[05/22] S/mileage 2nd album - ② Smile Sensation

[Rina the Robot]

Source: http://s-mileage.jp/discography/detail_00146/

[TommyVD]

Hello SayuNii has some concert previews up: http://hellosayunii.com/2012/09/24/smileage-tenshin-ranman-otona-no-tochuu-concert-rip-released/

[shirenuファクトリー]

Somewhat off-topic - Did Rinapuu get prettier?? I really like her in that 'nobody like you for me' (lol) outfit :3

[Rina the Robot]

Finally some news about the damn album!

http://s-mileage.jp/discography/detail_00146/

Title is 2 Smile Sensation and will be released in 2 editions on May 22nd.

[shirenuファクトリー]

Damn, this topic has been up since September?

[Rina the Robot]

Damn, this topic has been up since September?

Yeah, "finally" is the key word here  It's been so long that we have dvd footage from their fall tour where they performed 4 new songs that are (supposedly) going to be included on the album.

New songs: Tenshin ranman
Otona no tochuu
Nee Senpai
Yuugure koi no jikan

I can't find Nee Senpai anywhere but here are the performances of the other 3 new songs.

[Rina the Robot]

Album tracklist (single titles italicized just because  )
1. Shin・Nihon no Susume!
2. Tabidachi no Haru ga kita
3. Otona no Tochuu
4. Tenshinranman
5. Suki yo, Junjou Hankouki
6. Watashi no Kokoro
7. Yuugure Koi no Jikan
8. Nee Senpai
9. Sayonara Sayonara Sayonara
10. Samui ne

DVD tracklist
1. Samui ne（Close-up Ver.Ⅱ）
2. Tabidachi no Haru ga kita（Another Ver.）
3. Tabidachi no Haru ga kita（Dance Shot Ver.Ⅱ）
4. Yuugure Koi no Jikan (Wada Solo Ver.)
5. Yuugure Koi no Jikan (Fukuda Solo Ver.)
6. Yuugure Koi no Jikan (Nakanishi Solo Ver.)
7. Yuugure Koi no Jikan(Takeuchi Solo Ver.)
8. Yuugure Koi no Jikan (Katsuta Solo Ver.)
9. Yuugure Koi no Jikan (Tamura Solo Ver.)
10. Album making

[oaxiac]

[Rina the Robot]

[oaxiac]

Track 1 "Shin Nippon no Susume"

It's a crazy song where both the tempo and pitch change in a single number. It was difficult at first with memorizing the demo track, but because the girls were able to fully memorize it for the finished track, recording it was very different from all the other songs. He thinks it's the perfect start to the album.

Track 3 "Otona no Tochuu"

It got everyone excited during the tour, but this time he wants us to pay attention to the finished product. It's just one segment on the way to adulthood. It's one scene of longing for love, so why are you in such a hurry. That sort of song. Using the song and speed, it makes your heart beat with all the coming and going feelings during the few minutes of the song.

Track 4 "Tenshinranman"

The song gives the feeling of being able to do anything because of the energy received from the first time being in love. It happens in a very small town, but the scale of the love is so great. It's like when you're eating okonomiyaki while asking "How much do you love me?" and answering "More than the universe."

Track 6 "Watashi no Kokoro"

It's a ballad. A young girl sings in suffering about the painful words said by a girl and boy unbecoming of their age. The members really had to grow to sing this sort of song. They're not just cute, but also skilled in breathing and intervals and such. It's a song packed between the lines and it makes your chest to tighten all the more.

Track 7 "Yuugure Koi no Jikan"

From the song and something else it really gives the feeling of "Evening." The day you invite him to your house. Mama isn't home... A girl with superficial knowledge about intimacy is tidying up her room while all sorts of wild ideas about this and that come into her head. It's a song that continues like turning through pages 1 to 3. She brings him to her house in the end, right?

Track 8 "Nee Senpai"

It fires off strong words in succession, but it's also a very pure song. You can feel the resolution of a girl questioning where her senpai leaves off. He thinks it's a very handsome song when completed. He trusts it's a very stimulating song in the album as well as on tour.


Track 9 "Sayonara Sayonara Sayonara"

A high level of singing skill is demanded for this shuffle song. Even so, it seems brilliantly and surprisingly simple in the rhythm. The final scene of a romance. A boy is shooting off some of his resentments here. Please enjoy this fighting scene!


This album is the construction of the singing of all the members of present S/mileage.


Wada has really grown as leader. She's become a fine adult. Before, he wanted her to be more active as leader, but he also wants her to grow her own personal characteristics. There are a lot of airheads in S/mileage, but he wants to bring her own elegant sort of airheadedness to the front.

Fukuda is becoming a college student, and he thinks she's become all the more rejuvenated and fresh. It's great that she's facing the front with a pure sort of feeling lately. He wants to entrust a lot of things to her from now on. She's grown tremendously since she was small, but now she looks like an innocent high school girl.

Katsuta is a girl who's inconsistent with how photogenic she is. Because of that, he's surprised every once in a while by how photogenic she is and the times when she smiles with all of her heart. And that's not just in photos, but also in recording and MCs. She might actually be a home run batter, so he wants her to always swing with full force.

Tamura's wild side is sometimes very quiet and composed. Her limbs have always been long, and if she could silently adjust her features, she could appear as something like a model. Even so, there's still a switch inside of her that makes her really, really noisy. But that's what's so lovely and charming about her. He looks forward to working with the part of S/mileage that is the "life."

Takeuchi has become very sensuous. She has been setting out on a boyish direction with her hair and styling, but what's interesting is she can put her girl face forward as much as possible. First-time fans will see her short cut and think that she's a boyish sort of girl, but regular fans have noticed that hidden part of her.

Nakanishi, much like Tamura, has a switch that when flipped makes her extremely noisy, like a broken toy, but when she's silent she's like the daughter of a high-class family. No one would suspect she's actually a future Osaka granny. He thinks that if she grows her bangs out, he'll be able to produce a completely different Nakanishi. Look forward to it!


*Thx to Lurkette from H!O

[Rina the Robot]

[carenduna]

I love this album.... keep listening to it over and over

[strawberry-moon]

^ me too. It's the best hello!project album in a long time.