“’sunday early morning’ has suddenly become my favorite Momoi Halko album! An exciting, well-produced album that is different from previous albums that captures an exciting side of the Queen of Akihabara”
ARTIST: Momoi Halko
ALBUM: Sunday early Morning
LABEL: avex entertainment
CATALOG #: AVCA-26638
DURATION: 56:15
RELEASE DATE: March 5, 2008
- Sunday Early Morning
- Romantic Summer -momo-i version-
- 21世紀
- RADIO DAYS RADIO NIGHTS
- Enter!
- 今ã€ã‚ãªãŸãŒå¥½ã
- Party!
- ãƒã‚¤ãƒ»ã‚¨ãƒŠã‚¸ãƒ¼ -momo-i version-
- ルミカ
- ナイト・ã§ãƒ»ãªã„ã¨
- Thunder Shot!
- Good morning!
- Get Wild
Ever since we interviewed Momoi Halko and having to research her past material and review each album, my interest has peaked for Momoi’s musical and voice acting works.
I have to admit that since her move to avex entertainment, the production values of her music has risen considerably and I see her music get better and better.
With the release of “Sunday early Morning”, this album has quickly become my favorite album from Momoi. Not only is it full of energy on all tracks but the music production is just great.
The title track “Sunday early morning” was a shock because the music is very Osawa Shinichi-like (of Mondo Grosso). The song is an all English track but because a vocalizer is used, you get that RAM RIDER-ish style of vocals but all in all, a fun track. Just a note that although in English, the English is almost like Puffy Ami Yumi’s “Asia no Junshin” which literally doesn’t mean anything. Lyrics in the song such as “they low no two karma, comin’ choose/near geek mars, the couple/honesty/now day cycle”. Hehe… it might not make sense but its still fun.
The second track “Romantic summer -momo-i version- features another track of her hit song. It has that 80’s style of feel but with modern digital tweaking. A very fun track to listen to!
The third track is her last CD single “21 Seiki”, another fun track which is more rock-based with the digital blips included.
The fourth track “RADIO DAYS RADIO NIGHTS” is another track that features a hyper, up-beat sound and Momoi singing high pitched. Not as high pitched as the next track…
The fifth track “Enter!” is sung in Momoi’s high pitched seiyuu voice and begins with “enter! x 8 and “anime” repeated in the beginning. Another fun track!
The sixth track “Ima, Anata ga Suki” which is the slow jam on the album. A very beautiful ballad! Piano and keyboard driven but a very awesome ballad nonetheless.
The seventh track “Party!” is another Momoi high energy song with the high-pitched voice.
The eight track is “High Energy – momo-i version” and the ninth track is “Lumica”, both which have been featured on previous albums before.
The ninth track “Night de Night” (or “Naito de Naito”) is a high-energy track with a Euro influence, hyper para para feel to it.
The tenth track “Thunder Shot!” is rock driven, high energy and I can already imagine her performing this track in concert and fans going crazy with their light sticks.
The eleventh track “Good morning!” features another track with almost a gabber-style of beat and another song that utilizes the vocalizer with Momoi singing “Good Morning! Ohayo!”. A cute, energetic song!
The final track “Get Wild” is a cover of the TM Network song. The song features a euro style of hyper-beat style and overall a fun and cool cover of the hit dance song.
The packaging of this album is a slip cardboard box featuring the CD and a booklet. The booklet features Momoi Halko stickers which include her logo, the peach, her Roland keyboard, Nintendo Powerglove and even her waitress outfit and vectorized images.
The CD insert is more or less a folded poster. Track listings on one side and poster featuring different photos of Momoi Halko on the other side.
All in all, a very cool, energetic, cute and fun album by Momoi Halko.
I actually enjoyed the songs on this album more than previous other albums. Especially the production value of the music and you get a good balance of Momoi singing in different octaves and you get the sugary sweet pop, the rocking tracks and the beautiful ballad. What more can you ask from a Momoi album?
For those who missed the music videos from her CD singles, there is no DVD included on this album but a simultaneous release titled “Haruko Momoi Best Clip” was released the same day.
All in all, another cool album from the Queen of Akihabara!
BUY THIS ALBUM!