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Old 28th January 2015, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by chocopockymaster View Post
Yeah, I'm really surprised by how much I like it overall! If she had done two things differently, though, this album could have been off-the-charts amazing:

1. Re-recorded vocals, but that's not important as...
2. A real orchestra with much less synth
Definitely. I know some people were against the re-recorded vocals, but I think with her tone now they could have gone down a couple octaves and made the tracks sound a lot fuller. From how she/they described the album, it did its job well: the tracks are light/easy listening, the mashup is there, and it certainly twisted both her tracks and the classical pieces for everyone to enjoy.

But yes, a deeper re-recording, fuller orchestra, and dropping it an octave or two would have definitely "wow"ed me a lot more. They had a chance with her later releases (Days and Virgin Road), but it wasn't as impactful as it could have been.

HONEY was also pretty good! I didn't think it was bad at all, and it certainly exceeded my expectations.
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