BEST OF! 2007 ~ An Experiment of Epic Proportions

January 31, 2008 · Filed under 2007, Amuro Namie, BEST OF, Berryz Koubou, Goto Maki, Hamasaki Ayumi, Ikimono Gakari, JYONGRI, KAT-TUN, Koda Kumi, Morning Musume, Mr. Children, Otsuka Ai, YUI, album, avex

My family does this thing called “The History of Rock & Roll.”  They’re a collection of tapes/burnt CDs, tracing classic rock from 1967 and the Summer of Love to today.  We vote every year for the best albums released.  We usually produce some kickass stuff (1967 has Jefferson Airplane AND The Beatles!  The 2000s got in some Linkin Park, System of a Down, U2…  Oh, and Neil Young is, like, ALWAYS in there).

So, I figure… Why don’t I do one for Jpop?

I have several nominees for the first BEST OF! Jpop: 2007 Edition, based on Oricon sales and generally how the albums released in 07 were received among bloggers and others (and, admittedly, there are always autonomic nominees: Hamasaki Ayumi, Amuro Namie, Morning Musume, and Berryz Koubou are autonomic noms in this blog).  Also, as a rule, Best Of albums DO NOT COUNT, which is why Ayu’s 2 Best albums, and the mihimaru GT album did not count here. 

However, in order for this to work, I need people to vote.  Tomorrow, I will be setting up a poll in which people can vote for the nominees.  It is supposed to be perfectly democratic and anonymous.  And, of course, it’s just for fun ♥

The nominees for 2007 are (in alphabetical order):

Amuro Namie – PLAY
Berryz Koubou – 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisuu
Goto Maki – How to use SEXY
Hamasaki Ayumi – Secret
Ikimono Gakari – Sakura Saku Machi Monogatari
JYONGRI – Close to Fantasy
KAT-TUN – Cartoon KAT-TUN II You
Koda Kumi – Black Cherry
Mr. Children – HOME
Morning Musume – SEXY 8 BEAT
Otsuka Ai – LOVE PiECE
YUI – CAN’T BUY MY LOVE

Okay?  Tomorrow there will be an awesome poll and we can all vote.  After 2 weeks, the poll will be closed, and the top 5 albums will be used to create BEST OF! 2007.  The best songs from these albums will be used, and then, the collection will be released here on Morning Kuri ♥

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    Raid said,

    February 1, 2008 @ 4:33 am

    Hm…

    You missed out a few good ones though. Heh.

    Here are some of them that I think are good as well for this nominee list:

    1. EXILE – EXILE LOVE
    2. Kobukuro – 5296
    3. GReeeeN – A. Domo, Hajimemashite
    4. Monkey Majik – Sora wa Maru de
    5. Ito Yuna – Heart
    5. NEWS – Pacific
    6. Arashi – TIME
    7. Angela Aki – TODAY

    And seeing as Ayumi’s Secret came out in 2006 (29th November) I think it doesn’t quite qualify. xD

    Nonetheless, I can’t wait for the poll to be out! From your list alone, I already know who I’m gonna vote for. xD

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    Kuri {♥} said,

    February 1, 2008 @ 5:16 pm

    I knew about the Ayu album–I ended up using my dad’s weird style, in keeping with his tradition, that an album released at a certain point in the year could be carried over into the next year. Ayu (sadly) got that carry-over from 06 to 07.

    EXILE and Angela Aki were both on one of my early lists of nominees; they ended up getting eliminated somehow or other (I do like Angela Aki, so I was confused when she disappeared off the list–it might have been a typo, I did the nominee list during my Spanish class *shot*). Arashi and NEWS simply weren’t as good as I was hoping *doubleshot*

    Still, I’m looking forward to your votes ♥♥

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