Two years since Ayu's last single

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

"Party Queen" was an album - a single, cohesive work of art - rather than just a collection of songs, and putting out singles before an album forces that album to be "just a collection of songs." The result is often messy - Secret and Guilty were these weird frankenstein fusions of pandering, simplistic pop and real artistic triumphs. "Party Queen," and future no-single albums, won't suffer from that.

But Party Queen is probably her worst received album yet. IMO it's kinda mess, it starts with three arguable "Party" songs and then descends into two typical Guilty/Secret/RnRc filler and then three great rocky tracks (Reminds me, Return Road and Tell me Why). And then there's two baffling show numbers, a interlude and then ends on a Disney ballad. The album feels like it's made up of songs from not just four different albums but four different artists.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

But Party Queen is probably her worst received album yet. IMO it's kinda mess, it starts with three arguable "Party" songs and then descends into two typical Guilty/Secret/RnRc filler and then three great rocky tracks (Reminds me, Return Road and Tell me Why). And then there's two baffling show numbers, a interlude and then ends on a Disney ballad. The album feels like it's made up of songs from not just four different albums but four different artists.

Party Queen was poorly received among her western fanbase... The japanese reviews of the album (the most I could find ever to any of her releases) were pretty favorable...

In the end of the day, it's a very lyric-driven album.

[Ayu-roBeat 13]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

But Party Queen is probably her worst received album yet. IMO it's kinda mess, it starts with three arguable "Party" songs and then descends into two typical Guilty/Secret/RnRc filler and then three great rocky tracks (Reminds me, Return Road and Tell me Why). And then there's two baffling show numbers, a interlude and then ends on a Disney ballad. The album feels like it's made up of songs from not just four different albums but four different artists.

Exactly. Duty has a lot of singles as well but they all contribute instead of just being there. Then again, that was another time. Still, I think singles are a good thing.