Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - View Single Post - 'A Classical' album out January 8th, 3rd of five 15th anniversary releases [II]
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Old 5th January 2013, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by artcika View Post
I also do think they could score higher if the songs were a total oposite, cuz ballads all of them sound the same in any new arangement. I think rock & fast songs (for exaple imagine Sparkle lol) are the most chalanging to get a good classical mix that works with the song itself. thta would have been more interesting. Just like they dd with You & Me and Love song.
I agree. Those two songs are the highlights of this album. The other songs seem to have the same type of arrangements with strings everywhere. I LOVE strings but listening to the whole thing is a hard thing to do. It's pretty indigestible.
There was also a lot of strings in MY STORY Classical, but its use was very subtle, very clever. There is a whole world between those two albums IMO.
Here I just listen to "basic" classical arrangements, there is no surprise at all, I can't feel a great creativity/investment behind.
Of course, it's just my opinion, I'm glad some people love it but I'm not sure this album will be on repeat or will last.

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