Gain - HAWWAH Album Listening Post

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

01. Apple (Feat. 박재범)
02. Free Will (Feat. 도끼)
03. Paradise Lost
04. The First Temptation
05. 두 여자
06. Guilty

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Comments

[senshicalico.livejournal.com]

afaic this album doesn't start until Paradise Lost. First two tracks aren't my thing at all.

Good overall though.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

it's so good, so perfect, I can’t even chose which song is my favorite, I'm torn between paradise lost, the first temptation and guilty.

apple would have been such an amazing song if it wasn't for jay's unnecessary and whiny/nasal rap that didn't bring anything to the song.

[e-bone (from livejournal.com)]

Jay's colleagues are really doing him a disservice by not informing him that he can't rap .__.

[e-bone (from livejournal.com)]

Guilty seems to be #4 but in the post it's #6??

I enjoyed this very much. Last track didn't seem to mesh b/c I felt I heard some jazz pepperings throughout (then again neither did the title track). Officially a Gain fan :)

[adenar.livejournal.com]

apple sounds great fun, i can't wait for the mv
free will is another jam? i love the arrangement. jazz/latin suits her so well.
paradise lost is less great without the mv and sounds maybe a little out of place where it is (maybe it should've been paired with two women?) but still pretty celestial, i just would have preferred it to have a bit more meat because it sounds a bit like it should be a 1.02 minute intro track. regardless i will have 'anyone looking for the paradise lost' in my head for the next week at least.
guilty is what truth or dare should've been instead of some rubbish blurred lines rip of
two women is a lovely sleepy tune
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRST TEMPTATION I LOVE IT. i do admit it feels a bit out of place. maybe if it had also been paired with paradise lost haha

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Yes! This is really good. I especially like the more upbeat songs (Paradise Lost, First Temptation, Guilty) and Two Women, but overall I love the mini.

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

i like guilty, apple and the first temptation

[senshicalico.livejournal.com]

afaic this album doesn't start until Paradise Lost. First two tracks aren't my thing at all.

Good overall though.

[dirrtypony.livejournal.com]

meh not feeling it

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

I feel like I would have enjoyed this album more if the tracks had been put in another order. Apple is cute but it is not strong enough for an opening track.

I like Paradise Lost and Guilty is pretty nice.

[evilvalenstrife.livejournal.com]

Free Will and The First Temptation are my favorite tracks on this album! Especially, The First Temptation.

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

I love ALL the tracks. each of them bring something nice to the table but aside from paradise lost I also really love both tracks 4 & 6 (that were either misnamed or put in the wrong order for the playlist).


Gain always comes for our wigs!

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

I like all the songs but they don't fit together
Apple - Free Will - Guilty - Two Women - The First Temptation work together
But Paradise lost is "too" different, it's still my fave though (by far)

[olive-101.livejournal.com]

i like paradise lost and guilty the most. the other songs are listenable but nothing i'd replay over and over

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Dok2's flow on "Free Will" is completely whack, I'm normally ok with his featurings bc they're not as obnoxious as his solo stuff but what the fuck was that.

I absolutely love "Guilty", but the entire album is solid. On par with the Bloom album imo. The order of the songs makes sense in terms of the story to me, like yeah the songs are different but they are definitely cohesive when you look at what it's trying to depict.

[burqaswag.livejournal.com]

Her best release to date.

[luvotomize.livejournal.com]

guilty is my fave!! overall its okay, step 2/4 will always be my top album from her tho

[babyonions.livejournal.com]

Guilty, Paradise Lost and The First Temptation are my faves, but it's a good release, it's going to be on repeat for sure

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I like it, but I still want to her go back to tango nuevo sound her first mini had as that was such a great album and none of her later stuff has really lived up to that.

[keyutie.livejournal.com]

apple sounds good! jay isn't as cringey as i thought he would be. :D

this album is solid. i love paradise lost

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

I quite enjoyed the album...though I could have done with FAR LESS rapping. It's a good mix while still being her style

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

best: free will, paradise lost, the first temptation

meh: apple---jay ruined that song for me.

but overall this albums is GORGEOUS. and i dunno if maybe it's because i recently downloaded shiina ringo's discography but a lot of these songs sound like her which is probably why i'm REALLY enjoying this album (cause i LOVE shiina ringo) but ga in's vocals on like every track is 100% on point. especially on two women.

IA with the assessment that not all the tracks work together but it doesnt really bother me too much.

[mintychocolat.livejournal.com]

I love apple. That, along with guilty and the first temptation are probably my favs.

[infj23.livejournal.com]

Paradise Lost > Guilty > First Temptation > Apple > Free Will > Two Women

Although after listening to Guilty a few more times, it might top Paradise Lost for me.

Two Women seems so musically out of place in this album.

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

ehhh i'm not fully feeling this album but i like a good number of songs...i can't remember what all of them sound like right of the bat (it will take another full album listen) but i think guilty and the first temptation are my faves. i also like apple but man i was hoping jay would sing :(

[jaeslurpy.livejournal.com]

pretty solid album. jay i need you to sing and maybe less rap. just saying. i love paradise lost, guilty, and first temptation.

[hyemint.livejournal.com]

not feeling apple or first temptation at all but the rest of the tracks i really love

[mya13.livejournal.com]

so what is hawwah suppose to mean because in arabic it means air and i am pronouncing it as how you pronounce air in arabic.

but her songs never do anything for me. i liked her debut and then i lost interest.

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

apparently its the word for eve in hebrew

[2am-beg-fever.livejournal.com]

It's pretty solid comeback, I may not like all the songs but baby can pull it like she always is, can't wait for BEG comeback!

[citrine047.livejournal.com]

living for guilty and paradise lost