^Actually the reason I came here is to post my thought about NL (yeah received it today, but cdjapan didn't gimme any prize at all
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Like usual, there are some songs I dun like after the first listen. I don't find rollin' of identity interesting. I'm kinda surprised to myself that I actually like EnergizE and LOVE 'n' HATE. Like many others have said, GREEN is really out of the place. Probly I like Days, so I think it kinda fits into the album (especially it's placed next to Curtain call). To be honest, Bridge to the sky seems to be the weakest introduction from ayu's albums, but again I have just listened to this album for once so probly it will grow on me later on. Overall I think this album is pretty good, suits my taste (as I prefer techno over noisy rock/metal music).
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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
I really love 98% of the songs that Ayu has done so far and even though some are of a similar genre I could never possibly mix them up in any way. I don't think NEXT LEVEL actually brings anything THAT new to Ayu's music, as besides the 3 electro pop songs the others are pretty much the mix of the stuff she has already done in a way. I don't think Secret and GUILTY were similar in any way, as Secret was a rather popish album with rock hooks and it had a variety of songs on it, while GUILTY was dark&depressive and mostly consisted of rock stuff and rock ballads. Over all NEXT LEVEL is an ok album, but I simply don't think it's better than any of her previous studio albums.
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Yeah I agree that GUILTY was darker comapred to Secret (except for the cover and arts
). But you know, I really feel that she should dump her bands at least once in a while. NL is techno but you can hear some rocky feelings within (unlike LOVEppears, which was 90% techno). I won't put NL as one of her top albums, but I do like she's trying into another directions other than rock, even maybe she is just trying a little.
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Originally Posted by ayumisrael
I joined AHS like almost 3 years later xD.
Also I do like the fact that the 10th anni songs convey ayu of now along with the old songs, since I don't think ayu should convey the feelings of ayu of the past since she is a different person now, that would be a recycle of the same LOVE ~D~, TO BE etc. therefore I am content with them (still I'm not bettering the 10th anni versions or the original versions). Both have their touches and I wish Doy's would have a better arrangement. =D
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Oh I do have similar case. I joined AHS about 4 yrs after being an ayu fan. I can't remember why I didn't join AHS in the beginning.. I knew this place back in 2002 I think..
Even tho we have different ideas to the 10th anni songs, I do like the idea you look at those songs. The reason I particularly didn't like LOVE~Destiny~ (10th) is that the new style is too far away from the original. And I still think that the song should be softly like a blanket sheet. Whenever I listen to LOVE~D~ (original), I feel warmth and soft. She could have used a different softness to resing the song. But all she did is just using her nowadays usual strong emotional vocal to perform it. It really kills the song. I do like the arrangement of the 10th tho. It give freshness while maintaining the feeling of "have no choice but to follow the destiny" sadness feeling.
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Originally Posted by Jason
I don't think so.
I quite like the album and I'm more of an older fan. I think NEXT LEVEL is an album that splits fans down the middle. You either love it or hate it.
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Actually I think every single ayu album split fans down the middle