Seeing how this record was both a debut and basically a third overall album, it probably should have been just a nice way to show that BoA has a limitless potential and that there are still things to come in the future. When she sings that there is nobody but me, I believe her. When she sings that everybody hurts and looks for love, I believe her. When she sings that I can do it, I believe her. The song in question is one of the finer works Komuro has produced and it slaps in all its forms: the original duet, the BoA solo and the remixed Kumi solo.Д¬oncluding my ramblings about this majestic piece of music, I need to say that what sells a lot of songs on this album is BoA's earnest confidence. BoA's beginnings were truly something else. Just to think that BoA was able to get on a Komuro Tetsuya produced charity single only after a couple of single and that it featured my one and only Koda Kumi who was also at the start of her career. Naturally I can't go on without acknowledging ' the meaning of peace'. (Crispy's Note: Here it is for educational purpose x) I would also mention the Hex Hector remix of 'LISTEN TO MY HEART' as a bit of an iffy one, because it has some hilarious English lyrics, buuut we're not really rating it, so. She sounds great on it, but the melodies just aren't strong enough to carry this for almost 6 minutes. I believe it's the first song that was ever written and composed by BoA herself, which is admiring and all, but it's just so long and overbearing. Having said all that, the album isn't without a hitch, which comes in a form of ' Nothing's Gonna Change'. ' Share Your Heart (with me)' is a little serene number that showcases BoA's softer side, meanwhile ' Every Heart -MINNA NO KIMOCHI-' is one of BoA's best. When it comes to ballads, ' LISTEN TO MY HEART' doesn't disappoint eitherl. The latter being a bit of a highlight, if you ask me. Looking at a rockier side of things we have an upgraded ' POWER' and ' Nobody But You', both of which are a testament, that BoA's vocals can work with something heavier in sound as well. We also can't go further without mentioning the title track, which is a big bop with a bombastic chorus more than worthy of sharing the title with its parent album. And these aren't just songs, they are truly moments, that envelope you and gently soothe your soul. The other R'n'B centric tracks in the likes of ' Amazing Kiss' and ' Happiness' bring more of the same, and by the same I mean quality. I can never get enough of the way she glides over the melodies here. It's just such a good track overall, both melodic and groovy at the same time combining the best elements together. BoA's vocals have a lot more oomph to them and the arrangements sound a lot crisper (X) hehe.Д®lsewhere we have something like ' Kimochi wa Tsutawaru' which is hands down one of my all time favorite songs of BoA's. Talk about an already mentioned how the versions on ' Jumping Into The World' are inferior to the ones we got here and I mostly agree, since those do sound a bit demo-ish compared to their ' LISTEN TO MY HEART' counterparts.

Seriously, the chorus of ' Dreams Come True' automatically comes to my mind everytime I say 'you can do it' to myself. Not to mention the staggering amount of hooks and catchy as hell melodies. I guess I adore this album so much because it's so up my street sound-wise. Speaking of which, she was the first Korean artist to debut at the top of the Oricon charts and managed to do so 5 more consecutive times.

It wasn't my first BoA album or anything, but somehow it managed to become the one I'm coming back to the most as the example of the best Teen R'n'B-tinged pop. To me ' LISTEN TO MY HEART' is one of the BoA's finest works. Sales: 1,013,189 (Korea and Japan, as of 1)Д¬hart position: #1 on Oricon in Japan, staying on those charts for 91 weeks, and #5 on Korean charts

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