I'm a fresh men here,but a big fan of ken.

Do you heard Ken's new album "Fakin' Pop"?

I like it very much,I abstracted a ken's fan's review of new album:

"Listening to Ken Hirai outdo himself on record once again is an experience of a lifetime. Hirai is my favorite recording artist next to Jeff Buckley, and despite not being a native Japanese speaker, I own everything he's ever released (including out of print CD-Singles from way back when). This 2008 album was highly anticipated, and it surpassed my expectations - for ages, my favorite Ken album was 2004's sombre "SentimentaLovers", but this one is at least twice as good.

Remember this though - in Japan, an artist often releases three or four physical CD Singles before their actual album comes out. In Hirai's case, he had consistently released CD Singles in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and this album, "Fakin Pop" collects all of them in one place, alongwith some brand new songs. For example, the first cut on the album, "Pop Star" is actually a song from 2005, but it kicks off the album. Another minor hit, "Elegy" is from early 2007, but still finds its way here. No matter though - all of these songs were excellent the first time around, and sound even better here in their new remastered avatars.

However, all credit must go one new song - a bizarre little ditty entitled "Kimi Wa Su.Te.Ki" (translation - "You Are Won.Der.Ful"). When Japanese pop is cheesy, there's nothing quite like it, but this propels that cheese factor into a whole new stratosphere. Hirai has always been known for his ocassionally high pitched voice, but here he marries that high pitch with an even squeakier version of that same high pitch - lending the entire song an air of Minnie Mouse-ish cartoonism. This is perhaps best experienced with headphones on, as the song shamelessly revels in its out-of-tune vocals and giddy studio experimentation. All this culminates in one glorious pop mess - "Kimi Wa Su.Te.Ki" is the best song on the album, and clearly one of the Top Three songs Hirai has ever recorded. "

Do U like it? Whaaaa