The album is surprisingly great, i didn't expect to like it as much as i do! Especially not after listening to the previews, as someone mentioned earlier they really didn't do the songs any justice.
I guess it has something to do with the fact that i like when Ayu's songs grab me right off the bat and take me on somewhat of a journey. If you just give me a piece of a ballad that sounds pretty but similar to what she has done, chances are my interest will be pretty low.
None of the songs individually are all that amazing except maybe Last Minute, Story and a Bell (WASTED POTENTIAL MUCH!?) but as an album it just works perfectly.
Keeping an album interesting when 80% of it consist of ballads is hard as My Story and LOVE Again CLEARLY shows
There's no bad songs on the album which is great, i do have a problem with THE SHOW MUST GO ON however. It's such a blatant copy of Snowy Kiss the to the point where i can't enjoy it on it's own, and the repeated shooo must go on ye ye ye ye annoy me lol. Other than that tho, high five Ayu!