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The only great thing about NEXT LEVEL are the interludes. Seriously, some of the best interludes of her career (Bridge To The Sky is my absolute favorite, followed by everlasting dream and then ARIA), although Disco-munication has to be one of her worst. NEXT LEVEL the song is rather dull - I love the arrangement though and the overall atmosphere of the song - but the chorus is such a letdown; I wish we had an instrumental. I have since grown to like the song for what it is. EnergizE is fun, but I listened to it so much when the album came out that I have grown tired of it. rollin' is annoying and repetitive - not in a good way. I used to love identity but the verses are rather odd - I do not like the feel that they give off. LOVE'n'HATE is another song I really dislike. Curtain Call is terrible.
As far as the singles go, I love Days and always will (but I do not allow myself to listen to it until the first snowfall of each winter, makes it more special - having my first winter smoke while listening to it this year and the snow falling in the afternoon was magical). GREEN I like as well. I was obsessed with Sparkle (like everyone else) when it first came out, but since then my love for the song has simmered - still a great song but I don't find myself nearly as amazed by it now as I was then. Rule is way to hectic for me.
So really, this album is rather boring for me. I was hoping for trance and lots of energy when the theme was revealed, but it was electronica done in a very poor, boring, and predictable way...
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