Secret ALBUM: Discussion

[Ayumiko]

After listening to the whole album, I like it alot...but I wouldnt say its her best album.

Pro:
1. I love all the album tracks. This must be the only album that I love all the album tracks. All the album tracks sounds refreshing to me. I hope she will head towards this direction in 2007. If she does, I think her sales will be better than 2006. I wouldnt say this is her best album but it would be her album with the best album tracks.
2. I love the 2 pvs so far...these are the pvs Ive been waiting for ayu to make for so long!! Definitely better than the single pvs.
3. Songs like momentum, JEWEL, it was, and Secret made me feel the old ayu is back...especially momentum. This album makes me feel there is a mix of old ayu and new ayu...I like it!
4. This is definitely a step up from m(u) from cover, booklets to the songs in the album. Im really glad she changed this to a full length. Even though I dont like the single tracks but if I take them away, I still have 7 tracks, 1 intro and 2 interludes to form my perfect Ayu Secret mini album.
5. I really like her voice in this album....from songs like until that day....to Secret! I really love the song Secret. I wish it had a pv. Hope she will perform it in the future

Con:
1. I really dont think the single tracks fit in the album...especially beautiful fighters...kinda ruined it for me. It would be nice if she put the cm version instead and take out the annoying sound effect thing.
2. I wish the album was longer....the only track that was over 5mins long was beautiful fighters...it would be nice if there are 1 or 2 more songs in the album to make up for the not so long tracks
3. I like how the music sounds and the way ayu sang the songs but the arrangement is nothing different. How should I say it...like there is no bridge thingy...it would be nice if some of the songs have some sort of climax

I will rate this album 8 out of 10...I didnt like the single tracks in the album. For me there wasnt a perfect ayu album that had nothing wrong with it. (ex. I am... with a different version of endless sorrow, my story with a bunch of ballads in the middle, (m)u with the ugly covers, lots of cover songs, etc.) but this album is a big improvement from the mistakes she made this year by releasing the single tracks. This album also gave me faith in ayu again as she is still capable of making good music and pvs. I hope this will also gain her more fans back that was lost earlier this year.