Perfume 4th Album JPN tracklist and covers revealed!

Hi guys! I’m SO excited about everything Perfume is doing right now! As opposed to most fans who hate what they’re doing now, I absolutely love them more with each release, I love that they are growing up and so is their music, and they are becoming this super stylish classy group!

Part of the reason why I love Perfume so much as of late is the fact that AKB is driving me up the wall with their stupid marketing strategies and mediocre music. Ugh. Anyway, let’s move on to the bog news!!!

Perfume’s 4th album, JPN, their first album in 2 years is going to be released on November 30, and here are the covers and tracklists!

First up, the promo pic:

First of all, I love the color scheme! The outfits sort of remind me of their Tokyo Dome glow in the dark numbers, but they’ve definitely given them a little traditional japanese twist with the pattern in Nocchi’s shorts and A~chan and Kashiyuka’s belts. I kinda hope Kashi goes back to the straight bangs for nostalgia’s sake, but the truth is that she looked ultra sexy with the swept to the side bangs as well (why is she such a perfect queen? *___*) my ultimate favorite, A~chan, looks as great as always and for the first time in Perfume history, she has the best outfit of the three IMO! Yay! And Nocchi really needs bangs or something this hairstyle is very unflattering on pretty much any human being in the planet and she’s no exception. Her hair looked better in Spice, where it was a bit poofy and wavy, it made her look young and innocent, but this straight onigiri hair with no bangs is just bad IMO.

Here’s the cover of the regular edition:

Yuka, why are you so otherwordly hot? Anyway, I love A~chan’s legs and Nocchi looks like a HBIC so all’s good! I think the letters are a bit too big, or maybe this picture is too small because I can’t see their faces clearly. In any case, I think it’s good that GAME had the girls in black while Triangle had them in white and now we have them in colors! (I’m omitting Complete Best because that one was largely monochromatic too ayway )

Here we have the limited edition:

I get what they were trying to do here but uhhh… yuck? I like the bright pink, and the girls look really pretty from what I can see (at least Kashiyuka and A~chan, because I can’t see much of Nocchi, only an eye xD) but I feel like they are covering their faces up way too much… I hope that this is a slipcase and you slide it and can look at the pretty girls under it Especially because this is the version I’m buying…

Now on to the tracklist!

1. The Opening: I’m guessing this is some kind of intro a la Take Off. That title reminds me of SNSD somehow lol

2. Laser Beam (Album Mix): I know I stand alone on my undying love for everything about the Laser Beam single, but I can’t wait to hear it remixed!!! I hope it’s badass but still somehow retains a bit of the bouncy quirky flavor that made it a favorite of mine

3. GLITTER (Album Mix): We were all expecting Spice and it’s “B-side” to make it on the album, so at least it’s good that it’s a remixed version. I think it’s weird that they put the two remixes next to each other but maybe they’ll have a nice transition. I want this one to sound tribal like the stripped down second to last chorus <3

4. Natural ni Koishite: <3 I love this song! It kicked off a fantastic era, maybe my favorite era from Perfume The album is sounding pretty bright so far!

5. MY COLOR: First proper new song! Hopefully it’s something super energetic!

6. Toki no Hari: Another new song! I wonder if it’s a play on words with tokei no hari which means clock hand, but instead of Tokei it’s toki (time). Definitely an interesting title anyway.

7. Nee: Hi there favorite A-side of the era! <3 quirky, playful, stylish, this song sums up the JPN era perfectly IMO

8. Kasuka na Kaori: The song everybody hates but me Lovely transition from the kind of sweet Nee to the sugar high KnK <3

9. 575: Hands down the best B-side of the era, but I think it’s really surprising to have it in this list in an unaltered form. If anything, I would’ve bet on FAKE IT being remixed and included here because let’s face it, that’s one badass song, and it’s been performed a lot lately! Regardless, it’s a great song, and works great next to KnK

10. VOICE: And now we go in crescendo upping the tempo with 575 A-side. Great song (even greater PV!)

11. Kokoro no Sports: Sports of the heart? Weird. Sounds like an idol song title tbh.

12. Have a Stroll: I hope that this is a normal length track, not an interlude like Speed of Light…

13. Fushizen na Girl: One of the most solid A-sides from them IMO.

14. Spice: Works well as a closing number, but I think I would’ve preferred KnK here xD I really really love this song though, so I’m glad it was included. I wish it was remixed like Negai was (granted, that one was a B-side and I seem to want everything remixed in this album lol)

The DVD tracklist had been revealed before, but here it is again:

1. Spice PV

2. Natural ni Koishite PV

3. Laser Beam full PV

4. Kasuka na Kaori PV TV version

5. Kasuka na Kaori PV

6. Fushizen na girl/Natural ni Koishite TV spot

7. VOICE TV spot

8. Nee TV Spot

9. Laser Beam/Knk TV Spot

10. Spice TV Spot

So may TV spots lol. Still disappointed at that, ngl. But super super ultra mega excited for the album!!! And it’s almost here already after so much waiting!!! *hyperventilates*

On the other hand the first day sales of Spice have taken a drop when compared to everyone’s least favorite but actually a masterpiece, Laser Beam :s Maybe it’s not such a good idea to release a single 3 weeks before of the album that has the same songs in it anyway.

I still really loved everything about the Spice/GLITTER single (but honestly, the only thing I’ve ever come close to dislike from them is One Room Disco and even so, I jam to it like there’s no tomorrow xD)

Expect a review of the Spice single soon (and I’ll see if I get around to finish my post about Kpop ) And don’t forget to buy Perfume’s album, I assure you that they are fantastic and you will not be disappointed!

And just a little something I wanted to get off my chest: LEAVE KASUKA NA KAORI ALONE It’s a fantastic song, and anyone who says that it’s completely pop and 0 electro has not listened to the instrumental or sung along to it. Yup.

Just kidding, hate whatever you want, I’m just sad that one of my favorite Perfume songs get so much hate for reasons that don’t make sense to me