Destination Nowhere [Single]- ERIKAReleased November 28, 2007. Copies sold so far: 33,786
Oricon Ranking Weekly # 7 (highest position)
First of all, let’s talk a bit on the cover. While i personallythink that Erika
Sawajiri is a pretty Japanese actress/singer, thecover just doesnt do her justice. seriously,what kind of style is she or her designer trying to pull off here? Thewig…is just…hideous. Maybe she’s trying to be different from the Erikawe knew, you know…the actress. Now that she only uses ERIKA in themusic department, i suppose this is the ERIKA we’ll get then.
tracklist:
- Destination Nowhere
- Escape
- Free (overrocket101007 mix)
- Destination Nowhere (Instrumental) Destination Nowhereactually surprises me because i thought it’s going to be some trancemusic, BUT it’s not. In fact, this is a pop/rock song. And when itstarts with this remote captivating guitar strings, i got hooked rightafter it explodes into a louder composition. Her vocals has beensomething that i find, not as good. From the first song she ever sung,aka. kaoru amane, there’s this slight pitch of hers when she hits theLOW keys, kinda annoys me. but i do find that she has improved andpulled this track off pretty well. She sings the English lyrics prettywell too.Escape, on the other hand is atrance music. I think she has this trend of having at least a Trance inher singles. Her vocals are unclear, vague and mixed together with themelodies. But not bad actually. This track does sound pretty appealingand with that i am impressed.Free(overrocket101007 mix),obviously another trance mix, her vocals again are distorted to fit thegenre. I can’t really say much about this track, since it’s just a mixfrom the original track, FREE. so i’ll leave it as it is.And the last track, Instrumental version of Destination Nowhere.I dont think i have to review this much right, since it’s instrumental.But what i can say is that the work of art itself is GOOD.
OVERALL: 8.5/10Even though i am personally not THAT fond of her venturing intomusic industry since she does excellent as an actress, i do find thissingle worth listening and enjoyable. And with her recent attitudecase, i don’t exactly know how to describe her as a person. well,humans have different characters, but good job with this single.
Credit:
Haven of Chords 
