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Old 4th May 2015, 09:46 PM
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I wonder which song she did with Loreen's producers?

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A huge sugar rush so big it feels like all my teeth are rotting and I'm gonna get diabetes or something.
haha, loving the analogy!

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I hate it when people don't let you voice an opinion about Namie if it's not wow! amazing!
Yep, totally agree. I love Namie too but...controversially...I find Feel to be...just alright *gasp*

For me, I wouldn't have minded if Feel had a bigger mix of both Japanese and English produced songs. In saying that, my favourite song of the album is Contrail but my least favourite is Can You Feel This Love. I do enjoy listening to Feel every so often, so I won't critique it too harshly, but sometimes I think it could have been anyone's album. If the album was full of songs to the standard of Alive however I may be loving this album as much as everyone else does!

I do really like Alive, Stardust In My Eyes and Contrail though!

I am so far expecting to be disappointed by _genic, but hopefully, as with Uncontrolled, it will grow and I'll love it. I've only heard the initial preview (which I think was of Photogenic maybe?) and I really liked the old-school-Namie-R&B vibes it was giving me.

When I first heard the album was going to be 80s/90s inspired, I was so hoping (even though it would never happen) for a TK track as a throwback - that would be a lot of fun!

After watching Live Style and seeing all the pre-_genic songs performed, I was so ready for another Namie album. Especially after hearing Sweet Kisses. I may just buy all these tracks after I get _genic if I do feel a bit let down by the album. Although I wouldn't mind if they turned up on a compilation somewhere.

Speaking of Uncontrolled, it didn't do much for me at all at first and I found myself agreeing with the comments at the time (that it was a bit boring/bland/uninspired) which is weird to think now, given how much I love it! It's in my Top 5 Namie albums. I think Uncontrolled has a great mix of different types of songs.

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