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Originally Posted by Hextan
My heart exploded with feels.
This album is structured so perfectly. The tracks in the beginning middle and end are all perfectly placed. I won't go into the details of what I think, but needless to say almost all the tracks are flawless.
NaNaNa was a little disappointing in that I loved all of Ayu's parts a lot, but the guy's parts just didn't sit well with me they felt a little too forced/trying to hard. Shake It<3 is growing on me I guess because I really didn't like it at first. The interludes are actually great, they sound good, have substance, and are decent lengths.
From call to Tell me why is solid gold.
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ALL THE FEELS ALL THE TIME.
i also really like the structure. that's been one of my major frustrations with some ayu albums, is that there doesn't seem to be much flow to some or they sort of just all slap together. NEXT LEVEL and Rock 'n Roll Circus are guilty of this the most, IMO. Party Queen is pretty solid as far as structure goes, though.
I originally didn't mind the guy vocals in NaNaNa too much. Listening to them again I find it cheesy but it sort of fits the song, too, if it's continuing the tabloid vapidness from PQ. PQ - NaNaNa - Shake It<3 are like the tabloid trilogy, IMO. There is a deeper element to them, IMO, but on the surface they seem like fluff. Once those clear out of the way the album evolves into something darker, even if it has to plod through "call" (generic) and "Letter" (less generic lol). "reminds me" is really where that deeper element takes off and continues on basically 'til the end. I think the album is bookmarked nicely by the tabloid trilogy in the beginning and the next LOVE/Eyes, Smoke, Magic, which have a heavily theatrical slant to them, like a performance. Kind of like the "ads" in a magazine. Serenade and hbya are nice detractors from that.