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The albums have been graded on the most common grading system used in Finnish schools. Where 4 is the worst, and 10 is the best. The final score for the album is most of the times the average for all of the tracks, though it can also change if the reviewer wishes so. The Super Eurobeat Non-Stop albums will be reviewed as full collections, and the individual songs won't be reviewed, unless they are completely new. Though Euromach and JGTC albums for example will have complete song by song reviews.
The grading system simply goes as ie. 4- (3,75), 4 (4), 4+ (4,25) and 4½ (4,5) and the next one again would be 5-. A simple system we have over here in Finland.
  Super Eurobeat 134

1.Lolita - Beautiful Day (A-Beat C)
As far as good album openers go, this track is definitely from the better end. Lolita is still one of the best eurobeat vocalists and she's again given a great song to perform. Beautiful Day suits her voice perfectly and the energy is overwhelming at some points. Regarding her long list of awesome tracks this ain't definitely the best, and therefor it might not be the most memorable song. A good intro for the album and as I'm writing this, there's the first warm day of the whole spring in Finland and the sun is shining from a clear blue sky, a beautiful day indeed.
Rating : 9

2.Mako - Lovebreaker (Delta)
As the album had a strong opener, the level slightly decreases but only a bit. This track features some nice ups and some not so nice downs. The vocals aren't very effective but the backgrounds and the melody sound great, in the end the track leaves a sort of mixed up feeling, even if I thought I didn't really like it that much I kept on singing along to it.
Rating : 7+

3.Mike West - A Glory Day (Time)
A cool intro with some simple but very effective sounds start this track with a great feeling. When the vocals are added into the track the song starts to blow badly, the vocals sound really weak and don't suit eurobeat at all. When eurobeat is made the vocalists have to be really energetic and have that something in their voice, this track would've been good if there just was a proper vocalist singing the lyrics, a pity really, good song gone to waste.
Rating : 7+

4.Matt Land - Don't Stop Me (A-Beat C)
A guitar intro, what a surprise, and the beginning of the song sounds quite slow, but when the beat begins there's no doubt that this is very good energetic eurobeat at it's best. My favorite male vocalists  does an amazing job with this song as the backgrounds leave the vocals a lot of room and the song relies mostly on Matt Land. The song perhaps isn't the most memorable performance from Matt, but it carries on his good level.
Rating : 9-

5.Robbie Grain - When You Smile (Delta)
An awesome intro with *really* cool playing with the synth. I was really surprised how they could get such a cool solo from a synth. From the very first seconds of this song I was totally sold, I didn't have any expectations and perhaps that's a good thing as that way I can be surprised by more unknown titles. One of the best c-melodies in eurobeat history, I don't know what would give enough credit for this song, I am amazed, everybody give a round of applaudes to Delta *clap clap*.
Rating : 10

6.Brian Ice - Ev'ry Night (A-Beat C)
A calm piano intro makes this track sound like it's not in the right place as the song seems really calm, the spoken lyrics in the beginning sound pleasant and you get a sort of lullaby-ish feel from it, just as you're about to fall asleep the beat begins and you realize we're still in Eurobeat-land Dorothy. The song has a really distinctive feel to it and after a few replays the song works plain marvellously, another huge surprise.
Rating : 9+

7.Casanova - Super Fly (Delta)
If the past 2 songs had distinctive sounds and very unique styles this track reminds us that the vast majority of eurobeat has a simple formula that is cloned over and over again. This track is quite decent and has a nice synth solo as the c-melody but it lacks a bit more punch, still a nice song to listen to.
Rating : 8+

8.Karen - Open Your Heart 4 Another Story (A-Beat C)
Something about the vocals in this song made me think that it's really not Karen singing, somehow she just sounds quite odd. Apart from that, this track is quite awesome. The melody is good and the basic eurobeat sounds this time work really well, and the chorus really is the part in this song that manages to give it that extra spice to make it more memorable.
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9.Giselle - Love Is Fantasy (Time)
Another piano solo as an intro, but the piano in this song is quite fast and as soon as the song kicks really in you're swept away. What makes this song work so marvellously is the energetic backgrounds that leave you craving for more, the vocals aren't perhaps the best for a song like this but it could be worse as well. Not the best song on the album, but still a good performance, and an excellent c-melody.
Rating : 9-

10.Donna - On My Own (Delta)
These days I get warm and fuzzy feelings from the excellent Donna track from SEB118. The vocals don't sound really special at first but slowly they start to grow on you and it didn't take a long before I really fell in love with her voice, this track had a thing or two to with it as well. Really cool soundworlds and the chorus works marvellously.
Rating : 9

11.De La Vega - Sex On Crime (A-Beat C)
I've heard a lot of good things about De La Vega but I never really got into his music for some reason. This track though managed to convince me as well, the track starts with a really boring sound but when the melody is thrown into the mix it really begins to sound enchanting. A cool song that is your typical good eurobeat song, nothing phenomenal but above the average.
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12.Norma Sheffield - Stay (A-Beat C)
I have my guard up with certain names, I don't have anythig against Norma but she just seems kinda boring most of the times, so it was nice to be surprised again (*counts* I think that's the fourth time on this album already, which is quite amazing). This track has a really soothing mood to it, Norma's vocals sound plain awesome and even if there isn't anything really special in the track I just fell in love with it right away, excellent!
Rating : 9

13.Buddy Bo - Hard Beat (Delta)
A song featured on the anime Dear Boys that I had heard a few times before and liked it from the very first time. The vocals mix up male and female vocals nicely and the chorus is really effective. There's just something about this track that manages to give it a nice boost and rise it above the common eurobeat.
Rating : 9+

14.Dave Simon - The Maniac (Time)
A cool intro with some excellent sounds is blown to waste  by quite freaky vocals. This track has something parodic about it, and I got a feeling like it might be a remake of some other song but the booklet revealed that it's not. The song has an excellent c-melody that I would gladly listen to a lot, but the rest of the song just doesn't work as well, the background vocals sound good and are the best part about the vocal works.
Rating : 8-

15.Dave & Domino - Forever (A-Beat C)
The album is finished off with another duet by the dynamic duo. I've slowly started to accept Dave's vocals and this track had another positive boost to it, the track sounds really soothing and there's just something so right about it. I was left with a really nice feeling about the album as this track slows the pace a bit and it really suits the end.
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Final Words :

This album had some excellent moments and it didn't really have any bad songs in the mix, which definitely had an effect in my final opinion about the album. There was a complete surprise by Robbie Grain as she presented an amazing song that is surely gonna stay as my favorite for a long time, also various other good songs were featured and like I said, there are no bad songs at all which makes this a good album to dig into.

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Reviewed by Bore