Add Faces Places to the pile, along with Namie Amuro's Sweet 19 Blues, as an album that shows producer Tetsuya Komuro at the top of his creativity.
After Globe's first album, Komuro hurriedly reshaped his group and took them in a different direction -- very strange for a Japanese pop group, where formula is all.
Totally gone was the happy techno of the first.
In its place comes rock, epic, multi-part songs that would make Boston happy.
Marc Panther stopped rapping and was given smooth, mumbling prose to speak.
Keiko was pushed into operatics as well as crooning.
Komuro's lyrics stop being about dancing and typical disco slogans of togetherness, and become -- from what can be made out -- slightly personal.
Not missing are the hooks and Komuro's knack for a knock-out chord progression.
"Can't Stop Fallin' in Love," "Is This Love?," and "Faces Places" are strong songs, some of their best, and the album-only tracks -- including the instrumentals, which usually means filler -- add to the whole effect, making this a solid hour of rock-pop.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overdose | globe | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 2 | DeGenerate | globe | Play | 04:48 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | Faces Places | globe | Play | 06:25 | 14 MB | 44 MB |
| 4 | Is This Love | globe | Play | 05:31 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 5 | So Far Away from Home (Beautiful Journey) | globe | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 6 | A Temporary Girl | globe | Play | 07:14 | 16 MB | 50 MB |
| 7 | Because I Love the Night | globe | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Anytime Smokin' Cigarette | globe | Play | 07:38 | 17 MB | 52 MB |
| 9 | Watch the Movie ? | globe | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 10 | A Picture on My Mind | globe | Play | 05:45 | 13 MB | 39 MB |
| 11 | Face | globe | Play | 06:19 | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| 12 | Can't Stop Fallin' in Love | globe | Play | 05:02 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 13 | Can't Stop (Piano Solo) | globe | Play | 01:02 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 14 | Faces Places | globe | Play | 06:25 | 14 MB | 44 MB |
| 73 mins | 167 MB | |||||
| 73 mins | 498 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | globe | 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). |