Search - Tamio Okuda :: Car Song of the Years

The title of this album makes no sense!

K. Klein | 07/05/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Retrospective of Tamio Okuda, a Japanese singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer of Puffy/ex-Unicorn band member/collaborator with Andy Sturmer of Jellyfish. It's obvious that he's a very big fan of classic American rock and roll. This stands in stark contrast to most Japanese pop these days, which is mostly electronic or R&B crapola, with few exceptions. This is pure guitar-based rock, and it's kind of fun...not as fun as the group Puffy, which he produces and writes songs for, but that's because he just isn't as cute. He does, however, perform a couple of Puffy songs on this CD. Featuring both new and old material, every song on this CD takes a car as its subject, hence the weird album title!"