Perfume ; love the world review

August 4, 2008 at 8:00 am (CD Review, Perfume, Single) (, , , , , , )

“love the world” is the first single to be released by techno-group and all girl group Perfume after their successful #1 album, “GAME”.  The single was released in CD-Only and CD+DVD formats.  It was released on September 9th, became their first #1 single and has since sold 104,470 copies.

  1. love the world
  2. edge
  3. love the world -original instrumental-
  4. edge -extended mix-

the title track, love the world, is a catchy and cute song with, surprisingly, some pretty powerful lyrics. It has a strong electropop feel while remaining reminiscent of the early 90s. The cute, catchy chorus is the highlight of the song. The song is, overall, only decent. Grade: B

The b-side, edge, is the superior song on the single. It has a repetitive allure, a la “chocolate disco” and “take me take me”. The song repeats the same line many times, yet it works very well. The song, as in all perfume songs, is electropop and features mainly synth instruments with distortion on the girls voices. The high point in this song is also the chorus as well as the bridge. Grade: A

love the world -original instrumental- offers nothing musically, sadly, and is one of Perfume’s weakest instrumentals to listen to solely.

The edge -extended mix- is a longer version of edge which has more vocals.

OVERALL GRADE: 85 / B+

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