“The debut of LOVE (Stephanie and Misaki) founded by EXILE’s HIRO. A good debut for the duo including a cover of ‘secret base’ by ZONE.”
GROUP: LOVE
CD SINGLE: First Love ～ラブレター～
LABEL: Epic Records Japan
CATALOG #: AICL-2045
DURATION: 29:01
RELEASE DATE:Â August 26, 2009
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- Two Hearts
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- Two Hearts (Instrumental)
- ラブレター (Instrumental)
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The debut single of Love, a duo consisting of Stephanie and Misaki and a new unit that was produced by EXILE’s HIRO. A unit that was developed to promote love, dream and happiness.
The first single “Two Hearts” is a bit interesting as you have one vocalist with a lower voice and another with a higher. For the most part, musically the track is pretty cool with an arrangement by CHOKKAKU and strings by Gen Ittetsu Strings. A pop song with a very romantic feel with the strings playing in the background. I like the chorus of the song but it’s an interesting combination of vocals as both women have very distinct style of vocals but it’s a good track but felt the one with lower voice was a bit off vocally.
The second track “Love Letter” is a mid-tempo pop track written by Jeff Miyahara and JUN. T and actually features a much better vocals and harmonizing by both women. Cool beats along with the piano. A pretty solid track!
The third track is “secret base ~Kimi ga kureta mono” which was originally sung by the female band ZONE. An R&B version but for the most part, a pretty good cover of the hit song.
The three remaining tracks are in the instrumental versions of the first three songs.
CD insert features lyrics, production credits for the songs and a photo of Misaki and Stephanie.
Overall, for their first debut, it’s good but it’s too early to tell how their music will be in future releases. I definitely want to hear more of what this duo has to give vocally and musically. So, far the first single features two love songs and a popular cover of a hit song which overall, we very good with only the opening track that I loved the music but felt the vocals were a bit off. But all in all, Love’s “First Love ~Love Letter~” is a good debut for the duo. Look forward to the next single.
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