Thoughts on GUILTY

[mishidabo]

Originally Posted by Ayulover_06

Why don't you just give Ayu a break...she's going through a tough time

many artist are going through hard times, and they actually manage to put out really good albums, i dont think its an excuse.
You can definitely take advantage of your situation (like ayu's) to pull amazing songs, but i feel ayu used the same formula in this album a little too much. To make a strong song you DONT have to use rock guitars to make it powerful, the feeling i have is that ayu tried to fill the emotion of the song with the melody & guitars instead of with her voice

[JaysenRyan]

Originally Posted by mishidabo

many artist are going through hard times, and they actually manage to put out really good albums, i dont think its an excuse.
You can definitely take advantage of your situation (like ayu's) to pull amazing songs, but i feel ayu used the same formula in this album a little too much. To make a strong song you DONT have to use rock guitars to make it powerful, the feeling i have is that ayu tried to fill the emotion of the song with the melody & guitars instead of with her voice

exactly. Lots of people came out with amazing material. This "rough" time is nonexistent. Albums sales are on par with the economy. It doesn't have to sell 1 million to be good. But this album is simply disappointing. Like I said, I appreciate some people like it. But me personally, I just don't.

That doesn't mean I don't want it to sell well. I do. God I hope it does. So Ayu can make her next album better.

[CHE.R.RY]

Originally Posted by mishidabo

many artist are going through hard times, and they actually manage to put out really good albums, i dont think its an excuse.
You can definitely take advantage of your situation (like ayu's) to pull amazing songs, but i feel ayu used the same formula in this album a little too much. To make a strong song you DONT have to use rock guitars to make it powerful, the feeling i have is that ayu tried to fill the emotion of the song with the melody & guitars instead of with her voice

I guess it's just your opinion...I feel it was rushed as well but I think it sounds pretty good for something that was improvised. But I was mainly referring to your comment about not all of us wanting to hear sad stuff from Ayu...I should've made that more clear.

[ladytaboo]

I really like it. From mirror to Marionette are where the high points of the album are. mirror is probably my favorite despite it being so short. Overall, It's one of my favorite Ayu albums. Better than Secret and slightly better than (m)u. My only real problem is the lack of new songs. But quality is better than quantity I guess. Definitely buying it.