Manmathan Music Review

Manmathan

So has Yuvan struck gold with Manmadhan?? The answer is YES. The album has all kinds of songs like techno stuff, melody and gana type songs that will quench listener's thirst.

Thathai Thathai
Clinton, Blaaze, Silambarasan and Vasundara Das

Blaaze who is frequent in A.R.Rahman albums has collabrated with yuvan for the first time.

Infact this is the first time he is singing for a non a r rahman album..(though Shaan's Album Akshar is a exception).

The song starts with Blaaze's rap like the title track of New and the rap piece is funky with foot tapping beats..The prelude is extremely catchy and this track will be a winner.

The lyrics are ok,overall a nice job by Yuvan and well supported by Simbu,Clinton and Vasundra..

Manmadhane
Sadhna Sargam

This song reminds us of Simbu starring Chanakya song but anyway a nice melody especially the prelude is soothing.

Though the song wont become craze it will be appreciated when seen on screen, lyrics by snehan(of kalayanam tha kattikitu oodi poolama fame) does a fair job. Sadhna lends her voice well.

Oh Mahire
Anushka of Viva fame

Wow!! Udit narayanan has finally got some competition. Anshuka apart from spoiling the song she has Damaged Tamil through her horrible pronunciation.

This one is Yuvan's favourite song, as he says. But one cannot deny the fact that this song is extremely peppy and foot tapping number..

Yuvan has used a interesting loop when the song starts and also use of various filters (gapper and snipper) especially to the word mahi re in the end is worth mentioning.

Lyrics by NA Muthukumar are worse, think twice before playing this song when elders are around On the whole youngsters will like this song.

Vanamunna
Shankar Mahadevan,Sreeram

This song is a typical Gana and “Dapankoothu” type song. The lyrics by NA Muthukumar is good(for a change). This one has comical lyrics that might bring a smile to the viewers..Shankar Mahadevan as usual is great and sreeram also done a good job.

Enn Aasa Mythiliay
Silabarasan,Suchithra

Why should Yuvan remix old songs??..when he is capable of delivering good songs?
he has remixed Simbu's Father's song mythily enna kaadhali this one is a big Hit with a equally Good lyric from PA Vijay.


Kadhal Valathein
Kay Kay

One of the BEST tracks in the album...it has some nice melody with soulful renderation from Kay Kay. NA Muthukumar has penned the song nicely..

Yuvan has composed brilliantly and the pitch of the song also varies often and Kay Kay has complemented it by his wonderful vocal talents. On the whole a nice track.

Kadhal Konden Music Review

Kadhal Konden

"Kaadhal kondaen" is the second venture of the "Thulluvatho Ilamai" team, who made everyone raise their eyebrows by their trendsetter, blockbuster film produced in shoestring budget. Yuvan's youthful music was one of the main reasons for the success of the film and here too, Yuvan's involvement is apparent. Fivestar audio has released this album at a lowprice and it's already selling like hotcakes.

The album begins with "Devadaiyai Kandaen" beautifully rendered by Harish Ragavendra.The song is penned by Na.Muthukumar. This is a very catchy number which will get on you on first listening itself. After seeing his girl, the boy adores her and explains the reactions she had caused in him. Harish's voice is very charming and the slight nasalization adds to the feel of the song. This is sure to be a chart buster and is the pick of the album.

Next comes "Manasu rendum" sung by Shankar Mahadevan and lyrics by Pazhanibarathi. Nowadays Shankar Mahadevan's voice features in every album of Yuvan. Here too he has done a good job. He strains a bit to imitate Yuvan's way of singing at places. The charanam part of the song is more interesting and enjoyable.

Next comes a cool melody which is a piece of cake for Yuvan. "Nenjodu" by Sujatha and UnniKrishnan takes off with cool piano and guitar bits and the songs is sure to steal many hearts. After a long time, we get to hear the mesmerising voices of Unni krishnan and Sujatha in a song.

