Here's my review
sorry for my english lol
THE introduction:
This is the most awful intro song in her whole career. It doesn't make me think of a 'welcome to the Miss Hamasaki's amazing circus' but just 'ehy I'm in a fail '70s b-movie right?'.
5/10
Microphone:
It's her best rock song so far with talkin' 2 myself and Because of You. The intro it's amazing, the lyrics are amazing, the arrangement is amazing. THIS SONG IS AMAZING.
May her vocals would be much better, but I like them though.
9.5/10
count down:
When I have listened to the preview I was 'meh' but then 'wow'. This song sounds quite different from her previous works even if sometimes it reminds me GUILTY (especially the beginning), but with better vocals and arrangement.
7.5/10
Sunset -LOVE is ALL-:
No just no.
4/10
BALLAD:
Ayu seems 'chinese traditional music addicted' nowadays isn't? And I like it, obviously. BALLAD is an ethereal emotional ballad, her vocals are great and sweet. She sounds like a sort of goddess/fairy who want to tell you a story. It's perfect to sleep in my opinion (not in a bad way lol). Overall I find the BALLAD's arrangement much better than the GREEN one.
9.5/10
Last Links:
The acoustic guitar, her clear voice and the bitter lyrics makes this song quite awesome. Overall isn't 'new' it's the same type of song like Heartplace and Life, but it's well done.
8.5/10
montage:
A good interlude, finally! I really like it and it's one of her best interlude imo. I love the baroque/classical vibe of this song and it's kinda sad. A perfect introduction to the next song.
8/10
Don't look back:
At first I find this song pretty boring, but after a couple of listenings I start to like it. Luckily it's different from the CM version, that was sound like a generic '80s jpop song. This song is kinda new from her but she have done a good job with it. She's really cute when she says 'don't look back' btw
8.5/10
Jump!:
Electroish interlude. Nice but nothing special.
6/10
Lady Dynamite:
Sassy lyrics and catchy arrangement makes this electro-rock song full of win. It's sounds like a track made for fun, and that's not bad at all.
8/10
Sexy little things:
Damn you Ayu and your catchy songs (lol jk).
This is her best pop song ever, really different from her previous cute-pop song. Her cutesy voice doesn't bother me too much because it fits really well with the funny but not so generic arrangement.
8/10
Sunrise -LOVE is ALL-:
This song is full of energy indeed, but Ayu have done better summer songs.
5.5/10
meaning of Love:
oh noes not another generic Ayu-ballad: Days -the revenge- the lyrics can't save this crap sorry
4/10
You were...:
A really good winter single and omg THE GUITARS. That's mostly because of them that the song sounds so awesome to me lol.
8.5/10
RED LINE -for TA- (album version):
I always found this song really cute and it obviously it's perfect as album ending song. The album version it's more sweet than the single version in my opinion, especially for the lovely acapella part at the ending.
8.5/10
Overall:
The rock tracks are really few, and most of them are just pop-rock or electro-rock tracks far to being true Rock 'n' Roll. But this album is a true circus, because she show us her 'next level music' and there are tracks made of fun and made of meaning. The lyrics finally are well written so the true Ayu's back. The only bad things on this album are the weakness of Sunrise and Sunset and the boring arrangement of meaning of Love. Overall in this album there are the old and the new Ayu putted together, and I can feel the hard work she have done. May RnC it's far from the '
perfection' of her old albums but that's far away from her rushed GUILTY and her made just for fun
but awesome NEXT LEVEL. Ayu's back, slowly back.