YAY for fetus EXO! Today is a throwback day to EXO’s very first album, EXO Mama is the first-ever EXO album released, and all of the members look so young that it is crazy! Of course, I wanted to share this with you all so that you can it all. Keep reading to find out what comes with the album, my thoughts, and where you can get a copy yourself.
Things to know about EXO Mama:
- There are 2 versions of this album:
- EXO-M
- EXO-K (Shown above)
- Things that come with the album:
- CD
- Lyric Poster
- Photo card of 1 of the members with message on the back (split by sub-unit)
- In the EXO-K version you could get the following members:
- Baekhyun
- Chanyeol
- D.O.
- Sehun
- Kai
- Suho
- In the EXO-M version you could get the following:
- Kris
- Tao
- Luhan
- Lay
- Chen
- Xiumin
- In the EXO-K version you could get the following members:
- Album’s tracklist:
- Mama
- What is Love?
- History
- 나의 세상으로 (My Angel)
- 두 개의 달이 뜨는 밤 (Two Moons) – feat. SHINee’s Key
- Machine
- Their outfits in the album are extremely simple, like they are wearing street clothes. This is the first and last time you will ever see EXO do this
- The CD has a honeycomb shape on it, just like their original logo (designed by Chanyeol, Also known as the bias)
K-Points: 358/5
Although this album was released before the super elaborate photo books were truly a thing, In comparison to other releases from around the same time frame, the packaging is slightly lackluster, especially in comparison to some other EXO albums. Now does that mean that I’m not a fan of this album? Absolutely not. Some of my absolute favorite EXO songs, like What Is Love?, Machine, and Thunder are on this album.
Should you buy a copy of this album? Absolutely, but I would put this as a lower priority one in comparison with some of their more recent releases. I would buy this one for sure if you are trying to finish out your collection of EXO, like I did, even if it is just for fetus EXO.
Where Can I Buy This?
I bought my copy of this album off of Amazon, but they do have it on Choice Music for $13.99 plus shipping here. Author’s update: I no longer use Choice Music LA for album purchases, due to issues with their Customer Support model and policies. I buy my albums nowadays off of Music Plaza LA (which fun fact is in the same building in LA as Choice Music). Music Plaza has copies available for $16.99, plus shipping. Additionally, you can pick a copy up off of eBay with free shipping, plus cashback with Rakuten.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten 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 Rakuten, 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 Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
Can I Get it on Amazon?
You can also pick it up on Amazon, as I did for about $20 here with free shipping if you have Amazon Prime. If you don’t have Amazon Prime, you can get a 30-day free trial using this link here. I will not lie, the free 2-day shipping, plus all of the free music and videos are totally worth it. I also now use it for books for my Kindle paperwhite too, and it is honestly a lifesaver. They have a program called Kindle Unlimited where you can check out 10 books at a time, read them, and put them back in the kindle library. The program costs $7.99 a month, and you get the first 30 days for free with this link.
What early EXO song is your favorite. Let me know in the comments down below, K-Nuggets!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
