★ Shinhwa (album) (MVs)

[e7erlasting]

Welcome back, Shinhwa. I dreaded having to write this post because I know things become a mess of rambles and rants when it comes to anything I care about. Having had 2.5 days to fully digest this album, I'm determined to finish this post today. On the whole, I think Shinhwa picked songs with great potential (for them) and they worked very hard to

Comments

[mujisan]

If I'm a fan, I already know full well their potential and I tend to tear their music to shreds because "being a fan" doesn't equate to "love by default".

[kpoplvr]

I agree that being a fan doesn't mean love by default.

I find myself giving the songs a pass just because I love hearing their voices, shredded by engineering or not but I recognize that it isn't always the highest quality of music. There were definitely moments I was disappointed.

Personally, I thought the attempts to capture the dance-like nature of the super popular music on the charts was a little awkward but I still think there are some gem moments here. Honestly, I thought it better than their last album. I don't know why, but Vol. 9 seemed more thrown together to me. No one song caught my attention and the overall feel as an album was "oh it's alright." This time, I feel the disastrous moments were maybe a bit of overthinking. Like "Stay." I love that song but the instrumental drove me nuts the 2nd and 3rd time I was going through the album.

Ah, I'm not going to use this comment for more rambling but thanks for the HD dance version!

[navia]

I haven't listened to The Return yet, but what you said applies to most albums I've listened to lately. More than anything, I want vocals to be as raw as possible, and I want groups to remember what's special about their sound rather than just following trends.

Thanks for sharing!

[january_kitten]

thanks

[nicolescully80]

Thank you!