Single: BoA: The First Album BoA
Artist: BoA
Genre: Pop, Dance
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Buy: Amazon.com
Rating: *****
Review Date: March 21, 2009

Tracklist:
01 I Did It for Love (featuring Sean Garrett)
02 Energetic
03 Did Ya
04 Look Who's Talking
05 Eat You Up
06 Obsessed
07 Touched
08 Scream
09 Girls On Top -English Version-
10 Dress Off
11 Hypnotic Dancefloor

Review:
BoA's first English album has been anticipated for months, if not years. Once she announced that she was going to start a battle in the US market, her many fans, Koreans, Japanese, and even many other people of different ethnicities that fell under her spell, waited with bated-breath for the release of her English album.

When "Eat You Up" first came out, some fans were sort of disappointed in the direction that BoA is going. "Eat You Up" simply lacked the energy that BoA usually provided in her music. It seem like her music was a struggle, like she wasn't sure what song would be the best to earn her a place in the US music industry. However, when fans heard "Look Who's Talking", which is co-written by pop-queen Britney Spears, they understand that BoA's album can't be a total disappointment. "Look Who's Talking" is upbeat and catchy, very similar to what Britney would actually sing. If BoA were to follow Brit's footsteps, then her album wouldn't be in a bad place.

Eventually, the entire album came out and I read many reviews that said the "album rocks!" or "Wow, this album is the best!" I have to agree. After listening to the entire album, I was deeply impressed. Although BoA didn't participate in writing any of the songs in her album, the group of writers her producer gathered for her first album is simply awesome. They produced some really good songs on her album. The only song that didn't appeal to me as much is, of course, "Eat You Up." Besides that, every song has their own appeal. Each song has their own beats that gets you dancing to it. The only thing that annoys me is that BoA's voice didn't stand out in the album. Whenever she had a back-up singer singing the chorus with her, I can't hear BoA's voice at all...just the back-up singer. Meaning, BoA has to work on singing louder.

Besides that, I notice that some of her songs are pretty suggestive. I never though BoA would sing these sort of songs. I have never read the lyrics to her Japanese or Korean songs, so I don't know if her lyrics are as suggestive. Maybe it's just her way of battling into the US market, because nowadays, suggestive songs clouded the whole English music market.

Overall, highly recommend this album. I hope people will start noticing BoA's album (so I can find it in Wal-Mart).

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