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Old 24th March 2012, 01:38 PM
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^ Return Road is simple? o_o Melodramatic orchestration and choral vocals isn't my definition of simple...

I don't blame him for ignoring the context, even if he had lyrics, because it's still not that obvious. Loneliness has been a theme in all of Ayu's albums, why should he think it's any different and has something special about it in this one?

If I were reviewing PQ, knowing a little about Ayu, but not about the theme, I would see this album as her doing her same old thing, with a few new tracks on to give it a different concept. I kinda do see it this way. A bit like how RnRC is criticised for losing it's theme for 3/4 of the tracks.
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