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Originally Posted by truehappiness
I guess for me personally, it's a bit odd to see someone almost always (in the last few years anyway) like "Why is everyone liking these tracks? They're not that great, everyone. I mean I don't like them that much at all." It's like Debbie Downer much?
IMO, that's the last thing the Ayu fandom needs. I understand that not everyone is going to like everything that Ayu releases, but it's somewhat odd to make comments about how people are really looking forward to this album because the music has been really strong (in their opinion) but basically say "The music is not s good as you think."
We know you have been disappointed by hype in the past (especially Rock'n'Roll Circus) but for some people, I think Rock'n'Roll Circus/Love songs was one of her strongest and most well received eras as of late, ESPECIALLY after the flame-fest that was NEXT LEVEL. People eventually grew to not like Rock'n'Roll Circus as much and instead gravitated towards Love songs, but I had never personally seen people so satisfied by Ayu releases until then, though FIVE kind of ruined that since people were totally fine with the covers and such but the songs were hit/miss for most. Now that LOVE and again have come out and were pretty much universally praised with the exception of maybe Melody, she's set the bar really high for the potential of this album which I am sure people will not be disappointed by even if the latter half does end up being a ballad-fest.
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My hate for R'n'R has subsided because over-time, how you view an album comes to include the singles more - where as right during release, it's easy to base opinions of an album strictly on album-only tracks, because that's the NEW thing. I do love Love Songs... although it did somewhat make me feel like the songs didn't fully take off, over-time, I loved them for what they were. I guess saying a release will be "one of her bests" is a very STRONG statement, with heavy weight... and it's hard to accept a statement when nearly every single single preceding a a previous album had it's act together more-so than the songs on LOVE and again. Sure those songs are better than recent materials, but past albums had stronger pre-ceding singles.
Ok, I have explained myself enough.