Genre: R&B/Soul, Kpop
Rating: 4.5/5
Review by: jct
d.ear (Lee Hyung Seok) debuts this year with a full length album, entitled Vol. 1 - Love Graphy on January 22, 2013. The album intends to provide the different colours of love by exploring the spectrum of feelings of love that one may experience, and d.ear delivered it very well.
Passionate Tunes
This is an album where you can listen from beginning to end without skipping any tracks as there is not one song that is a filler. Most of the songs are very relaxing and they range from slow tempo R&B/Soul ballads to slightly up-tempo tracks. One of the notable tracks is the title track, "시간이 흐른다는 건 (Time Goes By)" which is a slow-tempo R&B track with gentle guitar and piano playing in the background. It is about pondering over a past relationship where he sings, "I'll never forget our promises. But now, it seems that I'm not important to you." There are many noteworthy tracks, but of note is "We Need to Talk" which features labelmate Brother Su, is a nice up-tempo R&B collaboration about trying to resolve a conflict in a relationship, where he sings, "We need to talk, don't try to avoid it. Runnin' won't do you good. It won't change a single thing."
His vocals are consistent throughout the entire album and also very gentle and pleasant to listen. He is able to convey the emotions expressed at different moments in love very well. He also handled the whole album entirely by himself where he wrote, composed, arranged and produced all the songs.
Overall, Love Graphy is strong debut album with strong, passionate tunes about love and life. d.ear certainly proves that he is a well-rounded and talented artist that could become a force within Korean R&B/Soul industry in years to come.
Trackslist
01. Intro
02. Love U
03. 너를 그리다 (Draw you)
04. 그래도 (Though)
05. No Matter What I Do
06. We Need To Talk (Feat. Brother Su)
07. You Make Me Feel Good
08. 시간이 흐른다는 건 (Time Goes By)
09. 12월24일 (December 24)
10. Good Night
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