I'm listening to the album right now (playing Flavor of Life at this moment). I just realize that... It's very very
Japanese earthy driven. I dunno how to explain it, but they are not typical mainstream JPop style. To me, the arrangements of the songs create visuals/sceneries, and this is usually something non-mainstream singers do. FoL is a really good one for example. the atmosphere somehow gives me a vibe of what life tastes like (I feel like i'm walking around a surreal forest when listening to that song). Surprisingly Automatic is really good as well, I got the feeling of "I dunno what to do when my heart is doing things itself". Everything is good until AI. Not that her vocal is bad, but that scenery vibe is gone and replaced by typical gospel feeling (maybe I dun really like gospel?
). Be My Last is fine, and Hikari is... quite good actually.
Keep listening now..
Edit 1: For You is a bit too typical, sounds exactly like hikki's version, except the middle "Give Me A Reason" surprise lol.
Give me a reason to show you...
Edit 2: the album is doing well on recochoku
. Currently daily no. 1 on album chart.
A BEST is no. 4... and it is also weekly no. 3 