The official thread for your thoughts for "Rock'n'Roll Circus" (Anything!)

[dreamland2.0]

Finally I can review
These are my thoughts listening to it for the first time

The Introduction: Very cheesy but obviously it's meant to be in this style.. I like the epic note at the end..

Microphone: I love this song a whoolleee lot!! It's great!!! Thank you Yuta Nakano <3
Epic arrangement and catchy melody!!! (and engrish)

countdown: this song makes me sad because the verses are AMAZING!! But the chorus falls short Still a very good song nonetheless... I like the arrangement of it... I like the different style of chorus near the end.

Sunset ~Love is all~: I have always thought this was a very pretty song and I love the way she sings it. Sounds a bit misplaced here though... however it's nice to have it first and nowhere near Sunrise as I thing it;s downfall in the single was that it was right after Sunrise.

BALLAD: Still a beautiful song!!! Love the last note!! Fits nice after Sunset... I think I'll like the pacing of this album

Last Links: ooo acoustic guitar!! love it!!! ooo strings!!! even better! I love this arrangement a lot!!!!! Not a very strong melody though... This reminds me a bit of It was in a way... I do like this song... love the yeah yeahs!!!

Montage: Scary!!! Why wasn't this the Intro??

Don't Look Back: I LOVE this song! From the cm I didn't really like it but full version is sooo good!! (thanks again Yuta and also CMJK) I love the arrangement and the good melody line!!!

Jump!: ooo great!! I love it!! great job CMJK!! It sounds like it's from a concert!

Lady Dynamite: I love the arrangement in this one too!! All around the melody is nice... again I like the verses better but the chorus is pretty catchy... I shall try to forget the PV it has... X_X

Sexy Little Things: Also love the arrangement and a VERY catchy melody (Nobita-kun stay with Ayu forever please!!) How she sings it - well I shall have to get used to it... the song reminds me of the Inspector Gadget theme and the Triplets of Belleville song Weird ending....

Sunrise ~Love is all~: Fits in here great!! All the arrangement styles fit so well! I still love this song!!

meaning of Love: oh it's really sweet!! Like a better version of days!! Very Disney! I really like it!!! Reminds me a bit of Untitled ~for her~... I really like it!!! Sounds just very Guilty ish I think... like it could be on GUILTY.... OMG I love it more and more as it goes on! Great great great! Thank you Tetsuya Yukumi and HIKARI!!! Perfect for an encore song...

You were...: Fits great after meaning of Love!! I've grown to enjoy this song but the chorus is still just okay... there's just something that holds me back from fully enjoying this song... not sure what it is... still, a good song! I love the whole end bit...

Red Line ~for TA~: ooo sweet the arrangement sounds really spiced up! (oh guess who did it? <3) I love this song... it's so cute and a perfect closer for this album!! Nice to end on a positive note!! Reminds me of Duty with girlish that way... ooo I love the end!! OMG... ;_; and the organ.... incredible!! Amazing!!

PVs

One thing overall: she wears an awful lot of contacts XD

Single PVS: still like em especially BALLAD!! <3 I'm so glad to have it on DVD now!

Sexy Little Things: Creepy blood... hmmm I like it... but nothing much happens... except the cool guitar smashing XD I do like how it connects to....

Microphone: Very weird.... wasn't what I was expecting... Ayu looked awesome though!! And I especially like the part with her family, and all the special effects... too many weird people though XD

Don't Look Back: My favourite!!! Totally awesome!! I just wish I hadn't seen so many spoilers before... cause I knew what was happening in it already >_> I really love how Ayu looks in it!! The blue contacts really freaked me out!!

Lady Dynamite: .......... uh.... I'm not sure what I just watched 0_o XD
very fun? Maro looked hot <3 and Subaru looked so cute!! And Ayu looked amazing too! But it was really weird to watch XD

Overall: I love the photobook!! The arrangements of the songs are all amazing!!! It's just the melodies that I have troubles with... however I know that this album will grow on me! I really like it... It has incredible flow! The PVs are really interesting! I know I will enjoy watching them again (maybe not Lady Dynamite... well only for Maro XD)
I'm still not sure whether I love love this album... for the moment I like Next Level more but it's definitely not a bad album, it's really enjoyable! I'm really looking forward to listening to it again!!

