Eri Nobuchika – Voice

September 5, 2007 at 10:30 AM | Posted in Eri Nobuchika | Leave a comment
Tags: singles

Tracklisting
1. Voice
2. Voice (Live @Crescente Studio)
3. I hear the music in my soul
    (Solid Groove Remix)
4. Voice (Karaoke)

This is Eri Nobuchika’s 2nd single and it was released on April 5, 2005. The single reached #94 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and sold 2,316 copies. 

This is a great follow-up single after Eri Nobuchika’s stellar debut single Lights. However, Voice is quite different from Lights in terms of musical style. The Spanish guitar is a huge part of the song’s verses and along with the song’s electronic dance vibes, there is an ethnic flavor added. The song is almost more consistant than Lights since it never lets up and always stays very upbeat as well. My favorite thing about this song is the amazing vocal sequence during the bridge. Even though the vocals are electronically enhanced, the way they give power to Nobuchika’s voice to make it sound stronger and more powerful is astounding.

Track 2 is an fantastic live of Voice. Just the like the acoustic version of Lights, all of the dance elements have been removed and you get a full blown Spanish guitar arrangement along with castanets in the background. I was so impressed with Nobuchika’s voice in this live because it’s damn near perfect to that of the original studio recording, if not better.

The next track is an awful remix of I hear the music in my soul, the B-side from the Lights single. I wasn’t really a big fan of the original so I wasn’t really looking forward to much. The remix is incredibly sloppy and it’s just a bunch of jumbled sounds all thrown in together. Plus, it’s almost 7 minutes long and very boring. This track should be avoided at all costs.

Overall Rating

4 stars