Although I only ordered the new album in December, I’ve been pretty much waiting for AAA to release a complete album proper since “Music!!” and Zero came out! DEPARTURE is AAA’s first full-length album since AAA AROUND, which came out waaaaaaaaay back in September of 2007!
Well, it was well worth the wait- Not only did the first pressing release come with a bonus DVD of music clips including BEYOND Karada no Kanata, ZERO, JAMBOREE, TABIDACHI NO UTA and my favortie one, the PV for MUSIC, (as well as the “making ofs” for all of them) my package came from CD Japan with a promotional poster as an added gift!!! I wonder how many of these were given away! When my package came in the mail, I was shocked to see the box so LOOOOOOOOOOOONG! Then I opened it, and saw the poster and thought…COOL!
Though I haven’t had the time to give the album a real serious listen, (my preference to really soak in a new album is to drive around in the car and take in the music…I’ll probably do that later this week!) the one go-around I gave it is already catchy and rocking!
PS: Misako looks great on the CD cover and in the booklet, but GADS! What did Chiaki do to her hair? Her beautiful long hair is now chopped to a bob! BOOOOO!
