[marty]

I loved the NEXT LEVEL covers at first sight, like everything this album has and is. Like I hated at first sight R'n'R Circus and (miss)understood ones. LOVE again is even worse, they're pretty, and I dislike easy stuff so much, lol. Like, you can do something I don't like, but you have to actually work for it.
And I didn't like Party Queen covers, until the so-called meaning was explained around, and then I was gone, love forever and ever. I have a giant soft spot for conceptual stuff, lol. Instead, I didn't understand all that hate about S/S covers, they're not awesome, but... ok, they're super-photoshopped, but everything in J-Pop is. They fit the single. And, then, it's just a single. Albums count, not singles, in my point of view XD

About MY STORY: as I said somewhere before, I think this and LOVE again are so very similar, as projects. The difference for me is: all of MY STORY is difficult to listen to all at once, but awesome in every aspect, instead only half of LOVE again is. I hate so much on tracks like SAKURA or petal because they had potential, tons of it, not used because they just didn't work till the end. I hate it. It's like with the covers, if some song is just good, that's ok, but if a song for me is unfinished and rushed, it doesn't matter anymore that's enjoyable. It's wasted. Especially if the work before was so on point, god, it's such a waste! The chorus of SAKURA is so good, everything else is toned down; the guitars in petal are not edgy enough etc... it's like everything has been watered down!