I Am: SMTOWN Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden DVD

I've been wanting this DVD for so long. Finally I bought it.

 This is the photobook.

A pretty normal photobook with some photos of SM artists.

I was more excited for this, the DVD.

I really like the packaging.

Look, how cool is that? :)

Disc 1 - DVD
I AM : SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden 2011

I immediately watched this documentary after the box arrived. However after finishing, I was a bit disappointed. This documentary basically shows the life journey of the idols, including their pre-debut days (which is quite enjoyable to watch). Some parts like Ryeowook's and Jonghyun's part did brought me to tears. You can see how hard they work to become artists. Overall the movie is good but I'm sad that they left out TVXQ debut moment. I'm guessing it has something to do with the JYJ incident but still.. I was really expecting to see more of them. :(

Disc 2 - I AM Special Features
01. New York Diary
02. What's Your Color?
03. TVXQ! Their Story
04. Showcase Highlight
05. Music Video "Dear My Family"
06. Making of Music Video
07. Teaser Trailer 1
08. Teaser Trailer 2
09. Original Trailer

This DVD did not have subtitles (why??), so I don't really understand anything their saying. But still I find it very enjoyable to watch especially the New York Diary. They showed them walking on the streets, some rehearsal performances and backstage footage. Sighs, how I wish I was there to see them.

Disc 3 - SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden 2011: Part1
 01. Intro 　
02. f(x) - La CHa Ta
03. f(x) - Chu~♡
04. Kangta - Pine Tree & Polaris
05. Kangta & Sulli - 7989 (Guest. Onew)
06. SHINee - Stand By Me
07. SHINee - Replay
08. SHINee - Get Down + Juliette
09. Super Junior K.R.Y. - Sorry Sorry-Answer
10. Girls' Generation - Run Devil Run
11. Girls' Generation - Kissing You
12. Girls' Generation - Oh!
13. Super Junior - Bonamana
14. Super Junior-M - Perfection
15. Girls' Generation - HaHaHaSong
16. Girls' Generation - Way To Go
17. Miracle Super Junior
18. BoA - I Did It For Love (feat. Key)

Disc 4 - SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden 2011 Part2 
19. Girls' Generation - Genie
20. Super Junior - Sorry, Sorry
21. SHINee - Ring Ding Dong
22. Super Junior - Mr. Simple
23. Super Junior - Don't Don
24. f(x) - Hot Summer
25. Girls' Generation - Hoot
26. SHINee - Ready Or Not
27. SHINee - Amigo
28. Girls' Generation - The Boys
29. BoA - Eat You Up
30. BoA - Copy & Paste
31. BoA - Energetic
32. TVXQ - TVXQ! Medley [Intro + The Way U Are + Mirotic]
33. TVXQ - Maximum
34. TVXQ - Before U Go
35. TVXQ - Keep Your Head Down
36. f(x) - Danger
37. SHINee - Lucifer
38. Girls' Generation - Gee
39. Super Junior - U
40. TVXQ - Rising Sun
41. SMTOWN - Hope

Thank you, SM for including their performances during the Live Tour at MSG. Glad I could watch it on screen now despite not being able to attend the concert. Wearing headphones while watching it just makes it so much enjoyable (I put it on high volume too).

Overall, as an SM artists fan, I am happy with this DVD. I just wish they'd put the subtitles on Disc 2.

SHINee's 3rd Album - Chapter 1 ‘Dream Girl: The Misconceptions of You’

SM, why do you have to divide the album into two? (as if I'm not already broke). Sob2..

I somehow like the weird and unique cover.

A pretty normal SM packaging, where you have the CD on the left and the photobook on the right.

Disc 1 - CD

01. Spoiler 

02. Dream Girl 

03. Hitchhiking

04. Punch Drunk Love 

05. Girls, Girls, Girls 

06. Aside

07. Beautiful

08. Dynamite

09. Runaway

There are some good songs in this album, but honestly, non of these stand out for me except for Dream Girl. I was expecting more from them. Their previous album tracks are far better.They seem to be going for the 80s type of songs, which is actually one of my favourite genres but not for these songs. I'm sorry.

Now, moving on to the photobook.

I don't know, I'm not really liking the pictures either. Wow, I'm starting to sound like an anti, which I'm not, trust me. I love SHINee. I mean, some pictures are okay but there are those blurry/pixelated photos on some pages which I really don't like. They did this photoshoot for hours, you'd think they would choose the better ones. Not to mention those typical empty white borders. And what is up with the random animal in every group's album? Like, how is the horse related with the album as a whole? =_= (but it's a cute horse nevertheless)

 As for the photocard, I got Onew's again. Sighs, I was hoping I could get other member's photocard since I already got his.

I guess one of the only things I'm satisfied with this album is the poster. Its huge. :)

Overall, I have to say that I was disappointed with this album. It just didn't live up to my expectation. I hope Misconception of Me will be better.

TVXQ's 6th Album - Catch Me (CD+DVD) (Special Edition)

 

Ordered this baby from Valoa Records Blogshop. Very nicely packaged. And fast shipping too. Thumbs up! :)

I was really looking forward to unbox this album because of the photocards (there are 4 in this one).

Let me just say that I so love the packaging. It's quite big. Kinda has that high class look too with the use of the black and gold colour. It just makes you feel proud to own one. :) And unlike their other albums, this one is made up from some sort of fabric material(?). Not sure what it's called but its soft and feels very nice when you touch it.

 Besides that, they also added this cool hologram feature on the front of the album package, where it changes back and forth from Yunho to Changmin.

So there are two albums inside. One is the CD and the other DVD. Lets go through the CD first (or the red album)

So we have the hologram thing again on the back and front of the album and also on the inside. But the outer ones are slightly creepy though.

 I wonder, why dogs? And why the scary ones? :/

This is how it looks when you opened it. The page on the right has the hologram too.

As usual, there's the lyrics and some photos of the boys (and the dog).

Disc 1 - CD

01. Catch Me

 02. Viva 

03. Destiny 

04. Like A Soap 

05. I Don't Know (Korean Version)

06. Dream

07. How Are You 

08. Getaway 

09. I Swear 

10. Gorgeous 

11. Good Night

Pretty much the same tracks as the repackaged album minus Humanoids and Here I Stand.

Moving on to the DVD.

Creepy~

Some photos with the dog again.

Disc 2 - DVD

01. Catch Me Music Video (Original Version) 

02. Catch Me Music Video (Dance Version) 

03. TVXQ! Special Interview 

04. Jacket Making Clip 

05. Music Video Making Clip

Love the MVs but it's a shame that there's no subtitles for the interviews, especially for someone who doesn't understand Korean like me. But that's okay. Still get to see those handsome faces. :)

Besides the albums, there's also these two message cards.

 Alright, time for the photocards. I was expecting two group photocards and one of each Yunho and Changmin photocards.

Got two group cards and two Yunho cards. lol, I seem to be lucky when it comes to getting Yunho's photocard. I already got four of his cards.

These are the posters that came along with the album. Not really liking the pictures though. Why do they have to cover those faces? :/ But the posters are pretty huge.

 That's it for this album. Since this includes both the CD and DVD, it will cost more. I'd say, if you're a big fan, then this won't disappoint. :)