Secrets to Share

With songs from their previous 6 singles "Purple Line", "Beautiful You", "Why Do I Fall in Love with You", "Mirotic", "Bolero/Kiss The Baby Sky/Wasurenaide", and "Survivor", this album offers the best of Tohoshinki from the year 2008 to early 2009 with 5 of the singles (with the exeption of "Survivor") reached no.1 position in Oricon Weekly Chart.

Initially, I was worried about the new songs in the album, but my worried was completely unjustified. Those songs are more than just filler songs, every one of them deserved to be made as a single themselves.

"Secret Game" is a short but highlights each member vocal perfectly, "Force" gives a powerful masculine feel, "Nobody Knows" and "Stand Up" is smooth jazzy tracks.

"TAXI" had to be one of my favorite track, the song emphasized the ability of Tohoshinki to put emotion into their song. The background music is minimal, with piano as the main instrument, making it a perfect ballad.

"9095" and "9096" is the song that fits the album the most. The string arrangement, the sound effect, and the use of French words produced mysterious atmosphere. It was a pleasant surprise to know that JaeJoong composed the song, as it was so different compared to his previous composition.

This version also come with a DVD, consist of their PV, offshot movie and the digest of "3rd Live Tour ~ T DVD" concert. It was fun to hear the commentary from Tohoshinki and one of Tohoshinki biggest fan, Mr. Sekine Tsutomo throughout the DVD digest.

So if you want to know the secret of Tohoshinki's success, you only need to listen to this album.