Kimi Ga Suki [Import]

Matthew Sweet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Cutting Edge Japan
• ASIN: B000087ER9
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,108 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dead Smile

2. Morning Song

3. The Ocean In-Between

4. I Love You

5. I Don't Want to Knowwarning

6. Warning

7. Spiral

8. Love Is Gone

9. Hear This

10. Wait

11. Tonight We Ride

12. Through Your Eyes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the high price, April 24, 2003

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D. Means (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kimi Ga Suki (Audio CD)

It's too bad that there are no plans for US release of this cd becasue it's worthy of it. All of the classic Sweet elements are here, great melodies, tight backing harmonies, and the return of the Richard Lloyd guitar solo. The songs were all written in a single week's time and recorded and mixed in Matthew's home studio with the help of Rik Menck, Richard Lloyd, and Greg Leisz. The sound quality is noticably less polished than the typical MS record and sounds more like a recent Velvet Crush release than the sound we're accustomed to hearing from Matthew. The lower quality doesn't significantly diminish the listening experience however, mainly becasue the songs are just so good. It's really hard to believe that all 12 of them were written in only one week. Overall the mood of the record is fairly light and poppy, not really totally comparable to any one of Matthew's previous records, but remeniscient of bits and pieces of all of them, and even some of Velvet Crush's work too. Despite the high price tag this is a must have cd for the avid Matthew Sweet fan, though maybe not so for the casual listener.
On a technical note, the cd uses CCCD copy protection which means you can't play it at CD quality on your PC or at all if you're a Mac user, at least not without figuring out a way around it which is possible. I've read that this protection format also occasionally makes the cd unreadable by some cd and dvd players so let the buyer beware, but this is probably an rare occurance with older or cheaper players.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A blast from the early 90's past, May 5, 2003

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Anonymous (Mpls, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kimi Ga Suki (Audio CD)

If you need a review to convince you to spend $... on this album, then it's probably not for you. But I'll give my perspective. I think this is Matthew's best sounding cd since 100% fun, and maybe even better than 100% fun. Even though it was recorded in his house, it doesn't sound as stripped down and demo-like as Blue Sky on Mars, and doesn't sound as weirdly over-produced as In Reverse (partly because there are actually verses on this album where 5 Matthews aren't singing). In other words, for the first time in years, the production does not distract from Matthew's songwriting. The song writing is surprisingly good considering it was supposedly written in 1 week. There are a few songs on this album that rank right up with his best ever. So, basically this is a positive review, except for the annoying CD copy protection thing. Not only does it install it's own player on your computer when you try to play it on a pc, but it also causes skips at the beginning of every track when you listen to it on a regular player. So it almost ruins the cd, but it doesn't prevent copying, either. It's just annoying.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Matthew Sweet's Japanese "Girlfriend", June 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kimi Ga Suki (Audio CD)

An outstanding CD well worth the import price. Richard Lloyd is back and Brenden O'Brien is gone. Easily his best album since 100% Fun. 12 killer tracks and the Girlfriend team intact, what's not to love?