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Originally Posted by pepper

- no more Crea
- 48-49-50 singles (ballads, medium, ballads, ballads... but I still like all of them Just for that occasion i was waiting for something more special)

Yes I want CREA back!! yes those singles I felt were very weak (except crossroad is one of my favorite Ayu songs ever) but L was pretty bad for me, I never listen to it, it was just so bland and boring

Originally Posted by pepper

I remember also HOW dissapointed I was especially for "identity" and "Love & Hate" songs. They BOTH sounded so good on previews and then they was just.. ok. The first secods of L&H makes me "OMG this is gonna be a bomb" and then it makes me "I dont want to live on this planet anymore."

I totally respect your opinion I just find this shocking I LOVE identity it is so intense, but again I respect your opinion. I would critique it and say that sometimes it sounds a little too noisy

Originally Posted by pepper

Oh, Don't look back. I remember reading comments like "This is awesome" etc, and when I played the track... "Wait, we are listening to same thing?"
I never applaud this song. It's ok, but freakn' boring.

I love this song but I respect you opinion and I can see why some might not like it, it doesn't really intensify or change it's kinda flat the whole way through. That is what I kinda like about it, the same way I like Rainy Day and ANother song, sometimes it's nice to have just a chill or chilling song.

Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

PV for Duty (anyone here even remember this song, LOL?)
RnRC is still a crappy album for me

I do!! I love Duty! RnRC is still one of her weakest, I agree, but it has the wonderful Microphone and Don't Look Back

Originally Posted by Ashen Twilight

Lady Dynamite. Easily her worst song ever.

I don't know what I would officially call what my worst Ayu song is, though this song was pretty weak, I never listen to it.

Originally Posted by artcika

omg I think I just found the bigest dissapointment:

I am not upset with Ayu for this, it was not her fault, I am just upset with society and the photo team for feeling that a beautiful woman still isn't beautiful enough, sometimes technology is a curse

Originally Posted by kalikagai

2. No more HAL. Bring them back to me, I beg u.

Haaaaaaal!!! Both in originals and remix, always pure gold!

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

- The fact that she contentiously works with the same people, whether the results are good or bad.

I agree, though I think the reason why is because it is a very strong Japanese culture thing to be loyal to certain companies or people for your whole life

I have never really been "disappointed" with Ayu she is a brilliant artist and I will always love what she does. There have been many things over the years where I have said to myself, "come on Ayu you can do better than this" bottom line with me is that because everyone is so different it is near impossible to satisfy everyones tastes in music so of course everyone is going to have "disappointments" with Ayu.

These are some things she has done were I was like, "I don't like it" or "it could have been better" but all the while I still say to myself, "it's still better than most of the Jpop out there so I am not going to complain"

Disappointment level 1 being barely a disappointment and 10 being "omg I wish Ayu never did this, it is just purely GARBAGE"

I LOVE AYU AND FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THAT THIS MATTERS AND "QUALIFIES" ME AS A "BETTER JUDGE" OF AYU'S WORK, I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE RIGHT BEFORE DUTY CAME OUT. Remember the rating of disappointment I gave on these things, instead of listing my "biggest" disappointments I kind of listed all of them. So I listed a lot, but many of these weren't really big disappointments

-(4/10)These remixes from ayu-mi-x 6 they are just so ear bleeding, the others were EXCELLENT. Specifically these were "disappointing"
-INSPIRE (ARMAND VAN HELDEN Radio Edit)
-Startin' (SHINICHI OSAWA Remix)
-HAPPY ENDING (MAD PROFESSOR Remix) (WTF...)
-part of Me (CARL CRAIG Remix - Radio Edit)

-(6.5/10)GREEN / Days single, it just did not appeal to me in any way really, I never listen to either of the songs. I felt like the PV's were weak as well. They aren't really that bad, but for my Ayu tastes this single was kind of disappointing

-(7/10) glitter / fated I reaaaaaaally don't like this single the PV's were... yeah, terrible (in my opinion) and the songs just were not special enough, very standard Jpop (but again it's Ayu and anything she does is better than most J-pop) I LOVE the fated orchestra version though, it's one of my favorite mixes ever. I think the mix of the original fated just doesn't suit the song as much as the orchestra version

-(7/10) (with some exceptions) 48, 49, 50 singles (MOON, crossroad, L) I feel like these were "hurried" to reach the 50th single so she could "flame" her 50th single anniversary sooner. I LOOOOOVE the song and PV crossroad, it is one of my favorite Ayu songs ever so I can't say these are a complete disappointment. Songs / PV's MOON, blossom, Virgin Road, Sweet Season were pretty darn bad... They were boring (to me) unoriginal and just... BORING. MOON I hardly got through the whole PV (the single covers just creeeeep me out ) and the song itself isn't that bad but I still give it a 3.5/10 (compared to the rest of her work) Virgin Road has grown on me a bit, same with Sweet Season but they still get like a 5 or 5.5 (comparatively) I really like Last Angel and I kind of like SEVEN DAY WAR. And I do love the Microphone remix

