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Originally Posted by Tom Punks
I disagree with pretty much everything you said. It would have been totally possible to do different sounding songs and still be coherent/cohesive. It would have been possible to do different sounding songs of the same genre and not be boring. She just didn't do it here, and mostly because of the huge gap in quality between the songs. (Also, why would a mini album of five songs of the same genre necessarily be boring, anyways? Most artists don't mix genres nearly as much as Ayu does and that doesn't mean all their releases are boring or weak.) I also disagree that each song has a different view on something; three out of five of the songs are pretty much post-break up songs lyrically.
And, as Misa-chan pointed out in her post above ^, the mini album isn't called "FIVE" because it's based on five different views. It's called "FIVE" because Leslie suggested it since there were five songs. That's why, imo, it has no concept or cohesion.
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Ayumi said there are several meanings to it. What tells you "5 songs and so on..." is the only one? It IS 5 songs...and every one of those is a different view. If you read the lyrics properly you would know that the "post break-up songs" all have very different views and the quality gap is purely your opinion. I personally find it better than most Ayumi albums as there's no songs that are just pure crap mixed in while some of her "fan favorite" albums are filled with those. Hello MY STORY and I am...!
And I do think having 5 songs of one genre stuck together in almost every case is boring. It's the reason I don't get that korean boygroup/girlgroups with tons of EPs hype. The songs are all of one genre and usually generic. The thing I like most about Ayumi musically is that her albums are not of one or two genres but instead basically have different influences or even completely different genres in every song even if they may repeat after an album.