At the end of March, you may have read about my impressions on the TVXQ (동반신기) album (if you haven’t, you can read it here). TBH, I still really enjoy the album weeks later, and have continued to just listen to the album straight through on numerous occasions. My favorite track is still the first track, Love Line, and then Puzzle, U-Know’s solo track is probably my second favorite. The title track, Chance for Love is probably number 3.
I did pick up my copy of this album from Choice Music. you can pick up a copy of it here for 20.99, plus shipping. Update: I do not shop at Choice Music anymore due to a bad customer service experience. Instead, I buy most of my albums off of Music Plaza LA. If you want 5% off of your first purchase, you can use this link.
You can also get it from Amazon for 32.99 here with free shipping.
You can also order a copy of the album from an eBay, as they typically have good prices. Plus, with eBay, you can save a little bit of money by using the E-Bates extension on your browser, as it will save you 2% on all album purchases, which definitely adds up.
What is E-Bates?
E-Bates is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Ebates, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over 80$ back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used EBates before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using EBates. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Sokoglam typically has 3%. These percentages Many other major retailers are on there as well.
Things you need to Know about this album:
- There are 3 versions:
- Things that come with the album:
- CD (different CDs per version)
- Photo book (168 pages)
- Photocard (4 versions, one per album)
- Poster (I opted out)
- The theme for all 3 books is black and white with touches of red.
- The album includes interviews with the members, all of the lyrics, and beautiful “pose-y” photos
- The whole album is like an editorial. I kinda love it. It’s really posh.
K-Points: 442/5
So, even though I do really like this album, the photos didn’t have me in full on freakout mode. I also really like to see chic, as well as slightly goofy photos, and this entire things is VERY editorial. Changmin and U-Know are actually really goofy, so I wish they added some photos of them being their goofy selves, and they didn’t… le sad face. Like I get it, you are idols, but come on, I get giddy when I see guys being silly. You guys ain’t doing that…. what the heck. I still really like the album though. The photos are huge, the album itself is huge, and it’s pretty generous to fans. On top of that, the album itself is really dang good.
Should you pick up a copy of this? Totally! It is definitely not a waste of your money. You get tons of photos of two really attractive guys. Plus, if you speak Korean, you can read the interviews with them. If you don’t speak Korean, find someone who does and have them read it to you. Can you just stream the album? Yes, and I highly recommend that you do that if you can’t drop the money on the album. It really is a good album.
What is your favorite track off of the album? Do you like it enough to buy a copy of the album? Let me know in the comments below, K-Nuggets!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
