"ELT always amazes me with their music. The whole group rocks my world with their skills and their military like precision in their performance. Kaori's vocals, Mitsuru's skills on the keyboard and Ito's genius with the guitar. What initially got me hooked on this band was the song "Face the Change" which rocked my world. Everything about the composition of the song and Kaori's voice is superb. I love this album for that and the many other songs not to mention the great packaging which comes with ELT albums. Highly recommended."
Beautiful music
JOSE E ORTIZ CABRERA | Puerto Rico | 10/25/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love this band!!. Kaori's voice really gets to you!!. She has a beautifull voice and the music is in fact very good!!. Even if you don't understand japanese the music is enough for you to like this CD. I first heard this band while I was in Tokyo and I just loved them!!. I bought this CD through the internet and later bought other CDs that they have when I went back to Tokyo in September. I normaly don't like POP music...but ELT (as they are known in Japan) mix many styles of music to create a unique sound. What I most like is that it has guitar in every song (it even has a guitar solo in track 13). So they have a Rock sound in each song, no matter if it has a dance beat, or if it's a ballad. It's nothing like the Backstreet Boys or N'Sync POP. If you want to try something different and you don't mind the japanese lyrics I REALLY recomend this CD!!."
An authentic modern JPop band
JOSE E ORTIZ CABRERA | 07/09/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What I really adore about this band is their uniqueness. They combine a techno, dance, and alternative scene to give us 12 of their great singles on this compilation, including the all upbeat "Future World", "Shapes of Love", mid tempo "Necessary", "For The Moment", and the great ballad hit "Time Goes By". This is one CD not to delay buying. It includes 3 bonus songs at the end, 2 which are instrumental, track 13 and 15. Track 14 is not listed here because Amazon here probably doesn't have anyone who can read Japanese, but that track is "KIMOCHI" which is a neat song. But anyway, buy it!"
"Many J-Pop bands have the lifespan of yesterday's newpaper. Every Little Thing is an exception to this and this CD is a compilation of their many many successful singles over the past few years. The result is this eminently listenable CD: excellent tracks are "Time Goes By","Over and Over", and "Someday Someplace". You will find yourself singing along to many of the songs even if you (like me) know very (very) little japanese. Other than the 'deer-caught-in-headlights' facial expression most female j-pop singers adopt in their album photos I could find nothing to dislike and everything to praise in this wonderful CD!"
A wonderful collection
cliftonium | irvine, ca | 05/15/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've been a big fan of ELT ever since I stopped at my local J-Wave and rented "Dear My Friend". Kaori Mochida has a very strong, very distinct voice, and her brother (Ichiro Ito) is the dude on the guitar. This group's music transcends standard girlpop, to what I'd call "brightpop"; music that's so infectiously upbeat, that you could use it as a light in a pitch-black cave. This album highlights some of the best songs of this group's first two albums (Dear My Friend, Shapes of Love, Future world); and includes a few songs that were singles, but aren't on the third album. If you're looking for a good intro to this group, this is the album to get."