Week 1 ~ Perfume {Unofficial Mix}
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Perfume (パフューム, Pafyūmu) is a female J-pop and Electropop group consisting of three members from Hiroshima, Kashiyuka, Nocchi, and A~chan who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005. Since 2003 Perfume have been produced by Yasutaka Nakata, founder of the group capsule and the contemode label. From 2005 until 2008, Perfume has released six major singles. In 2007, Perfume released Polyrhythm, which became their first top 10 in the Oricon charts. Since then, Perfume has been breaking record after record with new singles. Their second album, Game, has been released on April 16, 2008.
--- taken from the Wiki article
I was first introduced to this group by lovenaught through their song, "Baby Cruising Love", and it was love at first beat. Their sweet voices combined with Nakata Yasukata's addictive beats are a wonder to listen to - they pull off technopop beautifully. Each song has a different flavor - some are peppy and upbeat, others soft and mellow, and a few, I'm quite sure, were influenced by old-school video game sound effects.
Without further ado, here are some of my favorite Perfume songs, plus a few bonus tracks not included in the zip file above, for your listening pleasure. Hope you all enjoy them!
o1; Perfect Star · Perfect Style / パーフェクトスター・パーフェクトスタイル
maybe your true self is
yes, a perfect star in every way
o2; Linear Motor Girl / リニアモーターガール
NO! up to date girl
linear motor girl
fall in fall in love
o3; Computer City / コンピューターシティ
hey, computer, why am i suffering this much?
ah, why am i feeling so strange, computer city?
o4; Electro World / エレクトロ・ワールド
electro world
the ground shook and cracked
the sun in the sky fluttered into my hand
o5; Foundation / ファンデーション
foundation, i cannot fight while carrying this baggage
foundation, i assumed foolishly that it was just a lie
o6; Baby Cruising Love
i want to go to meet you
past a far place
baby cruising love
that place i want to reach someday
o7; Chocolate Disco / チョコレイト・ディスコ
please let my thoughts reach my beloved
these sweet things that i put my heart into
o8; Macaroni / マカロニ
the most important thing's the macaroni
the soup melting with the simmer
o9; Ceramic Girl / セラミックガール
ceramic girl
say 'love me', girl
ceramic girl
it's brand new world
1o; Take me Take me
take me, take me, take me tonight
take me, take me (take me tonight)
bonus track o1; Monochrome Effect / モノクロームエフェクト
this monochrome effect
let the scale fly in discontent
bonus track o2; Vitamin Drop / ビタミンドロップ
vitamin drop, the secret spills a little bit
vitamin, i'm replenished with the heart's supplement
bonus track o3; Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow
wrapped up in this twinkle snow
la la la la la la la
Credit: Perfume City for the cover art and some of the lyrical translations, Youtube for most of the remaining translations.