OMG sorry about the ridiculously long post... X_X

[Mai82Go]

I've been listening to Rock'n'Roll Circus since I got it on Tuesday. Didn't listen to any leaks before, so a lot of songs were new for me. Although they were new I kind of feel like I've heard them all before somehow. Compared to NEXT LEVEL, I think atm, I still like NEXT LEVEL more. I don't know, it's not like I hate or dislike the album, but I feel no excitement for it either. I will listen to it more, sometimes I change my mind about an album 1 year later even. (happened with GUILTY, for example) I really don't know why but right now I feel very indifferent about Rock'n'Roll Circus.

[jbrat2219]

Am I the only one who doesn't like her vocals in the chorus of Last Links?

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Am I the only one who doesn't like her vocals in the chorus of Last Links?

you're not alone. I hate how rough, harsh, choppy and forced they sound... especially when the lyrics are REALLY opposite of such a sound, you know? it doesn't really register , but I still enjoy listening to the song.

[jbrat2219]

I always feel like my opinion is opposite everyone else!

People love Last Links chorus, I find it odd. People think count down's chorus is weak, I think it's so strong if it punched me in the gut all the wind would be knocked out of me lol.

[Insanity1240]

Dont look back is my favorite song on the album and then BALLAD (my favorite single and PV of all time )

I reeeeeeeallllllyyyy like Microphone, Sexy little things, and Lady Dynamite
Last links and countdown really havnt hit me yet =\ maybe i need to listen to them more?

Like jbrat2219 said, Days is untouchable. But BALLAD is the only exception

I love this album and it is definetly one of my favorite! I didnt listen to any leaks so I was really surprised by how good each track was!

[Mirrorcle Monster]

meaning of love is really beautiful...

[pepper]

I just read in some polish most famous gossip site, that the most horrible polish artist (Doda :/) called her tour "Rock'n'Roll Palace" and the intro is so horrible. Damn, i hate music from my country.

[noisy_harmony]

Originally Posted by ♥pepicolada

I just read in some polish most famous gossip site, that the most horrible polish artist (Doda :/) called her tour "Rock'n'Roll Palace" and the intro is so horrible.

OMG WTF REALLY?


... I wouldn't be shocked if she heard about Ayu's album. And if the rumour that some "fantastic disco singer" cried watching fairyland PV were true. :/


Going off of OT, I don't like Last Links' chorus too.

[mi|kshake]

I love Countdown (love the guitar and drums!) and Don't Look Back

mi|kshake~

[xyz72]

I really like the album, not her best, but really good. Great PVs, amazing photos and mostly really good songs. Still waiting for my copy though, so the past 16 days I haven't listened to songs from the album
I might post a longer review later.

[neuteka]

I recieved mine on Wednesday, and I was waiting until I gave it a few listens to write my review.

THE introduction- I can't put my finger on it, but I really like this track. It gives me a since of being in some surreal place, and it is a pretty good altogether opener in my opinion. I can definitely see why people don't like it, but It is cool that she tried something different in this opening 9/10

Microphone- when I first heard the preview for it, I liked it but not too much. After a few listens to the real thing, I started to really enjoy it, and I am so in love with how emotional she sounds, like she just wants to rip everything up ( lol ) +1for the organs! 10/10

Count Down- I really love the dark/somber feeling in the beginning, and that feeling comes again at the end when there is that few seconds of A cappella. The verses are okay and the chorus and is okay the first 2 times, but it really makes up at the third and fourth time. 8/10

Sunset: Love is All - This track is very pretty, and it gives a warm feeling of summer. Her vocals are also very good in this track. 8/10

Ballad- What can I say about this track... the asian orchestra mixed with her raw emotion couldn't be a better mix together. Simply beautiful.
10/10

Last Links- I don't remember this track too much,( I think I have listened to it 3 times) but I remember liking it. Hopefully it will grow on to me. 6/10

Montage- pretty much what I said about THE introducion. It ties in with the next song well. 8/10

