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Artist: Sakura Label: Toshiba EMI Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 4988006177925 ASIN: B00005Y162 Release Date: 2002-03-27

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Customer Reviews:

Yet another surprising turn.......2002-09-17

Having come from the authentic R&B of "Daylight" (2000) and the smooth cosmopolitan ballads of "Shishir" (2001), it's still surprising that Sakura has taken another unexpected turn. She seems younger and more playful on this album, even sounding very eccentric (like Chara, if you know her) on some tracks. "The Star XVII" is a very bold artistic statement of what Sakura wants to be at this moment.

There are quasi-trance, electronic beats, singer-songwriter-style treatments, and some of Sakura's earlier signature ballads, and she pulls off everything beautifully. Having said that, the production isn't a very flashy one. Could it be limited budget? The quasi-trance never quite becomes trance, the beats don't sound as convincing as the best...

Music CD:

1. 2 Mouths 4 Eyes ~ Rise from the Dead
2. This Armor ~ Chihiro Onizuka
3. For Cherry Girls ~ Scanty
4. R ~ Rurutia
5. Innocent Girl ~ Takako
6. Aini Melody ~ Miyuki Hatakeyama
7. Goldfish and Friends ~ Harrison & Druitt
8. Uganda: Music of the Baganda People ~ Sulayiti Kalungi Ensemble of Kampala
9. Beautiful Life ~ Aria
10. El Condor Pasa ~ Various Artists

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

The Best of British Folk ~ Various Artists

Voyage of the Acolyte ~ Steve Hackett

Chased By Martians ~ Dexter Romweber

Artificial Intelligence ~ John Cale

Nardcore ~ Various Artists

Peter Green Splinter Group ~ The Peter Green Splinter Group

Billboard #1 Hits of the '60s ~ Various Artists

Rickie Lee Jones

Seasons of the Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Docking in Outer Space ~ Cultural Mambo