Fairy Tale

Artist: 
CLEO
Year: 
2003
Nationality: 
KR
Highlight track: 
Jôza [여자]
UFOMETER: 
4

I only bought this because I was buying the third one at the same time and I had misinterpreted the YA offer for buying three CDs more cheaply. This is clearly one of the worst Korean albums I own. Actually, it wasn't as bad as I thought.

#1 Intro

I usually fail to notice this at all.

#2 S.P.Y. 6

Boring r'n'bish stuff with spelling exercises equivalent to those in Cleopatra's Cleopatra's Theme. You see, even the letters are the same. "We are C-L-E-O..."

#3 Replay 5

Blooh.

#4 Sukêpo (Chicken Version) 9

I think this might be the title track because this is twice here. I can't even check right now as I don't have my dictionary with me and the online ones are unworkable here without the character support. Very similar to the last three tracks on the third album (= Koyote filler style). I wonder what brings the "chicken" to this.

#5 Jôza

Actually quite a nice "itähumppa" with the straightforward title 'Woman'. I'm getting to like this more the more I listen to it, just added a half to the score.

#6 Tonghwa

Or could this be the title track? It was said to be a ballad and the title of this somehow sounds like it should mean 'fairytale'. Once again I'm wondering on what basis YA selects its Best Reviews, as for this album it's another of those with bad language and not much info either. A quote from it: "Fairy Title is the main title song, it is a very smooth ballad to hear at night! The music video is very cute and animated video. Although i haven't listen to all of their songs, i know one of their songs is dance, since they have been doing dance in their music career." What is he trying to say? But well, I guess it must be this. But well, this isn't all that bad. The problem just is that I can't seem to be able to concentrate on listening to it well enough to give a score. Oh my, this may even become one of the rare good Korean non-LSY ballads.

#7 Hyntylhyntyl 6

With this at least I don't have the concentration problem. But in this case it's not a good thing - it's annoying. It even has the line "Happy happy happy happy loving you". All right, I admit I'd normally consider that just fun but here it's annoying.

#8 Wanna B 6

So boring I forgot to write anything.

#9 Saryry... 8

I don't know what would be the word to describe this... Maybe "sliding"?

#10 Love Time 7

Lazy Sunday-kinda ballad but not as bad as you'd expect.

#11 Jônkyk

Ah, on this album as well the traditional tracks are at the end? Seemingly so, especially if the next one is one of these as well.

#12 Professional 7

I don't quite know what genre this belongs to. Maybe some kind of funk? Nowadays I should be good with genres but a person can't know everything.

#13 Sukêpo 9

The version without the chicken. Overall, this album might even be better than the previous one, even though there are no real hits on this. I think maybe I'll raise the scores of both this and the chicken version to 9, if for nothing else, for the "because I love you so" part which is good.

Date reviewed: 
31.08.2004