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Originally Posted by primavera♥
Between this and Ai's new album, my interest may be revived in two of my older favorites. Just quite the wait *sigh*
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Ha that's what I just said! Ai was gone so long, and I never fully loved all the tracks on her albums. And LOVE FANTASTIC was all wrong. But her new image looks great and the tracks sound fun and cohesive, which is a huge plus. Uncontrolled to me was okay, but the image and singles didn't really mesh: it felt like an afterthought. ALIVE was more cohesive, but the music genres were a litte too American top 40 and generic for me to fully love (and then you had silly tracks like Can you feel this love). But listening to the little Photogenic preview, seeing the covers and tracklist being released together, and having all new music promised in a throwback style- this is Jpop to me. I was missing the Japaneseness of her music from P<F back, and the cohesiveness of style and tone. I also like the underscore in the album title which makes me think of P<F.