I found this in today's issue of TODAY which's a free newspaper available in the morning & afternoon in S'pore & a writer Christopher Toh reviewed it .
In fact I was very surprised when I saw Chris's take on GUILTY cos usually TODAY would review albums done by local bands , international acts & chinese acts . GUILTY's the only Japanese album that was reviewed in today's TODAY & possibly the 1st J pop album that Chris reviewed & talked about , so far .
The review :
"She may have gone deaf in 1 ear but that hasn't stopped her doing what she does best - releasing some of the catchiest , poppiest music from the Land Of The Rising Sun (that's Japan , genius) .
On her 9th studio album , ayumi shows why she's still regarded as 1 of Japan's premier singers - her raw emotion flows not only on ballads like fated & Together When ... but also on songs like the drama-rock tune Mirror & the upbeat title track .
This is one album that you can listen to repeatedly without getting bored .
Also available is the CD + DVD version which includes 5 music videos & their respective 'making of' features , as well as Distance Love , a short flim featuring Hong Kong actor Shawn Yue .
4/5 "
pretty good positive I say ! I like the fact that Christopher's not biased in his review . Could tell that he's an ayumi fan which's good !
email Christopher at
christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg to thank him if you like to .