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Originally Posted by Zeke.
Only new song I LOVE like, can't live without (along the lines of Driving, Get Up&Move!!, Love goes like...) is LOVE TECHNIQUE. No Man's Land I like too but I just don't like her engrish at all. "ROWCOME TU NO MAN'S RAAAAAND!" ESCALATE and Lay Down don't every really take off. ESCALATE is all shouting and no progression during the chorus. Lay Down I was thinking would be my saving grace based off the previews once I previewed ESCALATE but even though it's better, it still doesn't have the power that Driving or the other slam dunk booty shakin' tracks she's had. Boom Boom Boys is alright, but again, the chorus is lacking. Especially that autotuned part - it's boring. Plus the only song on the singles she's released this year that I truly love is IN THE AIR. Two or three new songs that I love woulda made me ok. That's how I am with Kumi's albums - there are usually the 3 that stand out but they are so damn good that I don't care if the rest blow, I'll forget them and move on. The album is of superb production but the compositions... very lacking.
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I do agree about the points you made on ESCALATE & Lay Down...they don't seem to every really hit that climax that they build up to, but I still like them nonetheless (although the engrish in Lay Down is really bad imo). My favorite song is also Love Technique
...it's so catchy! I was really iffy on it from the preview but it turned out to be an awesome song.
Also, upon listening to the album once more...I realized No Man's Land & All for you are really good songs! And has anyone else noticed her English has improved ever so slightly? I mean, she still has moments when she sounds utterly unintelligible, but in some of the songs her English sounds pretty good considering the past.