'review' of Rock'n'Roll Circus in June's Teens magazine

[JackieRos]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Maybe a good review would be "Ayu is God, and
after she released the crappy Next Level, she presented us with her biggest
creation since life, earth and human beings: Rock n Roll Circus! We will take
out one 'star' cuz Shimomura directed one of the videos, Godayu bless us all"

this is exactly what people want to see

[love in music]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

this is exactly what people want to see

Exactly! That would be an amazing review.

[Polyrhythm]

The problem with this review is that its a bit on the short side....otherwise....I don't see anything wrong with it....I agree with it.

[murasakinohana]

There's a reason why I don't buy TEENS anymore..

[emi♡]

they should actually give a star since Kazu only directed one video...

[ImpactBreaker]

I personally thought NEXT LEVEL was a better album lol

The review may be poorly written, and though I like RnRC, I have to agree that I can sort of get their point when, actually, the name of the album, even though cool, bugs me quite enough. With songs like BALLAD, You were..., Sunset and Meaning of Love, sexy little things and a lot of interludes, plus the fact "Don't look back" ISN'T a rock song, it sounded a bit schizophrenic for the album to be called "Rock'n'Roll Circus"....talk about fake advertisement, ayu I'm not a rock freak that only demands ayu to make rock songs, since my most favorite songs there are Don't look back and BALLAD, but hmmm..the title doesn't really match the album at all...the album has no "rock" feeling at all Maybe that's why it's called "Circus"? So people can laugh at how ironic that is? I dunno...

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by emiko

lol Just the fact that they mentioned Next Level as better is a testament to how retarded the writer is.

Still, I think 3.5/5 is fair...and I do think there are a lot of ballads on it, coupled with a lot of upbeat tracks that aren't that great.

count down and last links arent upbeat rock songs...so...they generally have to be the opposite...even if they aren't full on conventional ballads, or even full on rock ballads.

Really, don't know if this is what u meant, but I'm a little offended by the "Just the fact that they mentioned Next Level as better is a testament to how retarded the writer is." cuz I do find NL a better album...

[nanakopy87]

lol.ya.i do think Next Level is better than RnRC
but i remember karen said that this reviewer mentioned on the same magazine before that he/she thinks that Next Level is ayu's worst album something like that.
this reviewer taste keeps on changing XD

[Andrenekoi]

^

One of the most productive entertainers , ayumi hamasaki (or Ayu for short) returns with her 10th studio album , NEXT LEVEL . For the 1st 6 tracks of the album , the listeners are thrown into a game music fantasy of with hints of 80's retro . The tracks are fun , but 6 tracks of similar sounding songs does not rank high on originality .

Ayu finally serves something different on the plate from track 7 onwards . GREEN highlights Ayu's vocals with the use of traditional Japanese instruments . In this writer's opinion , the song Rule , part of the Dragonball movie soundtrack is a breakthough for Ayu . The pop-rock number is awesome in every aspect .

rank - 4/5

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...t=level+review

[nanakopy87]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^


http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...t=level+review

lol.i see.not bad

[Larien]

I think it's difficult, if not impossible, to do a proper review of anything in the amount of text space they're given here. Really, it's only a passing mention. If I'd written the thing, I would hardly have felt it was necessary to even listen completely to the entirety of the albums I was supposed to be reviewing. :-/

[AyUta]

This is not even a review lol. It's that bad!

[zellyx]

Don't like this "review"....too childish!

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Really, don't know if this is what u meant, but I'm a little offended by the "Just the fact that they mentioned Next Level as better is a testament to how retarded the writer is." cuz I do find NL a better album...

I know you do...

thats just something we disagree about so...no use discussing it really since it's already been beaten to death.

unless you want to...but yeah...

[PEARL]

its sooooooooooooooooooooooo obvious that the reviewer didn't listen to the entire album..

[alternarist]

i would say Sexy little things is really one of a kind. and yes more ballads than usual. I would say there are more rock elements in it.

perhaps the person already had a negative impression of her to begin with.

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Maybe a good review would be "Ayu is God, and after she released the crappy Next Level, she presented us with her biggest creation since life, earth and human beings: Rock n Roll Circus! We will take out one 'star' cuz Shimomura directed one of the videos, Godayu bless us all"

AHS is gonna import copies of "teens" magazine with such a review!

well, the reviewer is obviously entitled to her own opinion, but sometimes when they say really.. stupid things it just gets on my nerves. Like with this, I disagree with a lot of the review's contents.

and just an F.Y.I, Ayu did mention in an interview that the meaning of Rock'n'Roll Circus isn't an album filled with screaming, annoying snare drums and overbearing guitars - it's a concept and state of mind she had with this album, so...

[Takakayu]

3.5/5 is a proper rating
when talking about the whole "album", NEXT LEVEL IS better than RnRC

[Corvina]

I don't see anything wrong with that review, except some choices of words maybe.
Do most of you guys just don't like it, because it leaves a negative feeling about the album? Seriously people, then you are a bit childish, not the reviewer.
And to be honest, I do agree with him most of the part.

[Cherry Dynamite]

Actually if the writer gave the album 2 smiley face the review would be much better since what he wrote and his rating would be on the same level.