Nice album, weak bit rate
If you like this genre (electro-lounge-jazz-etc) you will likely enjoy this set a lot. My one complaint is the typically low bit rate (as low as 139kbps), which is a pity given how nicely the album was produced.
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Nice but Affected
A nice enough, pleasant enough listen, but the affectations make the album a bit awkward. Feels more like a pose of jazz or R&B than something with real soul and feeling.
Hello, what's this??
Another lovely eMusic-inspired discovery. I skip over half the tracks, but simply LOVE songs like "Twice", "Scribble Paper", "No Love" and "Constant Surprises".
Really?
I am normally a Hip-Hop head and make rare strays from the genre. This is one of those times. I really dig this album. Her voice is amazing, the music is awesome and I am not good with adjectives so those descriptions will have to do =( Favorites include: Twice, Forever, Constant Surprises and After the Rain... although almost all of the album is great.
KCRW top 10
top 10 on several KCRW DJ lists
Well, lets relax
I felt Eryka And a whole lot of soul and simplisity in the album that brought me back to my routs in Manhatte in the late 90's. Fresh, hot, sexy and innovational. Love it!!!!! Great Voice,, you manage to give me music
JapaNordic R&D RnB
Just a marvellous album. Yukimi Nagano has a voice sometimes like Macy Gray, sometimes like a Middle Eastern microtonal muse. She's got more soul than anyone coming out of the US RnB scene, even if she's a Japanese-Swede. Just a perfect album start to finish. Lovely.
Thrilling and moving
Little Dragon's debut album will not leave any man with a soul unmoved. 'Twice', a slow harmonious piano piece backed with mellow strings and a haunting voice, gets you nice and tender for the next few songs, which are more upbeat. 'Turn Left', an upbeat track with eclectic use of electronic instrumentals, or 'Constant Surprises', an R&B styled song which blows you out of your seat. Little Dragon knit their tune in a thoroughly consistent album, the lead voice weaving you back and forth at her whim - and it's a bloody enjoyable ride.
Miscategorized here, but still Lovely
I wouldn't call this project rock or pop, although there are certainly elements of both through out. But so is there house, hip-hop, electronic, and some other flows .... If you know Yukimi's voice from the Hird or Koop projects, then you'll be satisfied with how she keeps it right on track with Little Dragon.
Stunning
Been waiting a while for this album, not disapointed at all. Highlights have gota be Test and Forever. Yukimi's vocals are amazing as always. Well worth getting.
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