"Kaadhal kaadhal" by Vijay Yesudas and easy lyrics by Pazhanibarathi. Once Ilaiyaraja and K.J.Jesudas combo ruled the tamil film music and gave some unforgettable numbers and now their kids are doing the same here. The song is a peppy one which is sung effortlessly by Vijay Yesudas. His voice is very much under his control that it easily soars to high pitch and comes down casually.

"Thottu Thottu" again by Harish Ragavendra is a variety song with haunting interludes and beautiful charanam part. Then comes the theme music of the album which resembles interludes from "Poi solla" song from April Mathathil, played in fast tempo.

"18 vayadhil" by Yuvan shankar begins with the beats which will remind you of the FTV style Bailamore song in "Kaadhal Virus".

The recording quality is amazingly good compared to other recent Yuvan's albums. Thank God! none of the singers are from North and they don't mince over poor tamil. Every month, a Yuvan's album gets released and still he strives hard to maintain his quality. , he is sure to be the number one in TFM soon.

Pop Carn Music Review

Pop Carn

Ever since I heard that "PopCarn" had music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, I've been looking forward to the album. It's an album that's supposed to have Eastern-Western fusion, and I thought if there's any music director who could do that theme well, it's YSR.

And on several levels, several songs in "PopCarn" satisfy. "Kaadhalaagi Kaninthathu" is no doubt one of the best songs I've heard in a very long time.

And as a whole, the album is very good. Unfortunately, "PopCarn" does not meet the (possibly unfair) very high standards I set for it. It's an album I like a great deal, and already have listened to many many times, but it's not excellent. It's no "Nandhaa," for example.

So it's a great album, just not a historic one.



1. Amma Inga Vaa.

Oh why, Yuvan? Why? Why do you have to write such soft melodious music, and when you have some okay lyrics to go with it, why would you give that song to someone with an unmelodious voice like Nasser? This is a good song -- except for Nasser. His voice just isn't suited for singing, I'm sorry. He wrecks the song and really brings it down. This is a: Between a Mediocre and a Nice.

2. Antha Seema Durai.

The song starts as a nice village song with something to say. But then the REAL song starts and what we have is the usual dappaanguthu folk love song with dumb lyrics. It's not bad; it's just not my kind of song. This album is not meeting my expectations AT ALL yet. It's a: Nice.

3. Kaadhalaagi Kaninthathu.

Listening to the other songs, I was bored by "PopCarn." And then, I put in this song, and my God -- I sat rapt, hooked on every word. What else can I say? Excellent lyrics, excellent music (which build slowly to a heck of a climax as the song progresses), and excellent singing by SPB; this song is, simply speaking, another feather in his cap. It's just beautiful, and is probably the song I most like released in recent times. Just beautiful. Best song of the album? Almost certainly. I can't wait to see this one picturized. Excellent.

4. Kaneeyan Ponkundraan.

And here we have a semi-Carnatic semi-Western number with some very interesting lyrics. The song is about how all the songs of the world are, in the end, the same. It's a very good (if not likely to be popular) number, and even involves a duel between a mridangam and a Carnatic vocalist. However, the worst part is that at the end of the song, the functional Carnatic music gives way to folk, and the lines "Bompuchukkum Bompuchukkum," and nonsense like this. Yuvan, the song's pretty good until the end, and then it's not. Very Nice.

5. Theme Music.

Some nice music here for the theme. It's around two-and-a-half minutes long of instrumentals. Some very soft nice stuff that was good for the ear. However, nothing spectacular, and somehow, there doesn't seem to be a perfect line of continuity through the music; it seems more like a collection of different music than one musical piece. Nice.

6. Naan Vachaen Laysaa.

And what would a modern music album be without at least one suggestive slightly raunchy song? "Naan Vachaen Laysaa" fills that role in this album. It's got pretty good music, okay lyrics, and good singing by the two leads. It's not going down as one of my favorites, but it's all right. Between a Nice and a Very Nice.

7. Poovellaam Paaraattum.

Some new innovative music, a great beat, great singing, and some okay lyrics (though sometimes they get really funny -- "Boys and girls, neettunga / Old ways-kku tata ... / Oh white folks, naamellaam / Oh singing stars-thaan"). This has a great beat, though, and is very danceable. This one's a: Very Nice.