Anyone entering a music shop is sure to raise the eyebrows seeing the number of albums in the stands that are scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Among them “April Mathathil” is the recent best seller. 

The album opens with “Poi solla” sung by Yuvan himself with lyrics of Snegan.  Yuvan has sung in many of his previous films, but in this song his voice sounds so mature and professional. The song begins with captivating BGM and with subsequent hearings it is extremely addictive. Right from his first film Yuvan is strong in composing soft melody numbers. He proves this in “Yeh Nenje” a beautiful duet by Harish Ragavendra  and Sadhana Sargam. Thamarai has penned the lyrics very well.  

Next comes “Manase Manase”,a farewell song by Karthik. Being a special occasion song, this will become immortal and played year after year in every farewell parties. But Yuvan could have concentrated more on the song. Though lyrics by Pa.Vijay is very sentimental and touching, Karthik’s voice fails to express the emotion of the situation.should express. 

“Kanavugal Pookum” by S.P.B. and Shalini is a toe-tapping number promptly spoiled by poor choice of female singer. The song has nice lyrics by Na.Muthukumar. The song is pretty catchy with refreshing beats and will be liked by people on initial hearing itself. Even S.P.B. finds it difficult to accommodate words like “February” into the tune. There is nothing much to tell about the “Azhagaana aangal” by Prasanna except for the lively interludes. 

“Site adippom” by T.R. Silambarasan and Karthik is sure to hit the charts. Lyrics by Pa. Vijay are so pedestrian and more or less like prose. Still the song escapes with the help of the tune and beats. Since it depicts the day to day life of teenagers and college goers it is sure to attract the younger generation. 

During the 80’s and early 90’s, Raja ruled the film music with a long list of films in all regional languages. His speciality is his versatality that though 6 films get released on a day, all with his music, none of the songs will resemble one another. Yuvan Shankar Raja having proven his calibre in films like “Thulluvadho ilamai”, “Dheena” and “Nandha” now has 15 + films in hand. Though he is consistent in giving quality music, his songs sound redundant nowadays and he should avoid that and concentrate more on the choice of singers in his albums.

“April Mathathil “ is a pretty decent album certainly a worth buy.