I really enjoy watching those live clips taken from the Tokyo International Forum over & over again.
They show the real Scandal on stage much much better.
I would prefer the full show on a stand alone DVD/BluRay instead of their arena live with lot of post production.
Obviously they feel more comfortable and confidence playing at their home country.
IMO, during "Graduation" shows their musicianship the best! Especially the rhythm section is solid.
Btw, would someone shed some light on this? I'm no bass player. Is that Tomomi have her Fender Sub-Lime Bass Fuzz Pedal engaged throughout "Graduation"? I love her bass tone especially those bass lines before the guitar solo. I feel myself want to learn to play bass immediately haha!

Yeah Tomomi's performance on "Graduation" is absolutely amazing  .wow.


Also the live version of "Hon wo Yomu" is really the one that shows how much they've grown into an amazing band as a whole; so many details, so many intricacies, the various backing vocals bits, it's really such a treat to watch and hear!

I also want to see MAMI switching to drums on Oyasumi, but she has never done that so far

Weekly chart
『Stamp!』 in on #37 with 2,464 sales (23,216 total)

03 August 『Stamp!』 is on #32

Edit 1
04 August 『Stamp!』 is out of top 50

Joshua10red wrote:Weekly chart
『Stamp!』 in on #37 with 2,464 sales (23,216 total)

03 August 『Stamp!』 is on #32

Edit 1
04 August 『Stamp!』 is out of top 50

I'm pretty sure, they'll come back pretty soon. 

Finally, my orders from CDjapan are here. The song structure of Stamp! reminds me of Joan Jett's "I love Rock n' Roll". The guitar overdrive was warm and vintage-like. Pretty good alternative rock song for me. Tons of good vibes indeed! 

However, I am not a big fan of how they rendered the chorus of Flashback #5. Otherewise, it's a good upbeat rock song. Better ask me through PM. I don't want spoilers, LOL!

As for the DVDs, SCANDAL performed live at their finest. Powerful yet intimate.

Purchasing both LE CDs of Stamp! is a great value!

I like Stamp but nothing more. By cons I love Flashback NO.5

It's cool that they are well placed in the Oricon

SCANDAL is on #78 for the 3rd week with 966 copies sold making a total of 24,182 copies

That's low compared with the first singles of the 4 last years(I'm counting just the copies sold until the 3rd week):
Scandal Nanka Buttobase: 32k
HARUKAZE: 29k
Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne: 36k
Departure: 35k
Stamp!: 24k

I think I'm just a tad bit late to join the bandwagon, but honestly Flashback No. 5 is pretty awesome haha

victor_survive wrote:SCANDAL is on #78 for the 3rd week with 966 copies sold making a total of 24,182 copies

That's low compared with the first singles of the 4 last years(I'm counting just the copies sold until the 3rd week):
Scandal Nanka Buttobase: 32k
HARUKAZE: 29k
Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne: 36k
Departure: 35k
Stamp!: 24k

I'm having a hypothesis here that this is because Stamp! lacks of Japanese ambiance unlike the rest on that list... 

Just a hypothesis there, I can be wrong at all time

4th week on Oricon: #87 with 695 copies
5th week on Oricon: #151 with 390 copies
6th week on Oricon: #195 with 289 copies

Total copies sold so far: 25,556 (that's around the total sales of "Pride" [25,531])

You know, I was listening to some of Scandal's older stuff, and noticed something. "Stamp" actually has a sound a little reminiscent of "Right Here" off of Queens are Trumps.

Oricon year end chart:
* Stamp! - #268 with 25,847 copies
* Sisters - #383 with 18,058 copies