“Two years since their last Korean release and less than two months after their comeback, the boys of Big Bang are back with a compilation album!”
The Rundown
Country: South Korea
Record Label: YG Entertainment
Genres: K-Pop, R&B, Electronica
Languages: Korean, with bits of English
Tracklist: (10) 1. Love Song, SeungRi Solo 2. Stupid Liar, 3. Tonight, 4. High High, 5. Oh Yeah (Feat. 박봄), 6. Café, 7. I Need A Girl (Feat. G-Dragon), 8. Somebody To Love, 9. 어쩌라고 (SeungRi Solo), 10. Baby Don’t Cry (Ds Solo).
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On the Artists: Big Bang is a boy band of 5 from South Korea; GD (Leader, rapper), TaeYang (Main Vocal) TOP (Main Rapper), Seungri (Vocal), Daesung (Vocal)
Production & Vocals: It’s a compilation album, and because it includes some solo work, the styles are varied, which makes for a diverse listen. We’ve got the soft, vocal tracks (Baby Don’t Cry, Café), the more up-beat, mid-range tracks (Love Song, I Need A Girl), and the all out club-bangers (Tonight, High High). A good mix. Production is great, all YG talent: E. Knock, Teddy Park, TOP, and GD. As for the vocals, it’s hard to mess up vocals on a recorded track, especially in modern times. Can’t quite pick which one thumps the other. We’ll make it a tie.
The Good: It’s a compilation of all the goodies from Big Bang’s solo activities, plus two bonus tracks (otherwise known as new material). The best part of this special edition album is that we get to have all their different tracks in one, and we also get to discover Daesung’s solo release! Fave Track: Café- We see a new Big Bang with this track, Café is Big Bang evolving musically, exploring and discovering their style in music- I like that.
The Bad: Quite honestly, it seemed more like a rush-release or consolation release, a gathering, not a compilation. Love Song and Stupid Liar don’t quite deserve the honour of being labelled 'title tracks.’ They were good, but not memorable or particularly inspiring (the video for Love Song was great though; Effortlessly classic!). After being exposed to what Big Bang can produce, they frankly didn’t measure up on this one. Only two tracks and Daesung’s solo were new. The title tracks weren’t ground breaking, but likable. In any case, it’s nothing new. Least Fave Track: Baby Don’t Cry- It’s not a bad track: It’s not just a favourite.
The Verdict: 3.5 Nice to have a compilation album from Big Bang, but wish they could have put more soul into it...
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