[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

If you think of Party Queen as a concept record, sure. It follows this progression after the end of a relationship. From the party phase where she feels so happy to be free and single (Party Queen, NaNaNa, Shake It<3) then into confusion and anger (call, Letter, reminds me), then to sadness (reminds me, Return Road, Tell me why), then avoiding the things she normally does to give herself time to heal and learn to move on (the next LOVE, Eyes, Smoke, Magic) and then ends on a reflective song that sounds like Ayu but still somehow different (how beautiful you are). But that's about it. It's starkly incohesive if the concept wasn't there to hold the record together.

Still, when you think about it, it's a brilliant concept to follow Ls with.

I will argue that Ls is a more cohesive record than PQ. The songs share some variety, but it's Ayu's sound. Every song on there is about love in some way. Whether it's songs like Love Song, Sending Mail, Last angel, blossom, Sweet Season, November, and Virgin Road which talk about loving someone specific... or it's MOON, which was written after Ayu's pet passed away... or it's Thank U, about her fans. I think Ls was better compiled, though I wish the interludes didn't sound so cheap.

To me, Love songs doesn't feel all that cohesive because it's basically 2/3 TK, which all has a very distinct sound, but the rest is sloppily produced and sounds nothing like the TK parts. Whereas PQ is very consistent in its (bad lol) production and has a little bit of everything without too much of anything and is set up in a manner that flows very well etc. All the songs on PQ feel like they belong on PQ, while on Love songs there are tracks that sound totally different from the rest, in this case in terms of production not genre/arrangement/whatever