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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
As do I and many other people in this thread. As for the rest of your post, I'm not sure how all of those things DON'T relate to analyzing the album - her voice, production time etc. Rushed is fine, if the reason that you are rushing is because you are inspired. Not because you are rushing to meet a business deadline. If inspiration had simply been the case, there would be no need to announce the release date of the album before it was even recorded. But I don't think the album being rushed was even really brought up much here. It was more about people not feeling "connected" to the songs, the uneven flow of the album, and the tracks seemingly having a short shelf life.
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The last statement was meant to be self-describing and not to put down anyone's seriousness when it comes to Ayu's music.
I never said anything in my post about how her voice didn't have anything to do with analyzing this album. I just said the human body changes. It's in a separate paragraph.
The main excuse a lot of people gave about this album being not on par was that it was rushed. And I repeat my point: I don't see how the time it took to make a work of art has anything to do with the quality of the art itself. Whether it was "rushed" out of inspiration or "rushed" to meet some sort of deadline, artistic value is found only in the final product and not what it took to get to that final product.
With regards to being connected to the songs, subjective readings are helpful, but I'd rather read someone talk about the form, content, musical structure, instrumentation, and lyrics of the album and how all these attempt to work together as an artistic whole. What is Ayu trying to do with this album? Possibility: she might be trying to explore new music ground. How is she trying to explore new musical ground?
Personally, value judgments (i.e. I like this, I don't like that) are not enough for me, so it's always a pleasure reading people developing their ideas.