Description:

2006 Live Concert, thier biggest concert yet!

Track List:

DISC 01

01. Taneuma Raider
02. Shiawase Ni Tsuite Honki Dashite Kangaete Mita
03. SAUDADE
04. Tenki Shokunin
05. Sister
06. JOBAIRO
07. Melissa
08. Hitori No Yoru
09. Before Century
10. Century Lovers
11. Utakata
12. Yuuhi To Hoshizora To Boku
13. Nandomo
14. Gravity (Romance Guitar)
15. June Brider
16. Winding Road

DISC 02

01. Ai Naki...
02. LACK
03. Kuusou Kagaku Shounen
04. POISON
05. PUSH PLAY
06. NaNaNa Summer Girl
07. Music Hour
08. Haneuma Rider
09. Ai Ga Yobu Hou He
10. Romantist Egoist
11. Dilemma

Tracklist translated by Seyfertt

Review:

The following review contains spoilers.

Everything about this concert is big!
The venue is a huge outdoor stadium, the stage is massive, so is the crowd, (this is the biggest concert Porno Graffitti have held to date) and the energy is high to match!
This is the longest DVD so far at a total of 2 hours 43 minutes spread over 2 discs!

While this is a fairly straightforward concert, the size of the venue and enthusiasm of such a huge crowd adds a new element making it spectacular to watch.
The songs are performed in a straightforward manner too, with few surprises, there are dancers for Haneuma Rider, Nando mo is beautiful again and Poison is a nice surprise, also they do a superb performance in the encore of Ai Ga Yobu Hou He with just Haruichi on acoustic guitar and Akihito on keyboard performed on a platform in the centre of the crowd, it’s a beautiful performance.
While the other songs are exactly stand out, the whole band is brimming with energy this concert and every song is performed brilliantly and is a delight to watch.
One nice element of his DVD is that there are quite a few moments of banter between the songs from Akihito and Haruichi, these are usually editied out of concert DVD’s so it’s fun to see them here!
Akihito is full of energy particularly this concert in a way reminiscent of Porno Graffitti’s early concerts, he covers a lot of ground running about the huge stage and for fans of his funky dancing Haneuma Rider is a particular treat!

While lacking the innovation of previous concerts this concert more than makes up for it by being just plain good fun!
The tracklist is pretty high energy though things quieten down in the middle for some gentler songs giving the concert balance, but overall it’s loud fun and energetic!

The DVD presentation for this concert is very nice, the 2 discs come in a cardboard sleeve style DVD case.
I really like the cover design for this one too, it’s nice to see Akihito and Haruichi on the cover, and I love the retro style treatment of the photos and composition of the cover!
I also like the checker board design used for the discs and insert leaflet.
There’s no lyric leaflet again this time just a credits leaflet.
The menu design on this DVD is some very nifty animation too, options are basic and there’s no extras.

So overall this is one fun package of a concert, and if you want cheering up or to have a blast, this is the one to watch!
Reviewed by shiro

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