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okay soo...I wrote my review while I listened to the songs for the first time...so it's kinda lengthy lol no one's going to read it anyway! So la~~

Spoiler:

Bridge to the sky - I think one of my favorite interludes by her ever. Starts out like...omg this album is going to be SO COOL. I think it's definitely the best interlude on the album. Interesting mix of techno stuff with a nice composition that makes it sound all happy and like hopeful.

NEXT LEVEL - Pure Summer Love. Cute and Happy. So I like it. It's Blue Bird Part 2, especially in the verses. Interesting looonnngg phrases for the melodies...

Disco-munication - Interesting and different...I like it. A new type of interlude for her...I'm glad it's not another Kaleidoscope/LABYRINTH/reBIRTH.

EnergizE - omg...does anyone else get a Namie vibe? This song is odd. Um it's cool as a new style for Ayu...it really reminds me of a lot of 80's one hit wonders...with like a 50's diner vibe...Wierd composition with an odd melody...it's okay I guess...but it's not the type of song I'd listen to over and over.

Sparkle - I LOVE and am biased towards Sparkle. It's pure awesomeness.

rollin' - cool and sounds fun at the beginning. I disagree though with not using a little distortion on her voice at the end of the first verse. Again...interesting composition and weird melodies. The arrangement really carries this song doesnt it...I think that's very interesting too since usually, it's her vocals that carry her songs. This song is just pure fun and entertainment to listen to, and that's why I LOVE it.

Probably unoriginal in aspects of other artists...but for Ayu...I think it's fun and new.

GREEN - BORING. But I'm biased against this song. However, the song is totally misplaced. They might have stuck it in the middle of BoA's new US album. Does not go at all.

I don't even want to listen to all of it. Next song.

Load of the SHUGYO - I don't really like this interlude...it's kind of full of itself...its really messy too.

identity - LoL Hello my 90's Aerosmith past um yeah...I never really care for Ayu's rock songs...except the ones on Secret and before...I don't really like this one either...and there are parts that sound recycled...and other parts that don't work as well as something else might have...It's alright though I guess. Nice feelings...oh **** it just broke into like a groove like a kuu song now it's back to the aerosmith rock lol distortion in the voice...needed to be a little less...Interesting melody for the chorus. This seems like it would be a fun performance song...I think I'll like it better too when I see it live...right now I don't care so much for it.

Rule - LoL this song totally makes me laugh and I don't know why...I think its because the PV is so hilarious and everytime I hear the song, I remember all her funny "fierce" faces. This song is okay. I actually really like the "slow" parts, because I think the composition of the melody there, just totally blows the rest of the song out of the water...with exception of the composition at the "Bridge"? I dont know the musical terms :O The part at 2:46 - 3:05 Great composition there. An okay song.

LOVE 'n' HATE - ooo I like the opening...ooo I LOVE the opening...very awesome...Interesting arrangement, wierd vocal phrases lol and here's the verse...ooo! Interesting notes! Her vocals are so different sounding in this song too, I think it's a nice change from Rule. I think...that this song would not be very original, but what I think really saves it, is the awesome composition in the verses. Those notes that, are like off chords or whatever, are just really nice...ooo and now it breaks down into like a little r&b type thing...this is an interesting song! I kinda like it. It's simple, but complicated.

Pieces of SEVEN - I like the intro. Nice and mellow...I wonder what's going to happen...ooo I like how it's slowly slowly building and...aww cute! It's soo pretty! I'm so happy it's not a rock interlude! YES! It's a total Ayu interlude though isn't it ooo and at around 1:30 it gets FUN! Interesting melt...I think however, I would have liked this half to be a little more of a melt...oh there it goes LoL and I don't like the way it ended lol But fun!

Days - WARNING - I really dislike this song...so if I tear it up...I'm sorry So here she goes...it's a nice little melody I guess. A typical Ayu song, where her vocals carry the song. Here we come into the chorus...I really dislike the composition for the chorus...seems like it never climaxes correctly...but I really don't know how else you would do it...so meh. It seems that the ENTIRE song builds with the arrangement, not with the comp. Yeah...I just...don't like this song lol And then the little musical break is a bit too long and boring...soft ayu vocal main part...It's soo mushy...and here's the climax in the lacking composition...and OMG THERES STILL A MINUTE LEFT OF THE SONG?! Okay thank god it's all musical...Not my type of song. Oh well.

Curtain Call - Okay...now this...first of all...the repeated piano background is totally 80's and 90's ballad okay? Like seriously, it's like something my aunt used to play for us when I was like 3...or something that would be played on Delilah (uh...a radio show)...But everyone loves this song don't they...It's just seriously not original for me...in anything...It sounds like a song that's in a drama for like one episode...Another thing....this is a very powerful composition...and I mean...it really needed a powerful singer...like maybe alan, or mink...maybe even emi hinouchi could pull it off...but not Ayu, I'm sorry, her voice is just so...like...on the same level the whole song....even in the soft parts...Just...This song doesn't work at all. Even though the comp. is interesting at some points.

Sooo ANYWAY...long story short: the album is filled with wierd compositions and interesting melodies, that could either be like genius...or the fact that everything else has been done already lol.

The arrangements really carry a lot of the songs, and some of them are really awesome...in fact...the only arrangement I don't like was Load of the SHUGYO...but that song was wrong in all aspects.

Worst single - GREEN/Days - Not only are the songs boring and bland, they don't really fit in their respective places. In fact the flow of the album is really odd to begin with...throw in GREEN and Days...MESS...although Days helps flow into the train wreck that is Curtain Call.

Overall...the album is better in ways than I expected...but also fails in many ways as well. I think it's really fun and cool, and it's entertaining....but I think that some things were sacrificed in being so. I can't really put my finger on what though.

Rating - hmm... 7/10.

hmm...I think maybe that...the album is just kinda messy messy. It's like Ayu wants to do these styles, but she doesn't know how...I don't know...the album is just okay for the moment.