Wednesday, April 18, 2012

EXO-K's 1st Mini Album - MAMA

Finally, my EXO-K's mini album has arrived! This album is surprisingly light. Really love the design. Its quite unique. And whoever made that EXO logo is genius! :)

I mostly like the back cover of the album. It has all the song names, which is not really obvious unless you look real close (can you see it? ^^)

Another thing that makes this album unique is the inside part. This is basically what it looks like.

As you can see, the paper that covers the CD and photobook is also the shape of their logo. Brilliant! There's also the lyrics on the paper.

So, moving on to the photobook. Here's the front and back cover.
To be honest, the main reason I want this album is because of the random photocard inside. And I know it was inside the photobook. I was really excited to see who I got. I don't really care who because I like all the members in EXO-K but I honestly never thought that I could get the group photocard. And its not EXO-K's photocard but the whole group's photocard! (HAPPIEST DAY EVER!)
I love the picture very much. Kinda reminds me of Super Junior a bit (because of the number of people).

So inside the photobook there are a lot of decent photos of the boys. :)
Apart from the photobook, there's also the CD (of course). Again, we can see the EXO logo on the CD cover, along with the credits at the back of the cover. On the CD itself we can see the EXO logo again and the tracklist as well.
Disc 1 - CD  
01. MAMA 
02. What Is Love 
03. History 
04. Angel 
05. Two Moons (feat. SHINee's Key) 
06. Machine   
I love the first 4 songs in this album. History is my favourite because it was the first EXO song I got addicted to. MAMA is addicting as well after listening to it many times. What Is Love is a great ballad song (love D.O.'s and Baekhyun's voices). And Angel is just so nice to listen to. Been repeating these songs for the past few hours. <3

There's also a poster included.
Overall, I think this is a pretty good album. But don't expect much from it because its just a small album.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

SHINee's 4th Mini Album - Sherlock (Minho Cover)

This album arrived just this afternoon and I'm loving it! This cost me RM65 (including shipping) and I got myself a Minho version. He looks hot but I don't really like his hair. Why can't it be the normal short hair he has now? T_T Anyways, I still like it nonetheless.

So this album has 6 photobooks (one of each member and another one is the group photobook).
I think this is their best mini album so far (well, I haven't actually got any of their previous mini album) but I don't think any of their mini albums have these separate member photobooks concept (correct me if I'm wrong).

So lets move on to the photobooks one by one. First off, Minho! (oh Minho, you sexy beast)

Next, our sexy diva Key!

Jonghyun! (I think he has the best photos in this album <3)

Moving on to Taemin! (I have to be honest, I feel kinda awkward looking at his photos =_=)

And lastly, our leader Onew!
Love love love these pictures. The only think I don't like is that some of the pages are blank (SM, you could've put some extra pics there or just reduce the paper rather than just making it plain white =_=)

So the last photobook is the group one.
Inside the photobook, we also have the CD itself, a mini sticker, an advertisement paper and the trading card.
As you can see, I got Onew's card. Not that I'm not happy about it, its just that I was hoping it would be a Minho or the group's trading card. :/
Disc 1 - CD  
01. Sherlock.(Clue+Note) 
02. Clue  
03. Note  
04. Alarm Clock 
05. The Reason 
06. Stranger 
07. Honesty  
Seriously, I love all the songs in this album. At first I didn't really like Sherlock but after a while, I got addicted to it (SM always have that kind of power). I think mixing Clue & Note together was brilliant! I also like Honesty. That song is really soothing~


This album comes with a poster. Since I got Minho's version, so obviously I got Minho's poster.
*faints*

2011 Winter SMTOWN - The Warmest Gift (Gold Cover)

Got this for RM65 (including shipping). I really like the colour. It kinda gives an exclusive look to the album, don't you think? Anyways, moving on.
The inside of the album. There's a CD, photobook and a mini photocard.

Disc 1 - CD  
01. Super Junior - Santa U Are The One 
02. TVXQ - Sleigh Ride 
03. BoA - Distance 
04. SHINee - Last Christmas 
05. SNSD - Diamond 
06. Kangta - For The First Time 
07. TRAX - Like A Dream 
08. Zhang Li Yin -The First Noel 
09. f(x) - 1,2,3 
10. CSJH (The Grace)'s Dana & Sunday - Amazing 
11. J-Min - Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)  

All the songs are good but you know, some of them have a little bit of problem with the pronunciation so it might sound a bit awkward. But if you're an SM fan like me, I suggest you buy it because its a great album (got get it for Christmas this year!). Plus the photos are really good too!
 My handsome Dong Bang boys <3

 Btw, I just noticed this. They actually put the word 'Gift' in many different languages on the back of the album. I was surprised to see the word  'Hadiah' there. Haha..
Here's the poster that came along with the album. Its quite big.