DBSK's 3rd album

Overall, you must listen to their album numerous times if you really want to experience the beauty of their voices. The effort of the composers, lyricists, producers and music engineers do such a great job on this album. They extract the essence of each member's voice and let the magic happens~ However, i feel that the album is very commercialized although the concept is somewhat clearer than the previous albums. I also wasn't expecting remakes since they have outstanding voices. I would love them to have an album ENTIRELY their own works. Get Me Some and On and On are remakes which I feel, are common songs which their outstanding voices can DEFINITELY sing well in it. Balloons is remake that I feel is appropriate as it is considered as a tribute to the original singer. Different remakes give different feelings huh? I'm happy that they did a remake on Balloons and is also disappointed at remakes such as Get Me Some and On and On. Is this showing a decrease in composing talents or they do not have enough songs that fit the O-jung.ban.hap concept? Probably I was putting such high hopes on their new album since they flew to Czech for photoshoots plus Korea and Japan for MV.

I also HATE how the crew "photoshop" their voices with a blurry effect. Their voices are best heard raw and clear. I hope they'll come out with an unplugged album. That would be cool. But they still need a few more yrs to train their voices before coming out with an unplugged version. Their voices are still at infancy. Years of training in SM doesn't mean they can already sing very well. Years of experience singing LIVE on stage is a totally different experience which they need to go through. So, it's best that they get the experiences first. Moreover, they are still not clear abt the best and worst of their voices as yet.

01 “O” Jung Ban Hap
catchy rhythm.
At first I thought the intro was too simple and plain. But I’ve never heard that kind of instrument before and the more I listen the more I think Micky and YunHo’s short exhanges there sounded kind of cool. “Yo U-Know”!!! haha convenient stage name.
I really like the key changes from minor to major in that song
all of Max’s screams. Aaaaah!
On the first time listening to this song, it is like a curse planted into my body. I love the heavy rhythm that they instill into this song. It gives that 'oomph' to the melody. The heavy electronic zap adds soul to the melody. Yuchun's voice has gotten air-er and blur-er. His voice has evolved alot since HUG. Jaejoong's voice is also as echoic as ever, which I love a lot because it echos right into my heart. I love Yunho's and Yuchun's rap too. They just have that magnetic speaking voice to attract listeners. Junsu's voice is really suitable at bridge parts. most of the bridge parts that he sings give a totally different feeling and added some gist to the soul of the song.

Rating: 8/10 9/10

02 My Miracle
somehow this reminds me of Oasis. I prefer Oasis. This is just an ordinary love song with a pleasant melody and adequately fast rhythm.
In this song, they sort of used the air passage + nose to bring out that kind of airy voice. Yunho and Yuchun's voices totally shines in this song. I love that kind of airy..echoey..clear..voice of the two. i'm not a vocalist, probably ppl from this field can help out. I somehow feel that they use a different technique to project their voice. It's a swaying song because of it's convincing rhythm. haha~

Rating: 7/10 <---same

03 Hey! Girl
super powerful and beautiful vocals. Max did a great job.
This is a song that eventually grows in me. At first, I don't like this song because of its melody and musical arrangements. But their superb vocals won my heart. It's really heartwarming to hear them shout out when they reach the climax of their voices. Junsu's "I won't break your heart..." is like proving to the whole world that he'll not break a person's heart. Jaejoong's "Cause I can show you what love can do all....." really stretches the limit of his vocal range and managed to bring out the frustration, desperation, eagerness of emotions. When Changmin ended with "yeyiiiyeyiiyeyiiyeaeaeaeeah" it is like a release of emotions and slowly bringing the song into a memorable end. They brought us into a roller coaster of emotions.

Rating: 8/10 7/10

04 Get Me Some
my brother and I joked about the lyrics of this song: DBSK are in a supermarket and one of em sings “I wanna get me some of that” and the other 4 run to get the stuff … cornflakes… toilet paper….
I don't like this song. It just sounds like just another song across the road. and it's also repetitive too..which I don't really fancy. The only repetitive song which I love is HUG. (can't think of any other songs right now) the chorus is really ugh-_-" wth is I WANT TO GET ME SOME OF THAT?! The lyrics destroyed the song. However, I'd like to mention: when yuchun sings the second time, then jaejoong continued to sing, i felt that that's the best part of the song.

