With DJ Bots not yet a member, but with a heavy big beat influence exerted over the whole band, Dragon Ash's second album builds on the ideas of Mustang!, dropping a lot of the pure punk for experiments in samples, drum loops, and forcing squares into round holes.
Points of reference are Check Your Head-era Beastie Boys, "Loser"-era Beck, and the mix and match sensibilities of Jane's Addiction, but would any of those groups stop their groove in the middle of the song for a sweet, melancholic acoustic break (as on "Cherub Rock")? Kenji Furuya sings a majority of the songs here in English, not that you could make out the words without a lyric sheet -- what he does say is empowering, directed at the disaffected youth of Japan.
What one realizes through listening to Dragon Ash is how many unspoken rules of Western rock are blatantly ignored (if acknowledged at all).
In no way a sophomore slump.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro (Bots' Show) | Dragon Ash | Play | 01:24 | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| 2 | Cool Boarders | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Cherub Rock | Dragon Ash | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | Under Age's Song | Dragon Ash | Play | 07:12 | 16 MB | 44 MB |
| 6 | Perfect Government | Dragon Ash | Play | 05:20 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | Pull Up Roots | Dragon Ash | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Melancholy | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Mustang a Go Go!!! | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 10 | Invitation (Buzz Mix) | Dragon Ash | Play | 02:59 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 11 | Hi Wa Mata Noborikuri Kaesu | Dragon Ash | Play | 08:12 | 18 MB | 49 MB |
| 12 | Iceman (hidden track) | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 55 mins | 126 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 365 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon Ash | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |