[Sirea]

Ohhh boy. I'd like to jump on board, iff'n there's still room!

My least favorite album (that I've heard, sadly there's a few I haven't) has got to be Rock n Roll Circus. There are songs I LOVE on this album, songs that are forgettable, songs that bring back bad memories... I don't think any of them are -awful-, but it's just the way they fit together that's pure yuck.

01. THE Introduction - 2/10
I listened to this like, once. I've forgotten about it since. It was pretty forgettable.

02. Microphone - 7/10
Great, powerful song, loving the rock thing... but... it's a little drawn out and doesn't go anywhere. It's also completely out of place and sets up entirely the wrong expectations for the rest of the album, seeing as how it's so different from everything else...Whatever, it's one of the best songs on this album so there you go.

03. count down - 6/10
I actually had to re-listen to this song to remember my opinion of it (this will happen more as this evaluation continues). There's nothing inherently bad about it... but nothing inherently good either. It's a typical pop rock song with a hint of blah.

04. Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ - 6/10
I mean... it's like... a ballad version of a song that was already done. Seems sort of cheap. Pretty, but cheap.

05. BALLAD - 10/10
This is probably one of my favorite ballads of Ayu's. So emotional... I never tire of this. Just pure goodness.

06. Last Links - 7.5/10
This is another typical pop-rock tune with strings thrown in for flavor which is okay by me. The melody itself is a little more memorable than count down, but coming off of BALLAD, the transition here (read: none) is jarring. Good song, weird placement.

07. montage - 5/10
An almost Visual Kei interlude... if you're gonna do something this grand, put it in a song... it's just weird on its own.

08. Don't look back - 7/10
The Bollywood thing's pretty random. I love the song and the PV but the style came out of nowhere coming off the heavy orchestration of the interlude... I dunno. Meh.

09. Jump! - 8/10
Fun, bouncy, dancey interlude that I could listen to more than once, and that's saying something. Haha.

10. Lady Dynamite - 8/10
This is a good, high-energy song, but the chorus could have done with some more instrumentation I think. Just feels weak I guess.

11. Sexy little things - 10/10
I love this. Pure love. Nothing but love. So catchy and awesome and different and LOVE. Great coming off of LD as well.

12. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ - 5/10
What? Haven't I heard this song before? Oh. Wait. It's recycled music - excuse me - a different version of another song on the album. Once again, cheap. The first time I heard this song, I was going to go on a summer vacation with my boyfriend's family and this was going to be a theme of sorts for me. The trip was pure unadulterated hell. Now I associate this song with that. Sorry Sunrise, you suck by association. And why put this after SLT!? Sooooooo awkward.

13. meaning of love - 6/10
Oh lookie. A ballad. After that sugar and sunshine-fest of track 12. What?.... Oh whatever.

14. You were... - 8/10
Okay so this at least makes sense here, and it's actually a ballad that can hold its own. Can't hold a candle to BALLAD, but meh. It's just okay, good even, but nothing to write home about.

15. RED LINE ~for TA~ - 8/10
I actually really like this song, but almost never listen to it because it gets buried under songs I just plain like better. Plus I always forget about it because her "finale" songs are usually boring (untitled ~for her~, rainy day, Curtain Call...), it's hard to remember that she does have a few good closing songs every now and again. xD

OVERALL: 3/10. The songs individually average out to much more obviously, but evaluating it as a whole, taking into consideration its massive lack of flow and apparent ADD just takes the completed picture and rips it to shreds. Sorry RnRC, you tried... but here's some Ritalin for your little problem. We'll talk later.

Soooo yeah that album disappointed me on many levels, mostly because I expected one thing (a rock-driven album like (miss)understood) and got something entirely different (...this.)