Hapa - Namahana
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Artist: HapaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-06-12
Music Label: Mountain Apple
Soundtracks:
- Pu'u Anahulu
- Stars in the Morning Sky [Instrumental]
- E O Mai Ku'u Milimili
- Emme's Island Moments Theme [Instrumental]
- Pau 'Ole Ka 'I'ini
- Debra Anne [Instrumental]
- He'eia
- Cavatina [Instrumental]
- Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u
- Aloha Namahana
Music reviews of Namahana
Music Review: Disappointing - Sap Quotient Too High
Rating: 3 Stars
I adored HAPA's debut album and I still play it constantly. So, figuring that the album "HAPA" was only their debut album, I thought Namahana would be phenominal. Not so.
Namahana is disappointing. Only five of the songs can be listened to more than once.
The lush string arrangements and synthesizer backgrounds on some of the songs add nothing to island music. They sound like songs you're forced to listen to while waiting for an elevator.
And while the first album had it's sentimental moments, HAPA kept the blatant emotionalism in check for the most part on that album. This time, the syrup bubbled over. In Manahana, the sappiness, both instrumental and vocal, is just overwhelming. Large chunks of the album sound like products of the really bad folk groups that came out in the 60's and 70's. Lastly, they give you a cut of generic background music they wrote for a television show. Music is written for television mostly because it's not meant to be consciously heard - why would you put something like that on an album?
I guess the entire album is nice music to hear while you're being enchanted on the islands, but there is a morning after. I buy island music to remember what a wonderful place Hawaii is long after I've left, not to mutter "what was I thinking?"
The majority of Namahana's songs were immediately removed from my iPod, but still, five keepers in an album is not bad. So I give this album 3 stars for just being average, which sadly, was a step down for HAPA.
For those who want to buy individual MP3 downloads, the keepers are Pu'uanahulu, Stars In The Morning Sky, Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u, He'eia (though pick up Cyril Pahinui's versions), and Debra Anne.
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