Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - View Single Post - 14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [VI]
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Old 4th February 2013, 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by dreamlover13 View Post
I get your taste now!

A lot of my favorite Ayu songs come from her later albums, as I can't stand her voice in some of her earlier albums (ie. A Song for XX and part of LOVEppears)

I can also be sometimes called a sourpuss or and Ayu snob, as I detest some of Ayumi's most popular work like "Dearest", "Endless Sorrow", and "No way to say".

I do miss Ayu's tracks that had rockier feel to them, like "1 LOVE", "About You", "is this LOVE?", "Microphone", "my name's WOMEN", "GAME", and "I am". When I first heard "talkin' 2 myself", it was slightly off-putting. Now it is one of by favorite tracks from GUILTY. "Naturally" was one of the first Ayu songs I've ever heard, and it really cannot get more perfect.

I can see how this can be your least favorite Ayu album. With all these medium ballads, it's like Love songs II. I wish she threw a track that sounded like "About You" in here.

That being said, how could you dislike "sending mail" and "Last angel"?
oh man, I actually agree completely with yours and Zeke's taste and preference for Ayu songs with attitude. Those both you and he mentioned are some of the most fierce in her discog, and are a definite mood antithesis from what LOVE again is sounding to be. I think I'm just ridiculously easy to please when it comes to Ayu sometimes -- while I love her fierce songs, I can't really object to the midtempo softer stuff. I'm eager for songs like 1 LOVE, is this LOVE?, (miss)understood, etc. but I'm happy with what I'm getting. That isn't to say you guys aren't, only that Ayu's music is, for me, an all you can eat buffet and I'm getting fatty mcfatfat off it lol
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