Babymetal

Plays well

All three of the Babymetal "studio" albums are 5-star, IMO, with not a bad song on any of them. Still, I think their first offering, the self-titled "Babymetal" is my favorite. The musicianship of the metal session players (the Kami band) is world-class. The lead singing of Suzuka Nakamoto is very strong for someone who was in her early to mid-teens when these recordings were made. Although I don't speak Japanese, I have done some research (and continue to do so) into the Babymetal song lyrics. It's fairly easy to guess what the world-wide hit "Gimme Chocolate!" is about! Some of the other songs take some digging to understand what they are about. For example, even though death seems to be a common theme in metal music, the song "Babymetal Death" which introduces the first album and was performed as the first song of many of their live concerts early on, is actually a play on words as I have come to understand. The Japanese word for "death" is very close to the verb "to be". So, in reality, the song Babymetal Death is an introduction of Babymetal as a group and individually, as they say on the song: "I am Su-metal, I am Yuimetal, I am Moametal, We are Babymetal". Another song on this first album, "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", is about standing up to and supporting each other against bullying. The earliest recorded song on this album was, I believe, "Doki Doki Morning". It's a fan favorite at concerts, especially in Japan, where fans sing along with parts of the song (see YouTube postings). Speaking of live concerts, the song "Headbanger!" is often featured and played as an encore. Great song which is highlighted by Suzuka's strong lead vocal. Another great song which was sometimes used to close early concert performances is "Road of Resistance" which I don't believe was on the original version of this CD. Also, a live version of "Gimme Chocolate!" from a concert in London closes out this wonderful CD. I never get tired of listening to it from beginning to end! The rest of the songs on the CD are all special in their own way. Internet searches will show you live performances of most and written English translations of the lyrics which will give some insight into what Babymetal is singing about and the subjects that are important to the group. I highly recommend this CD version of Babymetal's first album.

Came in great condition

I listened to this album after listening to Metal Resistance and Metal Galaxy. For once, it's a bit depressing to go back in time because the band seems to be the best, here, in their original state. While you can tell that all three of the girl's voices are younger (almost baby-like, considering they were not even teenagers) by the extremely-high vocal range they're able to hit. The fact that they have good trio and harmony makes Metal Galaxy feel like it's missing a lot and that there is a tension of who-sings-what in Metal Resistance.Here's to hoping that the solo-project of the oldest sister actually amounts to something, because nothing has really come out after her departing the band. While I look forward to Babymetal's 4th album, it seems that they have lost their direction after the tragedy and member departure.

I was on FaceBook and there was a picture of this very cute Asian lady, and the caption read, "You might like this video." I saw this suggestion a few times, when I finally decided click on it, I was blown away by the song, Catch Me If You Can. I watched a few other videos and I was so impressed by what I saw and heard that I had to start shopping for Baby Metal albums.

Love this band! I did purchase two CDs, however only one of them worked. No sure why.

Awesome CD. Extremely fun & entertaining music.

Facinating act. The mixture of genres is their shock value, cute meets metal and somehow it works? Absolutely a unique accomplishment. Love them or hate them, there is only one BABYMETAL.

Babymetal’s first album and it shows. As much as i love this album its obvious the writers didnt have a clear vision of how this project should sound. Musically its very scatter brained and all over the place. The components are there but they havent quite figured out how to fit them together 100%. Tho IMO its babymetal’s weakest album its still great, entertaining, and plenty of fun to listen to.

Estoy fascinado con el disco, es justo lo que esperaban escuchar mis oídos, y pues aunque hay algunas canciones que tienen más marcado el género J-pop como base, el tipo de metal que se escucha aquí es bastante bueno. Babymetal es un grupo excelente y ni hablar de sus presentaciones en vivo las cuales son magistrales.En cuanto al producto, llegó en excelentes condiciones, sellado y bien empaquetado.

Cd emballé dans du papier bulle ( d'autre ne le font pas , je ne dirais pas de nom ..)Arrivé en avance et emballage super , que dire de plus ?

Non aggiungo altro se non:LE AMO!! 😍Primo album di queste 3 meravigliose ragazze ormai diventate famose da qualche anno a questa parte di nome BabyMetal.Già dal Nome Metal vi fa capire che tipo di Band è🥰 da quando le seguo dal 2020 me ne sono subito innamorato alla follia💯In questi giorni proprio questo album ha compiuto i 10 anni dalla sua uscita😁 il cambiamento e l'evoluzione che hanno fatto è davvero incredibile💪🏻In conclusione album incredibile,consiglio vivamente a chi ama il metal di ascoltare le loro canzoni. 🤘🏻🦊Il Pacco mi è arrivato in ottime,senza danni interni o esterni con anche l'album del 2019 Metal Galaxy 🖤

alles ok