Year: 2013
Dancing Dad? Hopefully the album is better than the punny title!
Nobou uematsu is back with his newest rock-ensemble, giving FF-fans yet another hard rocking musical experience, or what? The truth is that this is a very mixed bag of tunes that has been recorded for this album, and it is really hard to know what to make out of it.
On one hand we got orchestral music (“Homecoming Again”), on the other hand we have clichéd rock covers (“Toneless”), original video game-esque music (“La petite…”), and yeah everything that Uematsu could think of throwing at the listener. But few of the songs really succeed at what they were trying to accomplish. So it seems like such a half-hearted affair to sit through these 10 tracks.
Some of the ideas may work on paper, but the execution leaves a lot to be wished. Most of the tracks follow the idea of synthesizing VGM with a more band-oriented approach, but none of the tracks really rocks hard enough, and in return the sophistication of the arrangements have been stripped down. Add to that corny vocals, bad production value, and tired versions of classic FF-tracks (did we really need another metal rendition of “Fight with Seymour” and “Danicing Mad”?).
Disappointed... BUT I did found the opening track and “La petite malice du kijimunaa” to be rather enjoyable.
Something is just achingly missing on this album… Uematsu needs to seriously re-evaluate this project!
2/5
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