ALBUM REVIEW: Rain's "Back to the Basics"

Track List:
01. 널 붙잡을 노래 (Love Song)
02. Hip Song
03. One
04. 똑같아 (Same)
05. Love Song (English Version)

Release Date: 2010-04-08



Blueprincess824's Review:

1. Love Song

=> This is the title track for Rain's special album. It's quite surprising he chose a ballad song for his title song because when it comes to Rain, fans expected upbeat hip hop songs from the world star. What's surprising about this track is that Rain composed and written the song himself and made the song in 30 minutes! Talk about awesomeness. The track is a nice ballad that showed the sweet vocals of Rain and showed the true colors of his vocal abilities. Have you seen the music video (sexy huh?)

2. Hip Song

=> This is my favorite track in the album. I love all tracks in his album but this is my most fave. Why? because it is upbeat and a very energetic song! It is fun and is very Hip Hop. This track is his follow up single and he has performed it several times and I admit, the man can dance, not just dance but DANCE SEXILY. This is a lot of fun to listen to and makes you just stand up and dance.

3.One

=> This is a soft rnb song which starts with a nice piano touch in the start. Rain's voice is perfect for this song and there's not much heavy beats in the song, mostly guitar and piano that was combined beautifully. This is a nice song but to me it's kinda forgettable. It doesnt leave a huge impact to me but when you listen to it, it's very nice to listen to.

4.Same

=> another rnb track from his album. It's a really nice song where you can dance sexily to. It's a slow track but you feel like dancing to it and also showed the beautiful voice of Rain. It's a very flexible song~ It's not that upbeat and it's not a ballad, its a in the border~ A nice song I must say, and you want to dance and sing a long with the song.

5. Love Song (English Version)

=> Of course, my least favorite song in the bunch~ :D why? because it's an english version and it didnt bring the same feeling as the korean version. But the main point of this song is to show that world star Rain has learned a lot and is now fluent in English! He was criticized a lot in Speed Racer for his english and acting and since then he worked hard to improve and it shows in Ninja Assassin.

All in all, The album was great, it's worth every dollar and penny. It's a mix of ballad, hip hop and rjavascript:void(0)nb songs! The album was greatly made despite the small time they had to prepare it. It's a nice album and also as a gift to the fans of Rain who had been waiting for the world star to come back to Korea and he did so with a BANG!

RATING: 4.75 out of 5.0

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