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JYP Entertainment’s 2AM makes a comeback with their first full-length album entitled Saint o’clock.The quartet, which is one of the two subgroups branched out from the original 11-member boyband One Day (the other subgroup being 2PM), will be concentrating on bringing across their soulful voices rather than their sharp dance routine in this new album. K-pop Time Machine (1)2AM (You Wouldn't Answer My Calls)This is the double title track of 2AM's first full-length album, 'Saint O'Clock.' It's a ballad song about the emptiness and pain one is left with after a break-up, which is perfectly expressed through 2AM's soulful voice. 2AM’s first Japan release is a special edition of their first full-length album Saint o’Clock, originally released in Korea in October 2010. Teaming up again with Hitman Bang Si Hyuk, the popular vocal group topped charts with their silky, heartrending ballads including their mega hit “You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls”. Saint o'clock process: You order from the kfan union - (1st and only shipping fee) kfan union/synnara ships the album to you once the order is placed If you're interested in helping out 2AM, please read further for details on how to purchase Saint o'clock. You can also follow them on twitter (@Support2AM) for updates on the project.
Saint O’Clock aims hard for granduesque. Does it actually achieve its goal ? We’ll see about this. The boys may not be the best looking fellas in the industry, but for what they lack in looks they surely make up for with their singing abilities. They don’t make ballad bands
Diva skills, I has them
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without actual singers, do they ? I have my favorites : Jo Kwon‘s lyrical voice ( he’s not only the drama queen among the Korean Icons, he’s the drama king in 2AM too as you can clearly see in Like Crazy’s PV ), he may look frail, but I’ve seen him working out crazily at the gym, and I have a thing for Changmin and his nasal trills. Also his quirky sense of humor cracks me up. Too bad KBS canceled the broadcast of StarGolden Bell. I have no knowledge of the other member’s sense of humor or diva-skills.
A few thoughts on the album as a whole before I begin dissecting one track at a time : although it contains a variety of musical influences and the arrangements are top-notch, at one point the songs might start to sound a bit boresome. To sum it up the album consists of a serious amount of tear-jerkers. There are too many songs fighting for the most epic of them all spot. This is what happens when you add previous releases to the next album and you make little changes to the concept. Because of this, songs like No More or For Love Again fail to impress in spite of being decent songs. Actually, now that I give the 2 a better listen I find them quite hard to digest and redundant to the context. Anxious at least has a nice low-key instrumental and a strong beat and manages to stand out of the crowd for a bit.
And another thing I’ve noticed : the boys do mostly solo parts, so not so many harmonies as I would like to listen, especially in a chorus and it is a pity because those would round-up better some songs.
Now let’s discuss the ones I did enjoy listening to. For once I enjoyed an intro track. Phone really does makes sense in disclosing whatever secrets this album may have. You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls is sorrowful, as sorrowful as 2AM can be at its best. It is a great song indeed, but wait till you’ve listened to all of them.
Like Crazy. I wasn’t expecting another epic song to come right next after You Wouldn’t Answer. They’re quite similar and this does somehow level down my expectations.
Just Me. The song has a more positive feeling to it and it features ( at last ) some harmony in the chorus sung by Jo Kwon and Glam. Surprisingly how well a sexy female voice sounds alongside the boys.
Mirage is one of my favorites, we get some r&b, a slightly increased pace and the thing that startles me most is Changmin’s middle 8 part. Believe me, the first time I listened to it I had goose-bumps. It’s that good.
This album was in desperate need of a song like Love U, Hate U. It’s fun, it’s upbeat, it has swag and the rap parts are surprisingly good. It features a collabo with, I’m guessing 2 rappers from 방탄소년단, but I’m sensing 1 or 2 of the boys are delivering some lines too. After all, Jinwoon and Changmin are mentioned as rappers too in the description of the band.
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With of Without You has a 90s feel to it, it’s more of a dance song and if they were to ask me I would have switched it with Like Crazy, just to balance the album a little bit. I love how well the piano and the sinths get along in this song, but I love them even more in the next one.
I Can’t Say That I Love you is my other favorite track. The instrumental part is kept low-key, the sinths and beats are old school, but the thing I like best are the chorus and Changmin in general. He really does a beautiful job towards the end of the song.
Final rating : 9.5/10
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