Rebirth at MARS
At last, I received my own copies of GACKT's two important albums: MARS and Rebirth.
Before, I had a copy of Rebirth but the track "Seki-ray" jumps from playing and it makes me mad so I just returned it to the seller. Fortunately now the two CDs works out perfectly. However, I was worried that I may end up receiving bootleg copies which has happened twice for GACKT's SDSN DVD. (Sad memories :() but thank God he answered my prayer. Authentic CDs of GACKT just for me!!!! ^_^
Anyway, I really liked how MARS was packaged. The CD itself and the booklet are separated. The booklet has a hard cover which is good so that the pages won't tear apart from frequent handling. It is also housed in a transparent slipcase. I dunno if it's a first press though. Both MARS and Rebirth are in digipack packaging (Two digipack cases prior to MARS).
I'm glad I didn't listen to most of the songs of the albums before I bought my own copies. I only listened to few like for MARS, I had: "Vanilla", "OASIS", "U+K" and "dears"; and for Rebirth I had: "Secret Garden", "Kimi no tame ni dekiru koto", and "Sayonara". I really enjoyed both albums. Very experimental in their own rights and I must say GACKT did a really good job on these two gorgeous albums. The only bad thing that I see is...hmMm, OK I've got to listen to the albums again. (Poor review from me, Oh well!). I know there are flaws but not so important and they're too small to notice. Well, that is in my own perspective.
GACKT: MARS and Rebirth
What else could I say? These two are just simply amazing. I'm not being biased, OK??? (BIG GRIN)XD
Well, to those of you who haven't get your copies of any GACKT albums then these are worth buying.
PS: These two albums are rare ones because the publisher hasn't release another batch for these if you want to buy sealed CDs from internet shops. If you have a plan of buying pre-owned discs from online sites like eBay, be sure you will get authentic release by asking important questions to the seller. Actual detailed photos of the CDs as much as possible., alright friends? ^_^ (Just a friendly reminder!)
Thanks for reading, everyone! Have a great night!
rusuke