Coming off a long tour of Japan, bringing themselves as well as other similar acts to the youth of the country, Dragon Ash re-camped and brought out Lily of da Valley.
In some ways, it's a bit of a disappointment in that their success has narrowed their focus in the kinds of music they explore.
Where each track on Viva la Revolution defied the one before it, tracks on this, their fourth album, slide into two categories: ones that follow the formula of their hit "Let Yourself Go, Let Myself Go" (hardcore metal/hip-hop), or ones that follow the formula of their other hit, "Grateful Days" (soulful hip-hop with female backing vocals).
Not that the tracks aren't exciting: "Deep Impact" is crazed, dark, and angry, with guest rapping from Rappagariya that rises out of the grungy murk like a fiend; "21st Century Riot" outdoes the panic-alarm sound of Limp Bizkit at their own game; and the single "Amploud" shows some of the genre-mixing that Dragon Ash excels at, switching between a sitar-and-upright bass ballad and a balls-out thrashabout without warning.
It's just that the group has decided to turn the amps up to 11 without moving ahead.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | Dragon Ash | Play | 01:06 | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| 2 | 21st Century Riot | Dragon Ash | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | Glory | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 4 | Amploud | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | Bring It | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Sunset Beach | Dragon Ash | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 7 | My Friends' Anthem | Dragon Ash | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | Aim High | Dragon Ash | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | Revolater | Dragon Ash | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | Lily of da Valley | Dragon Ash | Play | 05:50 | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| 11 | Yuri no Saku Basho De | Dragon Ash | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 12 | Deep Impact feat. Rappagariya | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 13 | Shizuka na Hibi no Kaidan Wo | Dragon Ash | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 14 | Outro (Bots) | Dragon Ash | Play | 01:15 | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| 53 mins | 121 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 351 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). |