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Aararai Kodi
Mayilirage
Varugirai
Thigu Thigu
Thazhuvudhu Thazhuvudhu
Maramkothiyae

Music review: Ah Aah (a.k.a 'Anbe Aaruyire' and formerly known as 'BF') starts off with a bang with the song 'Aararai Kodi'. This song reminds us of Rahman in his early days, and he shows that he's a class apart when it comes to percussion arrangements. After listening to this song, its natural to have high expectations for the rest of the album. And this is where Ah Aah falters. As with the album, most of the remaining songs start off well, but don't have enough to make it thoroughly enjoyable. Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't 'Mayilirage' and 'Maramkothiye' basically the same tune with just different tempos? Don't know whether this was intentional, or Rahman just hoping that no one would notice. In this album Rahman also achieves two things which I thought are impossible: make Sadhana Sargam's Tamil sound better in comparison, and make Shreya Ghosal's singing almost unbearable. Sadhana's song 'Thigu Thigu' has a catchy tune and great orchestration, but the male singer's Tamil is so awful that I think they deliberately removed his name from the credits so that people wont hunt him down. Shreya's song 'Thazhuvudhu' is undoubtedly the worst song of the album, and I don't know who came up with the idea of making her sing such a steamy song. Better lyrics and better choice of singers could have made this good album great. Nevertheless, it will top the charts.

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