Don't Look Back this song makes me think of luigi's final smash in SSBB hahaha with that out of the way, I feel like I am floating on clouds when I listen to this song ( the first part anyway) and then it gets really intense without sounding bipolar. The visual of the music video made me REALLY like this song, but it is a nice song on its own, too. 10/10

Jump!- Makes me want to jump myself. I find it so catchy, and perfect before the next song ( again ) 8/10

Lady Dynamite-seeing the video a month ago really did not help with my oppinion of this song (lol) I liked it, but the pv made me stay away from it. Now I enjoy it thoroughly. 9/10

Sexy Little Things- I always dance a little even when I am sitting down whenever I hear this song. I am so addicted to it since it is crazy, cute, funky, and all without being annoying. ( but hey, when has any ayu song annoyed me?..) 10/10

Sunrise: Love is All- A very fun and catchy song. Though it isn't super special, it has a special place in my heart 9/10

Meaning of Love A cute and pretty song ( from what I remember ^^U ) I hope that I fall more in love with this song with every listen 7.5 /10

You Were... I don't care what anyone says, this song is packed with so much emotion that I just want to start crying by the end. Her voice isn't the best, but I never really cared about ayus vocal level in any of her songs 9.5/10

Red Line: for TA (Album Version)- A nice catchy song that is starting growing on me. It reminds me of MY ALL, which I really love 8/10


Over all, this album was really great. It felt really short because I was DYING to hear and see the leaked music videos, so there were only 3 new full tracks for me. That isn't really a problem, though.

9/10

[Sexylittlethings]

I absolutely love the Lady Dynamite PV and greatly appreciate Ayu acknowledging her gay fans. ^^ This may sound stupid but just because of that I fell in love with her again all over hahah.

[Mai82Go]

I listened to it a few more times. I really like Microphone. Especially the little elephant trumpet! I didn't even notice it before, it's so londonish (Elephant & Castle, haha) and fits the circus so much. Elephant!! Great.

My other two favourites (besides the single songs, I'm not going into them, because it's been done before) are count down and Last Links, although the latter reminds me a little of Heartplace. Don't look back is nice, but not my favourite. Lady Dynamite and Sexy little things are not what I expected and somehow I have problems liking them. And I think Sexy little things would've worked better on NEXT LEVEL with its videogamish sound effects. meaning of love is cute but she has loads of better ballads.

I still prefer NEXT LEVEL to Rock'n'Roll Circus.

[love in music]

I love the chorus to Last Links. It reminds me of Gackts voice.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by identity

I love the chorus to Last Links. It reminds me of Gackts voice.

Maybe Gackt should sing it then!

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Maybe Gackt should sing it then!

he really should .i would faint. his voice is angelic. he should sing a few others too *is dreamy right now*

anyhow i do love last links. i just think it goes by kinda fast. idk. its not like 3 minutes or anything but it feels that way. but then i kinda need it too.

count down reminds me of a Linkin Park song lately but without the screamy vocals . . .its just some parts of the arrangement. however i love it reminds me of LP cuz i LOVE LP a lot. sooo i love count down a lot too ^___^

[love in music]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Maybe Gackt should sing it then!

but I love ayu's vocal technique in it because she has never sung like that in a song before. I hope it's not just a one time thing and she does it again in the future, I'm loving the female-gackt voice.

[Majutsu]

This is my first post here in a long time (new comp finally!).

I finally had a chance to listen to the new album. I really do have to say that Ayu did not disappoint me. I enjoyed every song on Rock n Roll Circus, my favorite track actually being a toss- up between "Count down" and "Last Links", but "You Were..." is definitely a close second for me. I've always loved how Ayu's lyrics are so organic, which is especially apparent with this new album. I think it's awesome that her songs are legitimate reflections of life through human eyes (if that makes sense?), and though I do like other artists like Otsuka Ai, etc., I like that Ayu's songs (for the most part) are not just saccharine, upbeat poppy songs that all have the same basic message and remind me of being in second grade. Ayu's music is very mature, and though I love her remixes and happier songs, the more "Rock"-y style songs such as "A Song for XX", "It Was...", "Is this LOVE?", etc. are my favorites when it comes to Ayu.

[EVILution]

I truly loved the album. I could not find a discouraging remark to make about a single track.