''Sentimental Macchiato'' (センチメンタルマキアート) is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band SID, released on February 20, 2008, by

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. The album's singles are "Smile", "", "" and "", all released in 2007. The last three were used as theme song for Japanese television shows, namely Special Quiz Project Sukuizu!, Megami no Hatena and 2-Ji tchao!, respectively.

Composition

As noted by CD Journal and

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, the album's songs are diverse in musical genres. CD Journal summarized that ''Sentimental Macchiato'' is "basically

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music with sweet vocals", with the exception of the tracks "Migite no Spoon to Hatsukoi to Knife" and "Smile" which approach

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varieties and " Mitsuyubi", which the website claimed to have a "random rhythm". Alexey Eremenko of Allmusic noted that in "Yuuwaku Collection"

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influences mix with

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guitar, while "the best songs on the album" have

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elements. In general, Eremenko stated that the songs are confusing, citing "a little

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", "

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-madness that is within a hair's breadth of hardcore or

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" and "

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Critical reception

CD Journal defined that the tracks are rich in variety, but

considered this variety "an annoyance", noting that despite the band's transition, "tolerating some eclectic playing is a reasonable price for a set of strong songs."

Commercial performance

''Sentimental Macchiato'' peaked at number eight on

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and stayed on the chart for 8 weeks, selling 37,665 copies while on the chart. According to

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, it was the eighth best-selling independent album of 2008 in Japan. The singles "Smile", "Natsukoi", " Mitsuyubi" and "Namida no Ondo" reached 11th, 10th, 5th and 4th position on

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, respectively.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mao – vocals * Shinji – guitar * Aki – bass * Yūya – drums

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Sid (band) albums Punk rock albums by Japanese artists Pop rock albums by Japanese artists 2000s Japanese-language albums