So I received my copy of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra's album. Their 12th, to be exact. Twelve albums is a lot of albums. Many, many, many bands don't even release 4 albums, much less, 12, so that's a major feat. I can't even think of ska band that's released nearly as many albums...Anyway, on to the review of the album. It's a great album...not a super spectacular album, but it is definately a strong album. This time around, there seems to be less, "rocking" songs, and more songs of a tradtional flavor...
Was this meant to be a "sequel" album to "Stompin' on DOWN BEAT ALLEY" ? That album was released during the 2002 S. Korea/Japan World Cup...it had 3 vocal songs, featuring 3 popular (I guess?) vocalist, and "Down Beat Stomp" was considered to be the unofficial song of that year's World Cup. Come 2006, we have Wild Peace...which also features 3 vocal songs featuring 3 popular vocalists...the first track, "Come On!" is essentially a song cheering on the Japanese soccer game, and the last track, "Better Days Are Gonna Come" remind me of Stompin on Down Beat Alley stuff.
Anyways, from bouncy opening track, "Come On!" to the super energetic, "Wish Upon the Sun," to the authentic sounds with "The Pretender," Wild Peace is definately a solid album. Not their strongest album, I think, but definately not their weakest either. If I were to score this between 1 and 5, with 1 being the lowest, and 5 being the highest, this would probably get a 3.5.
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