SPEED – BODY & SOUL (a J!-ENT World Groove CD Single Review)
August 6, 1996 by Dennis Amith
A fantastic debut single for Okinawa’s SPEED!
GROUP: SPEED
CD SINGLE: BODY & SOUL
LABEL: Toy’s Factory
CATALOG #: TFDC-28047
DURATION: 20:06
RELEASE DATE: August 5, 1996
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- BODY & SOUL
- I Remember
- BODY & SOUL (HAND BAG MIX)
- BODY & SOUL (instrumental)
I have to admit that when I first saw SPEED on the TV show “Yorumo Hit Parade”, I never really knew who they were. All I knew was that they were a young group that came from Okinawa like Namie Amuro and members of MAX. But when SPEED released their first single “BODY & SOUL”, I was amazed. Not only do these young girls have pretty cool choreography but these girls are young!
The group consists of lead vocalists Eriko Imai and Hiroko Shimabukuro and background dancers Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki and needless to say, these four are burning up the charts with their first single and this is quite exciting to see these girls debut because for the most part, it’s one thing for Namie Amuro via the Super Monkeys to show that girl groups can do choreography but these young girls can do it as well. Hiroko Shimabukuro is only 13 years old and here these girls are tearing it up on stage and just shocking everyone by their vocals and dance moves and now, I can’t get enough of their music.
“Body & Soul” is a pretty cool track with Eriko Imai having a more lower voice compared to Hiro, who has a high pitched voice. But for the most part, these four perform the song well and there single is quite energetic!
The coupling track “I Remember” is an upbeat, mid-tempo ballad and a song that showcases the vocals of both Eriko and Hiro. A pretty cool track! The third track is “Body & Soul (Hand Bag Mix)” which is a good remix but I prefer the original track more to the remix. The fourth track is an instrumental version of “Body & Soul”.
Overall, this is a fantastic debut single for SPEED and these young girls should be proud of themselves for what they have accomplished with this first single alone. But of course, we will see if these girls are the real thing or if their first single was just a fluke. I look forward to their second single. For now “Body & Soul” is a single worth purchasing!
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