Rating: 7/10 4/10

05 I’ll Be There
nice ordinary composition of the song… but wow Jae Joong’s soft “deullyeoyo ...” right after Max’s part is so heartwarming ^^
Another ballad that they usually do. shrugs* it's nice and la la la..u get the picture. A ballad that generally everyone likes. I love to sing along this song. I picture this song to be a song where they perform this song and all the fans sing along. It's really heartwarming. It is a song to sway along with its melody.

Rating: 8/10 <---same

06 Remember
1st impression: boring and sleepy! Coz it’s so quiet
somehow I pictured a starry sky ~ the feeling is like Meteor Rain by F4… in the pleasant sense!
Nice high vocals. Well done~ Micky, U-Know, Xiah, Hero, Max!!!! so high ~~~~^^
To me, i felt that this song is better than I'll Be There. It reminds me of a disney song. Although the melody is a bit quiet, but the execution of emotion is somewhat better than I'll Be There. No doubts about their vocals. The range of vocals is also braoder than I'll Be There too. I would definitely LOVE to listen a LIVE perf of this song. changmin "...nal bu teo!!!!!!" omg..his voice just pierces through my heart. That climax just leaves me in awe.

Rating: 8/10

07 The Story Has Just Begun
I really like the whole arrangement of this song~ the rhythm, instruments and play with the melody is so nice
This song is like a fantasy~their voices n the melody accompaniment are blurry and echoic~At the ending part of the song, they did a sing and answer kind of style, which i find it interesting!!~ (yuchun and yunho) and (changmin and jaejoong) : the high and low voices are superb.

Rating: 9/10! I love it! Me too!~:D

08 On & on
Lovey dovey song going on and on and on … =.= ahhahaha…
Oh the “hum” done by U-Know and Max when Xiah sings “uri sarangi, byeonchi ankireul” and Micky’s “gido deuryeoyo…” reminds me of Lion King songs~ hahha
I love how Jaejoong started off with the song. R&B is one of my faves, so this song definitely captures my heart. This song is magnetic in the sense that whenever i listen to this song, I'd have a strong urge to sing along n sway along too!!~altho it's also repetitive...-_-"
I love those adlibs that changmin did in this song!!!~the falsettos r the killers!~his voice can really stretch~omg

Rating: 8/10

09 Phantom
I like this composition too~ yay another cool dancing ~ Latin~ pop~ song
This song is a moody song, i would say~ sometimes i HATE this song a lot that i'll skip this song; sometimes I'll just listen to it n sway along as if I'm enjoying it~
weird huh??memang phantom~extreme moods while listening.
I love the part where there is a change of rhythm..."hanseungan...jinajin...~"then the original rhythm comes back in again~

Rating: 8/10 5/10

10 You Only Love
Another quiet song. Their vocals are nice but by the time I heard this song I think there are too many major key songs in this album. Perhaps this song should be in minor key and feel abit sadder for a change.
A transition from the 9th song - noisy, electrical, techno to the 10th song - soothing, manual (voices only:D) This is their FAMOUS acapella~their specialty~~!It's a must-have in any of their albums!! This song is like a plaster to sad ppl. The snapping fingers rhythm is lovely!!~n i love the piano~but the melody sounds abit too commercial.however, their vocals will win over it anyway~haha...
For this song, I love every every part of it..it's hard for me to describe exactly which part is my fave. But I'd like to point out the way they start to build up to the climax of the song...expecially junsu n jaejoong's vocals...they've expressed the emotional part beautifully...yuchun n yunho's voices are like patting u n say "kwaen chanha". It's that powerful!~ changmin's voice is like an angel<3
I LOVE to sing this song a lot!! I'll definitely sing when I listen to this song. I hope karaoke has this song, so that I can soften my addiction towards singing~X_X

Rating: 7/10 10/10!!!

11 Balloons
I love happy songs tho and this is a very happy song!!!!! Hahaha~ I like both DBSK and the original version~

Rating: 9/10 cz I love it

The outlook is sophisticated, manly, matured and exquisite in the nostalgic fashion. 8/10.

Therefore the overall rating is …. 7.91667 / 10 !!!! can bring forward to 8/10 LOL LMAO~
ps. the pic is done by jadel, who has poor PS skills.
Btw, listening to their album while doing a review on their songs helps a lot.
I'm still listening to their 3rd album till today while busy with my assignments throughout the night.
SUPPORT DONG BANG SHIN KI! Both of us have bought the original Malaysian version of the album ^^