I'm not too impressed. I didn't like any of the singles from this era either except for Together When..., so it's not a surprise.
I kept thinking "overproduced" while listening to it, which is odd. I think maybe she's putting out too much - when I listen to the music from and watch the PVs for I am... and Memorial Address (my two favorites) I felt that she had a unified feeling throughout the music, and it was her portraying her own feelings. In a lot of these songs, especially glitter/fated (even though I do like fated) I felt like she was reaching too hard for an emotion she didn't really feel. I would MUCH rather have a longer wait between songs and have them be better than have an album every year and something that doesn't feel right in all of them.
As a positive, though, her track placement and link up between interludes and is still pretty stellar. Except for glitter, which a lot of you have already said.
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