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Title: Is this the Japanese Britney Spears?
Review: I bought this album because I already had several of the Himekami albums (also released in the Higher Octave lable) and I wanted to hear more Japanese new age music. What a mistake! First, Yuki wrote NONE of the songs on this album, so that is already a reason to bash her. But also, her singing voice is so weak that most of the time I could not understand what she was singing, even though she sings mostly in English! This becomes painfully evident on the track "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" in which she duets with a male singer whose voice totally overshadows hers. The liner notes of this album don't even have the lyrics printed to aid in enjoying the songs. It's a safe bet Higher Octave won't ever release another album by this artist; she simply does not sing well enough to deserve it.
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