I read this review and it almost made me cry!
 

I got this review from YesAsia on (miss)understood

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She's back! Sunday, December 25, 2005
Reviewer: Stu (See all this customer reviews)

There had been rumours that Ayu was on her way out after her sales dropped earlier this year. "MY STORY" failed to impress, and so everyone had been waiting for her 8th original album to see if she really was losing her touch. So has she? Personally, I thought her single A-sides this year have been very poor. But her B-sides have amazed me. "Is this LOVE?", "ALTERNA", "Will" and "PRIDE" have been fantastically written pieces of music, and completely unique. Ayu's Rock style is becoming more and more powerful, and her recent ballads have been purely incredible. All of these are included on this album, with some more surprises. "Ladies Night" is an interesting song, with a little rapping from Ayu as well as some English lines. It's kind of techno-ish and fun and very unusual. "(miss) understood", the song, is possibly my favourite on the album. It's a fabulous Rock song with real soul. Ayu's vocals are at their peak as she flows through the calm verses and then smashes into the chorus with her power. "In the Corner" is an well sung track in which Ayu branches out into an R&B style. "Criminal" is deep, powerful and eerie. "Beautiful Day" is the most uplifting Pop-Rock song I've ever heard. "Rainy day" is stunningly beautiful, with Ayu's mark all over it. Add these songs to this year's single releases and some great instrumental tracks, and you have a superb album. No matter what style of music you like, there's at least one track you'll love. Her voice is the best it's ever been, her lyrics are deep and touching, her style is all her own, and she will not disappoint you. She's come so far from the little squeaky-voiced Pop Princess she used to be a few years ago. She is the J-Rock Queen. And she isn't going anywhere just yet.
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That last line just gets me (I know I am a dork, lol). Isn't it just nice and heartwarming to hear people praising Ayu instead of bashing her? I seriously got teary eyed as soon as I read that last part...

That's nice of them to comment Ayu. ^_^ Although I've never considered her to be a Jrock queen (even if her songs do have a rock-ish side to them), but rather a Jpop queen.

Same here, but that is just so nice!

ayu's the Jrock&Pop Queen! :D

:yes definitely!

She's just the queen. Throw the emperor aside and let ayu rule! pretty soon, they might make an ayu day! July 1st!!! lol.

But I thought this WHOLE album has impressed me as much as I am... A and B sides included. I skip no track on this album since it's so good.

LOL, at first I thought it meant the review would be HORRIBLE...haha...squeaky to still squeaky is good......................anyway, I like my story a lot...it had more rock songs...GAME especially

I'm happy that the reviewer wrote such a nice review! I mean, these day it just seems like a lot of people are bashing Ayu and getting convinced that Ayu is going down. IMO and no one has to agree with me, Ayu's popularity have been steady and her works get better and better. (miss)understood was definitely a great album, as the reviewer mentioned, no matter what genre you like, you'll find on there you'll like. And I'm also happy that Ayu is getting mentioned as Queen of JPop AND JRock, she really does have a lot of awesome rock songs. Ah this review made my day~

^ I thought it was going to be too XD I was suprised. I'm glad it got a good review.

I too loved MY STORY! I actually prefer it over (miss)understood, although I love the new album too!

Aw... yeah, it's one of those reviews that makes you smile n_n

long live queen ayu! =)
she has such great musical talents.

that's beautiful! :luv2

it makes me wanna sing "What a BEAUTIFUL DAY!"

yeah glad to see a good review for tjhe album and this album is really one of her best yet ehehe go go ayu!!!

It's a good review, I agree with most of what was said in it. It's completely a genuine review, better than some of the reviews I've read on yesasia - and a lot of those reviews are written before people even hear the song...

^ I second that. It's so touching and honest.

Ayu is the queen. She'll forever hold a special place in my heart, and I'll forever be her fan, no matter what. ^-^

Nice review, ALTHOUGH anyone thinking there's anything even close to techno in this album should buy some real techno and get a reality check. =P

yeah its a nice reaview and its really nice to hear someone praising Ayu.

I thought it was gonna be bad as it made you cry. Disagree with the "A-Sides suck! B-Sides rule!" comment. Step You and Fairyland were amazing.