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my current rating:

1. Duty
a long time I didn't like Duty too much, but it really picked up in the last year. now I love songs like SCAR and End of the World the most, which I hated deeply before. the singles are great, although I'm a bit sick of them - the song Duty has this apocalyptic/melancholic feeling which I really love.

<3: Duty, Far away, End of the World, SCAR

2. GUILTY
uhm, I am shocked that this rates now at second. you see, I like ayu's darker efforts quite a bit... the album is like Duty very well-flowing, although nothing stands extremely out. you don't have a track you can repeat for quite a while, but no track is really weak either.

<3: Together When..., Mirror, untitled ~for her~

3. (miss)understood
what saves this album are the shiny, shiny outstanding single tracks and some pearls like (miss)understood and rainy day. the middle of this album doesn't exist for me. In The Corner, criminal, Pride = horrible to my ears. hate them with passion. </3

<3: STEP you, is this LOVE?, (miss)understood, rainy day, fairyland, HEAVEN, Bold & Delicious

4. Secret
shocked again... I didn't like it during release, but right now I pretty much enjoy it. it's flowing so semi-well. Not yet is in my opinion the perfect prelude to kiss o' kill. and they should've made it into a full song, of course.

<3: Not yet, until that Day..., Startin', BLUE BIRD, kiss o' kill, Secret

5. MY STORY
I love to call this MY STORY IS TOO LONG. the styles are too similar and it draaaags to the end. you just wish for the disc to explode or something... but the tracks have very high production value and the singles were mind-blowing. the rest is still pretty good, but... you don't REALLY memorize the melody or anything. I couldn't hum it for my life's sake.

<3: Catcher In The Light, GAME, INSPIRE, Moments, HOPE or PAIN, walking proud, winding road

6. LOVEppears
I don't like some of these "classics", but it has some very strong tracks... it doesn't sound very good mixed for a sophomore album.

<3: Fligh high, kanariya, And Then, immature, TO BE, WHATEVER

7. RAINBOW
my first ayu-album I ever listened to. I'm so sick of it, lol. but it flows quite nicely.

<3: WE WISH, Heartplace, Free & Easy, Dolls

8. I am...
endlessly overrated. honestly, it's my least favourite ayu-era. I skip almost the whole album, because the music is not my taste, even if there are some great tunes. the trance-inspired tracks are bearable. this version of Endless sorrow also sucks... endless.

<3: M, Naturally, Connected, I am...

9. Memorial address
don't like it too much now. listened it a lot at the beginning of my ayu-fandom. too immature, somehow. forgiveness is the worst ayu single ever.

<3: ourselves, No way to say, Memorial address

10. A Song for XX
****. rerecord it, dear, and I'll love it to death, surely. songs aren't that memorable, production is quite horrible as the style is.

<3: A Song for XX, poker face, SIGNAL