An album for ballad lovers.

HowL - Transparent Blue - CD Cover Front

I didn’t “discover” him through music videos compared to my other new (or old) singers’ discovery. I discovered him when I downloaded his album via z-degrees. His album didn’t make a big impact on me until I watched “Goong” where his song was constantly featured in the drama (track #3 “Parrot”). I then listened to his album again and well, I admitted not paying enough attention to it – which I should have. I love this album. It was a very good ballad album.

Now, wouldn’t you be curious why he picked “HowL” as his artist name? His real name is Kim Dong-Wook (gosh O_O, now only I realized the name “Dong-Wook” always appeared in my artists list – Lee Dong-Wook, Choi Dong-Wook and now Kim Dong-Wook!) The name “HowL” was from a novel by Japanese writer Murakami Ryu.

When “Goong” used 2 of his songs (“Parrot” and “Perhaps Love” – a duet with J, which was released in “Goong” OST), his became very popular as both songs topped the chart at the same time. He has 2 other songs which was used in OSTs – track #5 “Deo eesang” which was used in “A Love To Kill” drama (starring Bi and Shim Mina) and track #4 “Eel nyeon jjae” / “For A Year” which was used in the Korean anime version of “I’m Sorry, I Love You”.

Most of the songs are mellow, some a bit sad and of course, all of them are ballads. I like a lot of the tracks in this album (refer to my ratings); especially track #2 to #5 – those four are killer ballads (^_^). The last 4 tracks (track # 9 to #12) were good ballad songs, too.

I like the album design – which was in light blue color, like the sky. It fits the album title perfectly. The front of the CD has his name “HowL”, in Korean, etched on it.

Singer: HowL
Album Title: Transparent Blue
Released: 15 November 2005
Label: Sponge Entertainment
Genre: Ballad

Track List:
01 Monologue / Intro *****
02 Go Jeeb *****
03 Aeng Moo Sae / Parrot *****
04 Eel nyeon jjae / For a Year *****
05 Deo eesang *****
06 Keu raett ji, Keu raett eott ji ****
07 Keu rae yo ***
08 Jan so ree ****
09 Hon Jat Mal *****
10 Kyeo ool sarang *****
11 Amooree *****
12 Een Yeon *****

Music Video from this album:
01 Aeng Moo Sae
02 Eel nyeon jjae – “I’m Sorry I love You” Korean Anime

Album Pictures: