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Finnish J-culture magazine JapanPop reviews Party Queen
Finnish J-culture magazine JapanPop reviewed Party Queen in the issue 04/2012.
[scan of the article] Here's translation for you guys :3 Quote:
It also gives a perspective what first time listener might think of her. It seems that ballads are really admired by many. I found it funny how she said that call is nice to jam to, as it doesn't have that kind of lyrics XD It's also nice that she actually realized that this is a conceptual album. That was the point. Oh, and it's interesting how she couldn't link the songs at first listen. 'Cause the same thing happened to me too, when listening to PQ the first time. Oh, and she commented about ayu's pronounciation! It surely is kinda eccentric, but I personally like it. Does ayu speak with some kind of dialect by the way? Because I've wondered that time to time too. I find it kinda odd though how she gave "only" 3 out of 5, because she didn't seem to particularly say anything negative about it? But it's still good though! I hope my translation was understandable, please say if something feels off ^__^~ This magazine has also rewieved Rock'n'roll Circus [it's not this precise though, way shorter too] and made an article [heavily sourcing from her interwiev with TIME magazine in 2001, so it's not really recent, although made in 2009] of ayu before. I can scan and translate those later as well if you want to~
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hmmm....I really like this review...she really did listen to the album...which I'm glad...when I got the album, I didn't know the songs were connected to each other..but after listen for a couple of times (and also reading the lyrics too), I found out the album flow beautifully..Thank you Eewyi for posting the review~~
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cool, and nice review!
Maybe its a translation thing or maybe its just the focusing of one track at a time about the concept thing... |
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I love the review...thanks for sharing
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the person merely described the album.. not much of a review imo.. but thanks for sharing!
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Also, I'm happy they review and write about Jpop once in a while, 70% it's all about Jrock, since it's way more popular genre here
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^ I think alternatist means that the writer described the songs as for what they are and didn't share his/her own opinions about the songs. Well, at least - that's how I read alternatists comment and why I agree. But I always like to read positive things about Party Queen, because I used to believe there are mostly negative reviews about this album and that's sad 'cause it's a nice album. One last thing, try to put your own opinion out of the article. There is nothing wrong about it, but personally: it disturbs me from reading. Thank you very much for sharing!
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Yes, I was ready to face something like "Oh no, now they of course hate PQ" :,D Since this magazine usually reviews [sadly] Jrockers, especially visual kei. But although the CD came out "only" as "good" it seemed that she still enjoyed it. I find it interesting that she made notice about ayu's pronounciation. I haven't seen that commented often. Oh, sorry about that ^__^; I removed those parts now!
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Thanks for the translation! It seems, overall, quite a positive review; although the rating at the end probably just represents that the album didn't leave much of an impression on the reviewer, despite the songs not being that bad. Pretty realistic.
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This magazine has also done review for Utada's HEART STATION back in 2008. They at least know how to write song titles in right form and all that, lol. Usually Finnish Japan culture magazines doesn't really care about that spelling and it annoys me. XD
I noticed some grammar mistakes in your translation, Eewyi. Otherwise this was done very well. I'd like to hear that Rock'n'Roll Circus review too. I don't think I've seen that one. At least I got no memory of seeing it. o.O |
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And of, it's she ; D
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But yea, it's quite ok for a short review
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Negative aspects of the album:
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Thanks for sharing! I hate reviewers though...lol never pay any attention to them. I let my mind decide for me.
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it deserves a 4 out of 5 AT LEAST.
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