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Originally Posted by koshka
I don't think people here defending Ayu because reviewer has criticize her.
But just the reviewer don't know what he was writing about. It seems he listen to Ayu just a couple of times and then 'oh wow a new album! Let's write a random review about it!!'
He said
Ayu made pop-rock songs since Duty-I am... era. So it's not her first attempt.
But her songs are way different from Olivia and Anna Tsuchiya, especially from Olivia 'cause she's more indie. He talks about anime, so I assumed he listen to Olivia and Anna Tsuchiya just for NANA :| but those songs don't represent their styles at all. And Olivia and Anna Tsuchiya are not the only 'rock' female artist in Japan.
And then he puts random western groups like LP and Evanescence, calling them 'gothic rock'. What the hell seriously..
I don't mind about bad, good reviews. When I listen to an album, I don't care about reviewers seriously. If I don't like an album, I wouldn't change my mind if the reviewer said 'is the best album of the year' and I still like an album even if the reviewer said 'it sucks lol'.
But they must do their job well.
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My feelings exactly. Hell, I agree with some of the stuff he said but it was obvious he had no idea what he was talking about, what 'gothic rock' is, who Ayu is, her style, nor listens to much J-pop (if any) yet make those claims. If you're going to review an album and make comments on the artist's musical style, at least do some research. The comparisons made and his tone suggested that he believed this to be a first attempt by a strictly pop artist to break into the rock genre. Like seriously, Ayu's been doing pop rock for how many years?
Stuff like that on sites where people actually read the reviews from the staff just bugs me, it's so unprofessional.
