However , Ian Martin from Allmusic awarded the album two stars out of five . Martin felt the production was " overwhelming " by commenting " There are also a number of occasions where the production completely overwhelms the sometimes flimsy melodies on offer , and it 's hard to escape the impression that producer Yasutaka Nakata 's attitude to the three members ' vocal contributions is basically one of damage limitation . " He did , however , commend the album 's catchiness and complimented the mixture of dance genres . Zac Bentz from Japanator.com gave the album a mixed review . He criticized the album 's lack of development and personality and felt the album did n't have a diversity of musical genres outside of electronic dance music . He commented , " If Perfume does n't start expanding their sound , maybe moving out of the cyber-dance cage Yasutaka has built up around them into , say , more real-world territory , their remaining time may be limited . " '' Game '' won the Best Female Band/Band with female lead vocal Album of the Year award at the DBSK in French J-Pop Awards 2008 . At the 1st Annual CD Shop Awards , '' Game '' was first-equal runner-up with Ohashi Trio 's '' This is Music '' for the Grand Prix award . The winner of the night was Sōtaisei Riron 's '' Shifon Shugi '' ( 2008 ) . The album won the Album of Excellence Award at the 50th Japan Record Awards ; it shared its recognition with '' Beyond Standard '' by Hiromi Uehara , Keiichi Suzuki 's '' Hate Captain and Love Officer '' , Namie Amuro 's '' Best Fiction '' , and Fuyumi Sakamoto 's '' Masterpiece Song Spelling ''
1st Annual CD Shop Awards
CD Shop Awards
Game (Perfume album)