Fakin' Pop
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| Fakin' Pop | ||||
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| Released | March 12, 2008 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 62 minutes 36 seconds | |||
| Label | Defstar Records | |||
| Producer | Ken Hirai | |||
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Fakin' Pop is the seventh original studio album by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on March 8, 2008 on the Defstar Records label (Sony Music Entertainment).
Fakin' Pop was Ken Hirai's first original album in nearly three and a half years since his previous original album, Sentimentalovers, and two years and three months since the release of his compilation album Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 Uta Baka.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Adam Greenberg writes that "Ken Hirai shows some versatility in Fakin' Pop, bouncing around with his astoundingly clear voice from upbeat dance tracks to more emotional balladry with only minor hitches in the transitions."[1] Greenberg characterizes most of the songs on the album as "well within the realm of basic J-pop", while arguing that "the ones that stand out have something special within them".[1]
