Released: June 20, 2012
Purchased: Hahaha. Acquired just under a month ago.
First Thoughts: This was the first K-pop thing I ever downloaded. The kind of sad thing is I think it's actually better than The Best of Afterschool.
Playthrough:
Rip Off - Very generic club banger. Perfectly acceptable, but nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to.
Flashback - Their most popular song, and understandably so. It's still a little generic, but it has the fantastic "b-b-b-boy I miss you" hook. Sounds a lot like Girls Aloud's On the Metro and Every Now and Then. And I'm always a slut for dubstep breakdowns.
Eyeline (Nana solo) - Sounds like a Dannii song. Like Rip Off, not something I'll probably ever seek out, but very enjoyable while it's playing.
Sonmoksigye (English: Wristwatch) - This is absolutely gorgeous. I have no idea which ones are singing lead on this, but they do a beautiful job with their lovely, smooth voices (Gloria Estefan teas). Beautiful melody too. I can imagine it as the closing song of a Princess Diaries-type teen romcom.
Timeless (JungA/Raina duet) - This reminds me of something, but I'm not quite sure what. It's more MOR than the rest of the EP, but that's not a bad thing at all. It's a nice midtempo that shows their flexibility.
Final verdict: It doesn't have anything in particular that no other album has, but it made for a very nice introduction to the group. I like it better than 90% of the K-pop I've heard. 7.5/10.
Highlight: This slice of beauty.
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