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01. Bridge to the Sky
Sometimes I think "Why all those "aaah" sounds?". I don't really like that. But anyways, it is a amazing interlude to NEXT LEVEL, and it's like it is a part NEXT LEVEL. Sometimes, I actually pick Bridge to the Sky before I hear NEXT LEVEL, and normally I skip ALL interludes. So it's all fine!
Rating: 9/10
02. NEXT LEVEL
So amazing! The only song I have ever heard where I can just.. Smile. Without any meaning, It's just such a nice song, and it is MUH better than I thought from the CM preview! It just can't be descriped!
Rating: 10/10
03. Disco-munication
The start.. Ugh. It's sooo bad, and it actually get me to skip it everytime I get to the third track of the album. But when you are some time into the interlude, it is like "Woaw.. Why isn't this a whole remix?". Then it's just amazing. Too bad that the start really ruins this!
Rating: 7.5/10
04. EnergizE
This reminds me so much of High School Musical that I could be mad to it! (lol) The start with the english words, it's so nearly something they could sing in a HSM song, and sometime in the song is the exactly same melody as in the SONG HSM. And because of it (Most because of the english) I don't really like it, but when you have heard about 2 minutes of it, you are just somehow in the glad rhythm.
Rating: 4/10
05. Sparkle
It like.. "Saves" EnergizE's wannaba-techno thing! It's a great song, but also a bit booring to me. But really amazing that Ayu can sing it! I can't, no matter how much I try, but her vioce is just amazing to it, and it's the only "real" techno-song on the album, as the rest is more rocked. And I like it.
Rating: 8.5/10
06. rollin'
I wonder if any japanese people do even understand what she says in the start. I like the idea of the technical voice, but i think it has to much rhythm for it. Then, when her normal voice appears, it's too much "normal" compared to the start. But it is really the only bad of the song! It isn't "amazing", but really catchy and good anyways. When the chorus begins with "Sekai" (Probably the only word I understand of the song lol), i'm just sold!
Rating: 9/10
07. GREEN
This song was probably released before Ayu had the idea of the "NEXT LEVEL" album, 'cause it doesn't fit in anything else lol. The start isn't as loud as from the single version (I think.. I have only downloaded it, I get both album and single tomorrow), and it's something that has changed it much - in a good way! It's such a great song, and I love the japanese theme in it!
Rating: 8/10
08. Load of the SHUGYO
I don't ever really realize that this is in before identity. It's like.. Something I never hear, even if the computer plays it! But well.. It's way to orginal for a interlude, just like from her old albums, way to booring to me.
Rating: 4/10
09. identity
Probably the best track of the album! When I read the lyrics before I heard it, I was like.. ID ID ID ID WTF? But it isn't in a way that I thought, it is better than I could imagine! This song is just over way to fast!
Rating: 10/10
10. Rule
Due to that I really, really loved this song when it came out, I thought this would be one of the best songs of the album. I still really love it, but there is so many much-better tracks! Now this is just like.. A song. Not anything special compared to every other track. But, it has high ratings anyways!
Rating: 8/10
11. LOVE 'n' HATE
OMG, OMG.. Oh my god.. It sounds like she has lost creativity and just found it easier to take the "No no" part from Sparkle, and make a countdown for it.. But well, it's a really, really good song, and those two things can't destroy it!
Rating: 9/10
12. Piece of SEVEN
Guess the name comes from the countdown of L'n'H? Who knows. This reminds me of either something under the sea or in the jungle. Lol? But it's what I feel. When I heard it the very first time, I was like "I scream if this is going to be rock, it will destroy it". And then, it was ending out in rock, but in a really lovely way, and it still had the same melodies as in the start!
Rating: 7/10
13. Days
I had actally never heard this loud before, and before I did it, I found it very booring. But now, I actually really like it, but still only to hear loud. It has 2 rating, if I'm listening to it loud or not. But in the end, it's a very good song.
Rating: 8.5/10
14. Curtain call
Many fans said such things as they cried to this song. Why? I find it a bit booring, and it's only like 2 minutes in the song it's beginning to be interresting. A good end for an album , but well.. I skip it close to every time.
Rating: 5.5/10
The whole album
Even if a lot of my rating ins't that high, it is comepared to the other tracks of the album, but compared to other tracks from older albums, it's all very good! It is really the NEXT LEVEL, and a great step to a new style, that is amazing! The best album to date!
Rating: 9.5/10
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