“SPIN” selected Girls’ Generation’s First Japan Album as the 18th best pop album of the year. As “SPIN” writer Charles Aaron says, “This nine-member, all-girl K-Pop drill team fully exploits South Korea’s 800-pound neighboring market with a Japanese-language album (plus English choruses!). And though it may be a translation trainwreck, these chipper, reality-show vets behave with real zeal — eagerly beaming, winking, chattering, emoting when it’s called for — over terrifyingly sophisticated dance tracks (echoes of Latin Freestyle, Italo disco, every Backstreet/Britney scrap from 1999), plus a dutifully aching ballad or two. The peak is “Run Devil Run,” a white swan/black swan kiss-off with a chorus so confidently sassy it could stop a North Korean missile in mid-air.”
Girls’ Generation’s first full length album in Japan was a huge success, going double platinum, and along with their sold out arena tour, cemented Girls’ Generation as one of the more popular artists in Japan. The album was well received by critics, who praised the new direction Girls’ Generation took with an electronic, dance heavy style.
“MR. TAXI”, the lead single off the album, was incredibly popular with its catchy chorus and addictive choreography. The dance version of the music video is already approaching 40 million views on YouTube.
A repackage of the album, including remixes and a new song, will be released on December 28th. Pre-orders can be placed on YesAsia for the Limited First Press and Normal editions.
Source: SPIN
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NICEEE
Congratulations to Girls Generation ….
im so happy that they ranked 19 hope one day they alway be the winner :() :”)_
i wantt :(((
snsd fighting! :*
40 million views is a lot!
well-thought words coming from the writer too :)
oof whell well well … snsd’s newest song has the most amazing mv ever. so elegant.
i like the comment on RDR. keke.. able to stop a North Korean missile in mid-air, huh?
glad the girls are doing good in the eyes of the world music.
i was expecting to see The Boys but, i remember that The Boys didn’t do as well as their 1st Japanese Album.
Like, their japanese album gained double platinum. wooott~!
…”it could stop a NK missile in midair…” LOL. Actually, when Kim Jong Il died, I was like, maybe it’s time Korea became united – and SNSD can lead the way in doing so. I think it’s time that North Koreans actually know what they’re missing out on SNSD. – Just random thinking there, though.
…Anyways, before I go too much off-topic here, Congrats, girls! All the best, as always. Slowly and surely you are reaching that goal of Global Generation that even American media is starting to catch on to you.
Hwaiting!
snsd fighting
This is just another indicator of the headway the girls are making in the largest and toughest music market. No, they are not setting the American world on fire, with stampeding fans rushing to the stores to grab the last bit of GG they can get their hands on. No, it’s better than that. They are solidifying their place in the U.S. by winning critics and serious music bloggers over. This way they ensure that they will avoid meeting the fate of the proverbial “next hot group”. Explosions and fireworks are fine, but in music they are symptomatic of a passing fad. A magma flow (some metaphor for Soshi, I know) is the force of nature that our girls are now embodying: utterly unstoppable in reshaping the musical landscape for a long time to come.
Ho-hum, some impatient fans, alongside obstinate skeptics, might say. This is pop – where you live fast and die faster. But Soshi wants more, and sones for Soshi too. We’re collectively out to make history and rewrite the musical discography of the world for good, so that one day it will not be uncommon to hear Soshi mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles, U2 and Madonna. Delusional? Maybe so – if the columns, blogs, mags, papers and worldwide industry peer review, not to mention their inimitable conquests of the continent of Asia and just the second-largest market, are the concoction of someone’s worst nightmare come true. Even the most cautious among us will have to be heartened that beneath every next step taken Soshi has found solid ground, all the more to be realistically positive that they are on the right path to reaching the Everest of their goals. \(^O^)/
“translation trainwreck”?
I guess I get it…
anyway! good job girls!!
“it could stop a North Korean missile in mid-air.”
LOL.. Btw keep up the good work snsd.. Gbu..
very funny comment regarding run devil run. LOL!
it is amazing that the girls are ranked this high on
a global music ranking! but what our fellow here
has to get up to speed on is that run devil run was
a korean song! HAHA! he said the translations were
awful but loved a translated song…just listen to
the korean version and you’ll love it even more. i
think this song was soshi’s first step down a successful
path in the international market as dark soshi!!!
“could stop a NK missile in midair” ^^ haha soshi power…but if this shows anything, its that they are really a global generation right now…cant wait to hear about other achievements…always supporting u girls! fighting!
Lol, when I read the title, I was like “18th in Japan is pretty good for a foreign group” but after reading it ND realizing that it was 18th in the world I was like “ffffffff”
Congrats girls
Is the Japan Album all japanese songs that they sing?
i dont like how they are called a drill team, but that just my opinion
Lol. I like how the author formed his words to describe Run Devil Run. kekeke. Quite crafty when you read it. kekeke. Soshi Daebak! I love it when the girls get recognized. :3
The peak is “Run Devil Run,” a white swan/black swan kiss-off with a chorus so confidently sassy it could stop a North Korean missile in mid-air.” <—- lmao this dude! Woot woot congrats angels on being in the top 20 list this year. Another feat accomplish in Japan and the fact that it's the 2nd biggest music industry market in the world. This album is just perfect and I can't stop replaying it from start to finish without even skipping a beat. I hope their 2nd Japan album is going to be just as amazing as the 1st or even exceed it more. As expected of SNSD! Kamsahamnida SSF! :)
The peak is “Run Devil Run,” a white swan/black swan kiss-off with a chorus so confidently sassy it could stop a North Korean missile in mid-air.” lol