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Old 19th December 2010, 04:14 AM
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All the album tracks sound like they should be in a RPG!! That is how I would summarise this album. It's her best since Secret for me. It's lacking that "perfection sheen", it's got that awkward messy feel of her older music. The songs also don't have such a clear structure on here! So many surprises. I love it. It's such a cohesive album in music and theme, nothing feels odd or out of place. It's great! It's not her best, but it's up there with her best for me so on my first listen.

Love song - 10/10, I love this song. It has everything I love in an Ayu song. Amazing.
crossroad - 10/10, loved it since the single. See above.
MOON - 7/10, didn't like it much on the single, still don't like it much. Works well here.
sending mail - 10/10, I love it! It's so... fresh sounding. I love the beginning of each verse, it sounds so... awesome? Chorus is so catchy too. I like how it all fills like everything is going on and on ontop of each other and is all confusing and chaotic. It's like all the unsent mail is just piling and piling up on her~ ♥
Last angel - 10/10, love it. Are we noticing a trend here?
insomnia - 4/5, This makes me think of dungeon crawling in Persona 3. I think this whole album feels very RPG actually, guess that's why I love it. Captures the feeling of insomnia perfectly. That nervous, edgy emotion. I knocked a point off as it doesn't really go anywhere and... I will skip haha
like a doll - 9.5/10, adorable beginning!! Kyaa! I'm so glad that musically this isn't Marionette ~part II~. It makes me think of music boxes and frilly little dolls in dresses and pink~ I...I...I LOVE IT. All these songs have an amazing beginnings to their verses.
Aria - 4/5, more songs I want to hear in a RPG. This is town music. You know, that cute little country village and then you run into one of those big hills with flowers blowing and general happiness.
blossom - 8/10, really really like this one. This is definitely the "remnant from the old album" song alongside MOON, it DOES fit, it just feels...so different. I guess this and MOON involve typical Ayu guitar at some point, that's missing in the other songs. Make sense? It works here though, it's got that happiness that Aria had.
Thank U - 8/10, I like it, it's the laid back not overly emotional version of MY ALL and its friends. It's got that same feeling as NEXT LEVEL, just not so forced and formulaic, sans the la la la's I feel it will grow on me
Sweet season 2/10 - I tried so hard to like it more. I've listened to this song in full twice - once with the PV, and once with the single. I will not try again. I can't make it through the whole song. It just... annoys me for some unknown reason. One day I may be able to like it, but...ugh no.
overture 4/5, lol more video game music. Love it.
do it again - 8/10, Ayu, we know your English is better than it is in this song!! MY least favourite of the new songs. It feels kinda...repetitive? I don't know.
November - 9.5/10, I LOVE THE BEGINNING. I LOVE THE MUSIC. I WANT AN INSTRUMENTAL OF THIS RIGHT NOW. I love that...whatever it is around 2:07 that goes until 2:25, it's at the beginning too. It's so...so... just love it. Rest is just great, not LOVE LOVE. Haha This will be a grower.
Virgin Road - 10/10, EPIC NON WINTER BALLAD. YES. I'll play it at my wedding Ayu!! Haha. Or not.
SEVEN DAYS WAR 10/10 - Unbelievably happy this made the album. I love love love it. Live version is awesome.

9/10 one of her best albums!!

Last edited by relmy; 19th December 2010 at 04:24 AM.
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