Yeah, her older stuff is awesome, but so is her newest stuff! Union was amazing - Sekai is one of my favourite songs of hers. I forgot to say - have you ever heard her speaking voice?
I also forgot to mention her new releases.
- a new single released on August 29th called
Cherry Cherry, it'll have a girly feel and os inspired by Petula Clark's
Downtown and The Ronettes'
Be My Baby. The b-sides are
Boku no Tomodachi, a piano ballad(I'd love a ballad as an a-side) and
Soshite Boku wa Tohou ni Kureru, a cover of Ohsawa Yoshiyuki from 1984.
- a new DVD called
LIVE LIFE ~Chara's UNION Live House Tour 2007~, released August 29th with Cherry Cherry - it was recorded May 2007 at Shibuya AX. A Union tour DVD's gotta be hot.
- a new best album, called
Sugar Hunter ~THE BEST LOVE SONG OF CHARA~ released on September 5th. It's released as a 10th anniversary for the release of Junior Sweet. There will be two discs, Sweet and Bitter(think Black and White like Ayu, only all in one). Here is the tracklist:
Disc SWEET -A Sweet Love Song Collection-
1. Shimashima no Babmi
2. Yasashii Kimochi (Shiawase Version)
3. Lemon Candy
4. Milk
5. Ai no Jibaku Souchi
6. Koi wo Shita
7. Taisetsu wo Kizukumono
8. Happy Toy
9. Ooki na Jishin ga Kitatte
10. DUCA
11. Skirt (Album Version)
12. Tiny Tiny Tiny
13. Junior Sweet
Disc BITTER -A Bitter Love Song Collection-
1. Swallowtail Butterfly ~Ai no Uta~
2. Break These Chain
3. Tsuki to Amai Namida
4. Time Machine
5. Sweet
6. Are wa ne
7. 70% - Yuugure no Uta
8. Tsumibukaku Aishite yo
9. Atashi Nande Dakishimetai n' Darou?
10. Heaven
11. Hatsukoi
12. Violet Blue
Sweet. Milk, Happy Toy, Junior Sweet. <3 But Bitter is good too - Time Machine, 70% Yuugure no Uta, Violet Blue... <33
The limited edition comes with a DVD, including a select few of her PVs(mostly the ones for the songs on the album):
1. Heaven
2. Ooki na Jishin ga Kitatte
3. Ai no Jibaku Souchi
4. Tsumibukaku Aishite yo
5. Atashi Nande Dakishimetai n' Darou?
6. Yasashii Kimochi
7. Time Machine
8. Milk
9. DUCA
10. Hikari to Watashi
11. 70% - Yuugure no Uta
12. Taisetsu wo Kizukumono
13. Tsuki to Amai Namida
14. Lemon Candy
15. Skirt
16. Boku ni Utsushite
17. Hatsukoi
18. Mieru wa
No Ai no Hi 3tsu Orange. </3 Anyway, that's all the Chara news I have now.