singing it is an even bigger plus. Hmm yup, definitely loving the ballads more. Can't wait to see them dance to 'Houseki o Chiribamete' (Scatter Gems) because I absolutely LOATHE the pathetic 'Swan Song' performance that everyone else claims to like.

Maaaybe the album is a tad safe by Jyaniz standard without all the embellishment and heavy reliance on dance numbers. I guess it's definitely better than Phi which was un-KinKi, right? Melancholy and ballads suit them to a T so the undeniable allure to this is the calmness. Not for people looking for fast and fun KinKi. Yet after a degree of time everyone would need to wind down from the harshness of life and to listen to something slow and relaxing. Desu yo ne?

I quote from this LJ: "the 'J' stands for Jack as in the 11th card in a suit for a deck of cards and this, their 11th album. The Journey into the next decade, and how they Just wanted to simply, directly, bring these 11 tracks and 11 photographs (in the cd liner) to the fans. (Hence most marketing for this, the regular edition, list the total track number as '11 + 1' instead of 12."