There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of their careers so far. Then, similar to my “Underrated K-pop” features, I can average their ratings into one mega-score and place them in a pantheon alongside other acts.
As always, this feature has some rules of its own. I’m including any “Song Review” ratings as part of this graph, including Japanese releases and collaborations with one other artist. I’m not including Buried Treasures or solo/sub-unit releases. For the ratings themselves, I’m using the most current number on this blog, so if a song was part of a “Risers and Fallers” or “Legendary Songs Inauguration” post, that’s the rating you’ll see displayed here. That means there will still be a few ratings here and there I find slightly inaccurate, but it’ll mostly reflect my up-to-date feelings.
Finally, these scores are completely subjective. Feel free to agree, disagree and argue (that’s part of the fun!), but know that this chart reflects the opinion of only one person (me).
Check out SUPER JUNIOR-D&E’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
SUPER JUNIOR-D&E: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
Motorcycle -> Saturday Night (2014-2015)
Slump Phases
Let’s Get It On -> Danger (2015-2019)
Rating Average: 7.90
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Growing Pains is still their best song and a 10 for me, I only know less than half of their catalogue (and that’s mostly cause Superstar SMTOWN introduced me to them, including Growing Pains) but yeesh, they really dropped a string of bangers earlier on only to be a hit or miss. Kinda wish they went for the goofy energy of Oppa Oppa or Can You Feel It?
LikeLike
Whatever happened after Growing Pains is beyond me 😞😞
LikeLike
Donghae writes most of his own songs on guitar, and some Super Junior too, but over time he co-writing partners – the ones that help him hone his song and polish it up – have changed.
I think Donghae’s second best composition is “One More Chance” recorded with SuJu after the military service hiatus, which has a similar melacholy vibe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkJlKoUxug
LikeLiked by 1 person
Growing Pains for the win. Great song.
LikeLiked by 1 person
“still you” was also nice. I happen to like it more than growing pains actually. And 1+1 = Love 🙂 is my fave
LikeLike
I’m quite surprise they have released such amount of singles! But for real I really didn’t catch them up for their releases after 2021 I guess. Maybe I could give it all a try first.
LikeLike