I like the concept and she does execute it throughout the album by the circus arrangement~! This is the first time I listen to an original album of her.

And her homepage is excellent compared with ayu's(which is boring, I hv to admit)
The whole package of trick is awesome~!

Track by track:

intro: nice to begin, I like the "crowd" sound. 8/10
taboo: luv the trance arrangement, cool song. 10/10
show girl: that circus feel fits the song title. 10/10
your love: a little boring. 7/10
stay with me: a typical ballad of her, not too impressive. 7.5/10
this is not a love song: fun but quite cheesy 6/10
Driving: strong beat! I like the verse much more than the chorus 8/10
Bling x 3: mehhhhhhhhhhhhh 3/10
That ain't cool: too repetitive to me, it's not cool at all 4/10
hurry up! : sounds like that ain't cool, but i like the arrangement 4/10
Moon Crying: too bland, very similar to her previous ballads 6/10
JTWUR: an obvious filler to me, i enjoy the melody and the way she sings "I like you" though 6/10
Joyful: filler #2, once in a while you will find songs sound like this from kuu, i thought it was an xmas song at the beginning 7/10
愛のことば: again, ballads on this album just don't work on me, boring, but the last note is cool 6/10
Venus: What can I say!? this song just ends the album flawlessly , but i'm sure i've heard it before. I absolutely adore her "I'm your Five..yargh..." 9/10

Overall: it's 7.5/10 to me, good job kuuuuuuu~

TRICK was pure disappointment imo. Nothing all that flashy about it. The singles were not to hot either, except TABOO. It's just filled with boring electro-pop tracks and yawn-worthy ballads. Kumi has done better, her next single better make up for it.

i love TRICK.. she does more r&b/rap songs in it..

and yeah, her homepage is really kewl!!

i think the homepage intro is kind of tacky tbh lol.

my copy of TRICK should also be here on the release date :yes all my orders go to NY and then arrive here the next day, so i might get it on the 27th.

do you even know how r&b & hip-hop sounds like ? :no

this albums is EXTREMELY techno-pop sound , just because blingX3 has rap on it doesnt make the song hip hop :innocent
The only R&B-ish songs IMO in the album are This is not a love song and just the way you are

this album is FAAAAR away from R&B

still kick ass, cuz i was waiting for a POP album from her :D

i sure hope her next album has more R&B songs on it. her voice suits r&b more than pop imo

I want her full version of TRICK too!!! but she may put it in her BEST album?? >.<

omg that intro to the site is AMAZING!

there are actually people who like Stay with me better than Ai no uta? I loved both Moon Crying and ai no uta a lot, but Stay with me was empty and emotionless imo, without a great hook in the chorus.

woohoo! new thread already!
can't wait to receive TRICK!

u noe, I used to say Your Love was in the "tsuki to taiyou/himitsu" spot..but now i feel..it resembles [anytime] much more...both are like sweet songs and close to being ballads...

[This is not a love song] has taken the [Under] darkness

@freedreamer: Hmm, Your Love with anytime? But then where would Joyful go? anytime seems like the most Joyful-ish song.

@mishidabo: Kumi said herself that TABOO and the INTRODUCTION were R&B/hip hop though (one of the two, I think R&B).

@Lacus: Wow, you like Bling Bling Bling more than BUT? Btw maybe it should be Bling Bling Bling vs Under, because they both have that reversed effect in the background. And then Driving against BUT...

Anyways, I didn't really think too much about that list, I more or less did it track-number-wise and moved only a few around a bit.

I'd like to see someone who likes Kingdom more do that comparison list. I can't imagine someone preferring Wonderland, MORE, Anata Ga Shite Kureta Koto, Himitsu, etc. to awesome tracks like Hurry Up! @_@

Wow. A lot of people didn't like TRICK.... that's weird 'cause I thought almost every song was amazing.... O_o

:yes Kuu's best songs are R&B (in my opinion)

wow, new thread already? :thud
Well yay, for the new thread I guess.

Was there any actual news in the last few pages of the old thread?

Hmm, what songs are considered R&B of hers?

seriously I don't mind a full version of TRICK in her next album

not that I know of Kris

Joyful and...Koi no Mahou?

im not sure how i feel about the album...
i like blingx3, taboo, joyful, stay with me, and show girl...
but i still dont like that aint cool, moon crying, and then the other songs havent grown on me...
>_<

but i still want to buy it >_____<
i wanna see the dirty ball room dvd and all the inside scans xD

where's the PV for JUST THE WAY YOU ARE man :grumpy

I'm surprised that hasn't leak out yet

the same here. Well, not that would download anyway, since I'm waiting for my copy, but I was really wondering the same as well.

The same for the DVD-rip of the show girl PV and TAC -album version- PV.