In English! I actually recieved the album a little more than a month ago. (I was just a tad lazy to write this.)

Being a successful hit in both Korea and Japan, BoA has finally decided to take on the big market; America. How is she doing? Well you’ll have to wait and see.

So far so good I presume, BoA’s been receiving publicity from her fan-bases in America and getting to meet celebrities such as Sean Garret and appearing on shows like MTV Iggy along with a widespread of different and other chat shows plus campaign and projects.

However! Down to the nitty gritty. How is the actual CD? Your freshest review right here (:
The CD was ordered initially from Amazon.com, it arrived in immaculate condition. Consists of a CD booklet, containing lyrics and credits, and the cd itself.

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There are 11 tracks, as follows, I’ll summarize the track and give my verdict on each;
1. I did it for love ft. Sean Garret
This song is the one that is used to advertise BoA, it’s MV can be found all over Youtube and definitely displays what BoA’s capable of as a performer of singing and dancing. However as expected, in order to break into the American market, There’s a lot of American popular culture in the music. Cliche lyrics, catchy beat. There was also heavy bashing from netizens about this, how almost all of her songs have been altered so that they sound electronic and almost machine like. Of course this also makes the song harder to perform live. In America, BoA has embraced the image of ‘Sexy’. & Some fans find this upsetting also. The song itself isn’t all that bad, it’s catchy, I have it on my ipod, would probably play it at a party or a similar event. The dance is amazing though (: I high recommend the MV. Which you can watch here.
2. Energetic
This song hasn’t left much of an impression on me. It’s a very good dance track and very techno. Written by Sean Garret. Probably one of the more mundane tracks of this album.
3. Did Ya
Ahh, this is probably my favourite song of the whole album. I find it better than ” I did it for love ” even though there is no MV for this track, nor is there any advertising. But this track for me is extremely catchy and doesn’t seem so Americanized, the track is jumpy, much like the rest of the album, makes you want to get up and dance etc. But I also like the lyrics smartly infused with the fast music. BoA talks of a relationship in which she isn’t treasured so she leaves him. There is less auto-tuning here as well. I think that there is more meaning behind this song than it seems. Catchy and inspiringly, I highly recommend this track.
4. Look Who’s Talking
This is the track that was written by Britney Spears for BoA. As expected from Britney Spears it’s a very self-indulgent song and makes the album sound even more involved with current American popular culture, whether that is a good or a bad thing I’ll leave for you to decide.
5. Eat You Up
This track was released before any of the others, to my knowledge. The are 2 MV’s for this song, well 3 actually. The first one that came out was the Korean version, which depicts BoA street dancing her way into some Ballet exam. The second MV was the American Version where it was BoA in a sexy dress with a hot man and some dancing. The 3rd video is the unedited version where she’s not all dolled up, she’s just dancing. The track itself is alright, memorable lyrics catchy etc. Nothing out of the ordinary however, Oh and there’s also overuse of Auto-Tuning. I don’t get why they keep using that. BoA can handle raw vocals no problem. Anyway moving on…
6. Obsessed
One of my lesser favourites, typical dancing track. Singing about love, I don’t think there’s as much Auto-Tuning here, overuse of rhyming words same beat, nothing really special. Sadly.
7. Touched
I love the beginning of this track, it’s an extremely cute tune. Ring tone material probably haha. One of the sweeter tracks.
(As you can see my attention is quickly depleting.)
8. Scream
This track is pretty different from the rest. Also probably one of the better tracks. It has a very western feel to it, there’s like a sweet conflict in this track. This track is pretty different from the rest in that it doesn’t actually talk of Love. There’s also a somewhat sense of excitement within this piece. If you can somehow tear away the clusters of Techno and Auto-Tuning that is.
9. Girls On Top
This track is one of BoA’s older Korean songs but completely redone into English. Even though personally I think the Korean version is better, this version isn’t half bad either.
10. Dress Off
Pretty similar description to what I gave for Obsessed & Touched.
(You can really tell when my patience wears thin, I get bored so easily.)
11. Hypnotic Dancefloor
I love love love this track. It’s got some really good singing to it. The lyrics may not be all that but it’s a nice track to dance/sing to (: Also in my opinion one of the better tracks.

Overall I think the CD was a fair investment, it really grows on you, the tracks do. I initially bought the CD because of my love of BoA’s music and works and I wanted to support her within the U.S I really hope she makes it. & That her next album will not abuse the use of Auto-Tuning, it’s a cool effect every now and then but I & BoA fans will know deep down that she is capable without the fancy light shows that she’s been advised to stand in on.

This CD gets…

Fathomable-Four&AHalf Stars.