-(7/10) MY STORY was pretty disappointing I feel like she just threw in as many songs as possible to compensate for having a mini album before. I NEVER listen to
-Liar
-HOPE or PAIN
-HAPPY ENDING
-HONEY
-winding road
-Humming 7/4
Then I never watch the walking proud PV the obviously fake background clouds and the whole set up, it was like a cheap 1980's fantasy movie (like the never ending story only worse) So not counting the interludes (making it 13 songs) I hate 1/2 of this album these songs are just so forgettable I can't even think of what the main tune is for any of them. Even the songs that I like are still not some of my Ayu favorites. The album was over all pretty weak.

-(8.5/10) (with some exceptions) Rock 'n' Roll Circus, this in my opinion is her weakest album yet. I NEVER listen to... (I can't even think in my head what the tune is)
-count down
-Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~
-BALLAD
-Last Links
-Lady Dynamite
-Sexy little things
-Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
-meaning of love
-All interludes (3 of them)
So 11 tracks out of 15 that is pretty terrible, this album just had no impact and I felt there was no unison the album was just all over the place it has it's "saving grace" though Microphone and Don't Look Back are brilliant and two of my favorite Ayu songs ever. Though the Sunrise / Sunset PV's and songs are just... terrible. Then the album only tracks are terrible. I listen to Sexy little things sometimes when I want something funky (and I do love the PV)

-(8/10) Beautiful Fighters. Everything about this song just makes me cringe, her vocals, the music, the PV. It sounds like a cheap Morning Musume song.

-(5/10) Secret's booklet photoshopping I am not a professional but even I could have done a better job than that!

-(9.5/10) Sunrise / Sunset EVERYTHING about this single is just TERRIBLE. The single cover, the PV, the un-original song (which is made into two version) just blah! This was a machine-pumped and forced-out single they might as well have never made it. I never listen to it.

-(4/10) They didn't make Together When... into a physical single, I wish they had and added some remixes to it

-(2/10) No PV's for the "A" single I would have loved to have seen End roll as a PV, something kinda like TO BE. Not a "disappointment" per say, but more like "awwww man"

-(2/10) In general singles with no PV's, again, it's more like "awwww man I really wanted one"

-(6.5/10) The re-released Ayu trance tracks, it's like "really I am paying top dollar for you to re-release or semi-change the same track "

-(7.5/10) BLUE BIRD PV... wtf I can't even remember it at all that's how bad I thought it was when I watched it all of like 2 times. I think she is on a boat smiling a lot and just walking around on the beach, it was cheap or boring

-(6.5/10) GUILTY album, I NEVER listen to 1/2 of the album
-GUILTY
-fated
-glitter
-Marionette -prelude-
-The Judgement Day
-MY ALL
-rebirth
-untitled ~for her~
Again, just not a strong album (though nothing will be worse than Rock 'n' Roll Circus for me)

-(8/10) Love Songs is either my favorite or at least in my top 3 favorite Ayu albums though the PV's were the worse in her career. They were so boring, cheap, confusing, unoriginal, just blaaaaah! MOON was so boring I only got through it once, same with Virgin Road, Last Angel, blossom, Love Songs, Sweet Season. I like Do It Again quite a bit, it was well-made and had a nice deeper meaning to it. Crossroad isn't amazing but because I love the song so much it has it's own charm. I only bought the CD+DVD for this because I like to collect those versions otherwise I would have just bought the CD only.

-(7/10) This is a disappointment towards Ayu fans, I respect your opinion, but whhhhyyyyy do you guys put "M" on the top of a mountain. It is a pretty song and I like it but there (in my OPINION) is really nothing super special about it. I think it's because she released it at the peak of her career and that is why it is so popular. If she had released this song now, we wouldn't have loved it so much.

-(6/10) NEXT LEVEL PV, like the BLUE BIRD PV I can't even remember the whole thing watched it once and I was done. She's just like... driving in a car?

-(7.5/10) Voyage, I like the song a bit, though the PV was just horrible, Ayu looked like a creepy alien with that tan, make-up and obviously fake cheap wig. I just felt it was weak and cheap and just "pumped out"

I LOVE AYU AND FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THAT THIS MATTERS AND "QUALIFIES" ME AS A "BETTER JUDGE" OF AYU'S WORK, I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE RIGHT BEFORE DUTY CAME OUT. Remember the rating of disappointment I gave on these things, instead of listing my "biggest" disappointments I kind of listed all of them. So I listed a lot, but many of these weren't really big disappointments

Sorry for being so long