3 interludes is fine for me (though less is ideal, but lbr this is ayu we're talking about..interludes will most likely always be a part of her albums unless they're mini albums). i thought 4 was really pushing it though with GUILTY & NEXT LEVEL so i'm always happy when it's less than that.

There's obvious jazz/swing influence in the composition. This isn't an arguable thing, lol.

Hear better. There is more instruments than just one trumpet in that song.

It's not the brass that makes it jazzy, it's the syncopation.

I think the live version of SLT is way more jazzy/swingy than the studio version :yes
An I like it better^^

Yes the live version of Slt seemed tolerable and fun. The album version is just f*kin annoying.

Man what weird lyrics lol...Well these are only snippets so I'm sure it'll make more sense once we see the actual lyrics in their entirety.

Actually I tend to agree that it is a techno kinda of jazz.. that why i refuse to listen to it... I hate that kind of music.
It reminds me of stuff right out of the 20's... horrible.

Did anyone translate the snippets already ? But I guess it's probably hard to translate a small part like this without at least the rest of the verses. :/

I'm happy!!!!Eyes,smoke,magic is a full song!!!Can't wait

the next LOVE - Lalala..... ママの鏡の前には

Standing in fron of mom's mirror


Anyone think of The Unbearable Lightness of Being? hahaha it would be so cool if there is a connection

I'm going to have to correct you when you suggest something "right out of the 20's" is horrible!! :roflmao

And I'm sad there's 4 interludes because Ayu told us she recorded 12 songs - this is a 14 track album ;__;

^
the interludes are 3 :yes

a cup of tea, taskebab and Serenade in A Minor.

I was secretly hoping that A cup of tea would be a full song. :( But still, Eyes, smoke, magic IS full length, and I'm hoping it's cool and mysterious, somewhat like Marionette.

Everyone and their complaints. I don't mind when the complaints are valid or even when people complain about the songs they don't like (because Lord knows I love to do that myself, lol), but complaining that there are 3 interludes when there have been more on albums including singles (which means much less new material) is ridiculous. People, have you forgotten with this release we are getting 11 BRAND NEW TRACKS!? That includes Party queen and Hbya (as they are new for the album). Even without those tracks (which I already dislike) there are 9 new songs. Count them. 9

:shrug

One of these interludes probably has vocals, in the likes of "Bridge to the sky" "Not yet" "Mirror" etc. Who knows, maybe it will become a full song in the future? Either way, I don't give a damn. I am still ecstatic over the amount of new tracks we are getting and Hell I was even making room for 4 interludes just to be safe! So for me, this is a RELIEF! Lower your expectations next time, I'm telling you, it WORKS WONDERS!

I don't mind three interludes at all, plus i think they'll probably be worth listening to (especially a cup of tea)

^ as for the interludes.. dont mind the 3.. wish there were less of course so that we could have more new vocal music.

im gonna have to correct you myself! I did not say "something" out of the 20's.. I was referring to the music... everything else was pretty cool.
Just cant stand that kind of music.
The roaring 20's... lord be it. lol

Yes I will laugh if it turns out that everyone just adores the interludes of this album.

Except for a couple of them, Ayu interludes are always worth listening imo.
So it don't bother me at all :D

Most of her better interludes are from recent albums anyway. Her older ones were rather forgettable imo.

And I don't think it's so much 'lowering your expectations' with Ayu as much as it is not having such a specific concept/sound/whatever that you want from the album because she usually delivers something completely different from what you actually want/think.

The only album Ayu's done that has had more brand new tracks is MY STORY with 13 new tracks (10 of them were full songs) which is saying something. However, she spent quite some time creating that album so it makes sense that it ended up having so much new material.