Ongaku Cafe (The ’90s): TRF – World Groove (1994)

All in all, an awesome trf album featuring great music. Absolutely awesome!

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ARTIST: trf

ALBUM: WORLD GROOVE

LABEL: avex trax

CATALOG #: AVCD-11183

Duration: 1:03:28

RELEASE DATE: Feb. 9, 1994

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1. WORLD GROOVE 1st. chapter
2. Feel the CENTURY
3. 寒い夜だから･･･ (SEQ OVER DUB MIX)
4. CAMILLE CLAUDEL
5. WORLD GROOVE 2nd. chapter
6. Waiting Waves (夏の気分を待ちわびて)
7. Silver and Gold dance (Remix)
8. Beauty and Beast
9. 愛がもう少し欲しいよ
10. Winter Grooves
11. WORLD GROOVE 3rd chapter (main message)
12. 私が望むもの…あなたが欲しいもの (Do what you want)

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Reviewed back in 1996:

trf’s third album “WORLD GROOVE” was released in Feb. 9, 1994 and became the first album to hit #1 on the Oricon Charts for the emerging pop/dance group.

By October 1995, the album had reached 1.6 million in sales.

trf is the abbreviated name for Tetsuya Komuro Rave Factory and features DJ KOO, vocalist YU-KI and dancers CHIHARU, ETSU and SAM.

Featuring a string of hits such as “Samui Yoru Dakara”, “Ai ga mou sukoshi hoshii yo”, “Silver and Gold dance”, the album would contain non-release hits such as “WORLD GROOVE”, “Feel the CENTURY”, “CAMILLE CLAUDEL” and “Winter Grooves”.

If one wondered how the group would do for their album after their last hit album “EZ DO DANCE” no need to worry.

“WORLD GROOVE” is a fantastic album featuring catchy, energetic songs that define TRF and makes you want to get on the dance floor and dance.

This album for me was trf showing the world that music is truly global and whether or not you understand the lyrics or not, by listening to the music, we have the same emotion and just wanting to groove.

“WORLD GROOVE”, the song, continues to be one of my favorite songs from trf and over a decade later, this album still remains one of my favorite.

Just an FYI, after the 12th track is a hidden track which is more or less an instrumental by Komuro Tetsuya (who tend to end an album in the 90’s that he produced with an instrumental).

All in all, an awesome trf album featuring great music. Absolutely awesome!

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