[Blue_Dew]

bought my AWAKE album today. i must say it's a pretty good album even though there are certain things that are missing. there aint any songs that feature hyde's clear sweet voice (e.g. hitomi no juunin, time goes on). instead, hyde sounds old and i believe his voice must have been edited a lot. maybe his constant smoking is taking effect. Also, almost all the songs sound hauntingly similar. they lack the youthful and unique sounds of old days. i like songs like kasou, stay away, ibara no namida that are OH-SO-UNIQUE. now the songs seemed too.. bland. i like the ballads on the album though.

in contrust SMILE album was cool. it was a great mix of songs.

my fav songs: my dear (it moves me to tears) twinkle twinkle (it's so darn cute and uplifting), new world (same as previous), jyojyoshi (hyde sounds so hot)

dont really like: as one. this song is pretty similar to a track on SMILE album, but i prefer the latter track more.

P/S: brittany, i think that song u r saying that doesn't sound like hyde is either TRUST or MY DEAR. i remembered feeling rather disorientated while listening to the song. cuz it doesn't sound like hyde at the start.