Review - Perfume New Album - Triangle

Today I am reviewing Perfume's latest July 8th release, their new album Triangle.



Track 1: Take Off
Well, it's 49 seconds, no singing. I can't really say much more.

Track 2: love the world
Liking this song a lot. Very much in the One Room Disco style, but different enough to set it apart. I'm not really a fan of Perfume's singing style though, which is kind of breathy, and it really comes out during this song. But this is a catchy song, good album opener in my opinion.

Track 3: Dream Fighter
Hmm... all of these songs seem to kind of have the same beat. Nothing spectacularly sets this apart from the song before it. By itself it's a fun song, but in context of the album it's a bit repetitive. I realize that idol albums are known for having low production values outside of the already-recorded single tracks, and this kind of song just proves it further.

Track 4: edge (Triangle mix)
The first 45 seconds or so are basically a basic trance dance club beat, of which I'm not a fan. The vocals bring it out of that a good amount, but I have little respect for techno music like this with long extended repeated lines. And it's eight minutes long. I have nothing against long songs, I listen to live Phish songs that are over fifteen minutes long. But this one just takes something that could have been done in 4 minutes and drags it out twice as long. Long for long's sake is not good.

Track 5: NIGHT FLIGHT
A little 80's, but in a good way. Really like the intro. It's funky and delightful game-sounding. Probably my favorite song so far on the album. The vocal melody sounds a lot like Tommy February6 to me. Really boring ending though! Boring endings really bother me.

Track 6: Kiss and Music
The start sounds like cave music from Zelda. Game-sounding in a BAD way. The vocals really pick up the song, very uniquely Perfume without sounding just like their singles. A nice slower rhythm, a nice break from the rest of the album.

Track 7: Zero Gravity
This sounds like something I've heard before, but I can't put my finger on it. (No, it's not another Perfume song.) Any way, the ocean at the start is corny. That's all there is too it. I like the keyboard in this song, and noticed it more than in the rest of the album. Once again, Perfume's breathy vocals take center stage here and I'm not having fun with it.

Track 8: I still love U
Once again, totally 80s beat. It really bugs me when English songs use letters instead of words, and it bugs me a little bit here. Normally idol songs that do that don't bug me, but I guess I had higher expectations for Perfume. So this is the song everyone has been talking about and so far I'm not really impressed. It's okay, at best.

Track 9: Speed of Sound
LOVE the beat, more than anything else on the album. Vocals are kind of a backing to the instrumentals, I think. Which is interesting... an INSTRUMENTAL idol tune? Has that ever happened before? I guess Perfume did it first, they can take credit for it.

Track 10: One Room Disco
Really, this song is fantastic, and everyone already has their opinions on it, so I won't say anything more than this song is fantastic.

Track 11: Negai (Album Mix)
Well, this is different. But honestly it just seems out of place. They should stick to what they know how to do well. Once the vocals start it gets out of that awkward synthesized strings sound, thank God. But I do like the pseudo-reggae beat during the chorus, it's nice.

Overall: 6/10
I realize it's an idol album, so my expectations are going to be low to start. But this album lacks variety. It's all too much the same. I can easily say that the one thing H!P albums have over this one is that they do some different stuff on the album. This album will probably sell well since Perfume is pretty popular, but I've heard better from idols before.

The End... the Kirarin live DVD isn't up on the tracker yet so I can't review it. I promise to the second it gets up there!

Bye Bye (●^ω^●)♪ See you later