So, i should make this review from last month or so, i have this album since first day of Java Jazz, and I;m quite sure I'm the first one that bought the album, making me the first normal person to have the third album of Maliq & D'essentials.
So, it was Friday at JJF 09, i found the booth, and i bought it. Quite expensive for an album that consist only 6 songs. The price is 130.000 rupiah, mine was special edition, there are only 1000 copy. Its a huge box, consist of the CD (the one that you can buy in store), booklet, and shirt. Ya its a special edition shirt. Since its title is Mata Hati Telinga, the shirt are consist picture of Mata or Hati or Telinga. Btw, i got Hati. And it signed by Maliq & D'essentials personels.
And the album itself. 6 songs. And before i bought the album, i already listen to pilihanku and Mata Hati Telinga. So there are 4 songs left that i never heard before. First one is Aura, started by orchestra, and then got into Maliq & D'essentials' Funk style, nice songs, little bit like Maroon 5 in some part.
Second song is Luluh, the song that I believe going to be the second single after Pilihanku, its catchy, its easy listening, and its got some hard chord, in term i couldn't find the guitar chords. The song was easy listening, and groovy, another nice song from M&D.
Third song, Jatuh Cinta, my mom said it was night jazz, couldn't agree more. But i feel like i have listen to it before, just a song to pass by.
Fourth song, Pilihanku, the single. Its not jazz, but its easy listening. Maybe its not jazz again, its pop with rock, and it sound like The Police, but still i like the melody of Angga. and i like the video.
Fifth song, Coba Katakan, weird chord i have to say, like Chrisye little bit, i like the last part of this song. Not too special.
Last song, Mata Hati Telinga or MHT, the song have released from last year's ramadhan. Acoustic and Rolling stone says its like carpenters'. Anyway its good song, and good lyric.
So overall, Maliq & D'essentials has prove that they are still leading the way in pop/funk/jazz band in Indonesia. Even though they start to go to pop. If you remember the first album, its so jazzy or soulful, that kind of sound you wouldn't get in this album. M&D are always trying to give something new in their each album. And this album the choose to be pop, but the detail are "matang". Prove that they are mature in everything.
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