SHINee 'The Story of Light' EP 3 Listening Post

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

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How have we not talked about the bop that is Lock You Down yet? How do you feel about Story of Light as a whole?

Comments

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Yeah better wait for repackage version since like Misconception of Us, they literally combined Misconception of You & Me albums together in one.

Not related but I always annoyed with how SM designed the packaging of SHINee's Korean albums. There are no consistency and they are all in different shapes and thickness making arranging them side by side look hideous. :P

[az3lj.livejournal.com]

I think Ep.3 is a good closure to their 3 part album as it was intended to lol. My favorite... i can't really decide because i played each track for different reasons.
Review:
I'm glad Our Page sounds hopeful rather than sad.
Tonight sounds familiar because it's formulatic, i often hear this kind of music in kpop.
Retro may reminds shawol to Everytime, one of SHINee's recent japanese song. I personally always look forward to Andreas Oberg+Simon Petren composition for SHINee, including this one. Onew seems to fit well with Oberg+Petren songs.
I Say, I am pleased with Onew, Taemin, and Key's belting throughout the song. They sound emotional, desperate, sometimes angry.
Lock You Down, how I miss Jonghyun's voice. It's a fun song even though I don't really dig Minho's rap execution in this.

Out of the three EPs, my favorite is still Ep.2. This and Ep.1 are tied.

[pepsi-twist9.livejournal.com]

This is actually my favourite tbh. It's not at bright as the others but I've always loved the slower tracks from SHINee (not necessarily ballads). LYD is so classically SHINee, I wasn't sure how I'd feel but it's a settled sort of comfort. It makes me happy

[we-rob-banks.livejournal.com]

I loved all three releases with my standouts being Electric, Undercover, Good Evening, Chemistry, Lock You Down, You & I and Tonight. All the releases have been solid.

I finally received Ep. 2 in the mail today and I can't wait for 3 to come in to complete the set on my shelf. It's going to be such a mammoth display in comparison to my other albums (and so bright omg).

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I really love Our Page, though I haven't been brave enough to read the lyrics as I'm listening yet. It's just a beautiful sounding song. Tonight is lovely. Nothing out of the box, but they all sound great. Lock You Down is so fun and I'm glad we got a song with all 5 of them. I like the falsetto parts and how upbeat it is.

Overall, I am really impressed with all 3 EPs, I've been listening to all 3 shuffled today and it's great as a full album.
Faves are: All Day All Night, Undercover, You & I, I Want You, Who Waits for Love, Chemistry, Our Page, Lock You Down

I think they did a fantastic job choosing singles, I love all 3 for different reasons. I'm really proud of SHINee for this album.

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

Lock You Down was everything. Hearing Jjong’s voice was so comforting. I’m so glad he was a part of the 10th anniversary album. And Taemin sounds gorgeous.

[ashdevilrun23.livejournal.com]

i think i loved this ep the most it gave me a feeling of closure. I wasn't expecting jongs voice on that last track and I've lowkey been waiting for them to release a song with his vocals.. as soon as i heard him i started crying. It made me so happy hearing all five of them on at least one track for their anniversary. can't wait to buy all these eps :)

[avrgaesthetics.livejournal.com]

these promotions have been putting me through it. I cried so much while first hearing our page and lock you down. lyd is so shinee, it just feels so right and comforting. my favorite b-sides are undercover, jump, chemistry, electric, who waits for love, and of course, lock you down. it's such a solid cohesive piece of work. i can't help but dream of jjong being on all the songs. ugh, perfection.

[rally-pchan.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just me but I think TSOL is absolutely perfect. I can't pick a favorite and there's certainly none that I skip. I feel like Shinee really put their all into it..

[thebloomroom.livejournal.com]

Lock You Down had me in my feelings. I cackled at Minho bringing back his oldschool cringe rapping tho, crying. Thank god he’s hot.

Jonghyun’s voice really completed their songs, its really evident now. They did such a good job with this album and comeback. I still like 1 of 1 best but this was a really solid effort.

[yxerin.livejournal.com]

"minho bringing back his oldschool cringe rapping" lmaoooooo🗿 i kinda hate you for saying this bc it's true

[aeipathy.livejournal.com]

i have a lot of feelings so instead of getting into them i'll just say i'm glad from these releases we were blessed with the ultimate bops good evening and chemistry

[thebloomroom.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think Taemin tries to emulate how Jonghyun sang sometimes, but his voice is just a lot airier and doesn't have the depth to it that Jonhgyun had. I hear it too, and I thought the same on some of the 1 of 1 tracks. I love Taemin but he is still not as good vocally as Jonghyun or Onew imo, his voice is super thin but he makes up for it in stage presence.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad we have Jonghyun's voice on Lock You Down.

[yxerin.livejournal.com]

when jonghyun came in w that legendary falsetto in lyd... god