[ayumisrael]

Here is my review on the album:

01. THE introduction

That introduction caught me really off guard and surprised for some reason, though it did positively.
I felt that it's pretty much a new sound to ayu's interludes/introductions and I really like the sound of it. - 9/10

02. Microphone - I Love this song!! The guitars are amazing, the composition is great, the organ parts are lovely, and it gives a highly feeling of fireceness (I don't know what other word to use). There is nothing rock with that song. One of ayu's best rock songs. - 10/10

03. count down - Actually I did like the transitioning through the harder rock track to the rock ballad. From the new album tracks it's my least favorite song (just because the others are huge), it has a cool arrangement and the composition is actually pretty. - 8/10

04. Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~

This is where the transitioning turns off since it's going from a rockish part to a mellow/quite ballads part. Sometimes I'm not in the mood to listen to it but when I do I like singing along to it and gets my pretty vibe out of it. Not as often though. - 6/10

05. BALLAD

This is quite a BEAUTIFUL piece of ballad.
I know it's really quite and it might get this part of th album more draggy but since I like this ballad a lot I'm fine with it in BALLAD's point. The instrumentation, ayu's vocals, everything in this ballad are really pretty. It's not one of my perfect 10 10 ballads though. - 9/10

06. Last Links

A lot has mentioned it already but I have as well.
The combination of violins and acoustic guitar is a perfect match!
It's really really beautiful ballad, at the first time I heard it I actually thought to myself
that this song might fit into YUI's style, in a positive manner of course! - 9/10

07. montage

My favorite interlude in the album (which leads to my favorite song in the album).
At first I was shocked but what I'm hearing it was really really really wierd but then I heard it again and I loved what I heard. It might not be the best entrance to Don't look back (mainly because there's nothing indian/arabic here) it doesn't disturb for me because I really like it and it even gets - 10/10

08. Don't look back

The best song in the album, hands down of the hands down.
The whole idea and concept of the song is just great, the composition and arabian/indian arrangement is just perfect. Also this kind of instrumentation (specially the arabian parts of it) are really popular in my country - 10/10

09. Jump!

My least favorite interlude in the album though it has the best transitioning.
It's still cool and I'm sure that it sounds awesome live! - 7/10

10. Lady Dynamite

This song is really party packed factored, it makes you rave into it and it's really a fun song to listen too! My favorite parts are the chorus and the pre-chorus parts! They are really cool! - 9/10

11. Sexy little things

Another song that gets a hands down from me for the reason ayu has it.
It's just an amazing, innovative track and I barely treat it as a "cute song" even if ayu's vocals are cute, it just sounds like a great great great pop with electro vibes track. -
10/10

12. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~

My favorite summer song of ayu since July 1st.
It's really a song I like to jump and sing into and it gives me heart rotations from time to time because of the feelings it gives (it does wonders for a summer song). - 9/10

13. meaning of Love

My favorite ballad from the album.
I dunno why but (as Days is my favorite ballad ever) and this song has a generic japanese pop ballad arrangement I strangely tend to love them the most.
This song gives me really both emotional and a positive melancholic feeling.
It's mainly the composition and the way ayu sings I guess, but I really like the arrangement as well. This song is just hugely pretty. - 10/10

14. You were...

At first I wasn't that amazed with this song but it really grew on me and now I like it.
It wasn't as strong as BALLAD for me but it really started to flow me with emotions as well while listening to it. The instrumentation is really pretty and ayu's vocals really gives it. That's what I found. - 8/10

15. RED LINE ~for TA~ [album version]

A reminicence of the older ayu.
I think that the album version is a bit clearer and the final add of ayu's acapella is really beautiful, I love the raw feeling of it. And ayu's lalala and acapella singing really warms my heart every time I hear it and I feel like singing along with her.
It doesn't have the most amazing arrangement or composition ever but it delivers what it should well enough and it's its feelings. - 9/10

Total Score: 135/150= 9/10

Overall this is one of ayu's best albums to date for me.
It mainly lacks over 1 part in the transition deparment but it doesn't bug me too much when I listen to the album because of the songs in it and the quality of it.
The transitioning and Sunset got the 0.5 and 0.5 (1) points down so it's 9.

I really enjoy this album it has everything that an album should have in it for me.
It can't top LOVEppears but I think that I can say that even if it's not from the old era and I pretty much became a fan around the end of 2003.
This is ayu's 2nd best album she released. I'm sure it won't be as recognised as this with most of the other people but really, I didn't enjoy from any album when I heard at first, except for LOVEppears, as I did with Rock'n'Roll Circus.

Huge kudos to ayu for making one of the best albums I have ever heard this time.