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Old 11th May 2016, 04:41 PM
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tasky - Nice interlude. Can't go much wrong with traditional Japanese music for me. 5/5

FLOWER - Great song, seriously, powerful mix of rock and traditional Japanese, but she is screaming in the chorus. Don't like her vocals in the chorus much. Still 4/5

Mad World - Especially compared to FLOWER before, her vocals sound much stronger here. Though at the end there are also some parts that sound strained. Apart from that, it's another very powerful and emotional song. 4/5

Breakdown - Really like the melody in the chorus, which is mostly done with her voice. Nice vocals in this song. Don't like the guitar part here, kind of distorted. Not as good as its predecessors. 3/5

Survivor - Love the beginning - and then I actually had to laugh a little as well. The songs reminds me of stuff TRF would do actually. The chorus sounds quite trashy. But catchy. Screaming at the end again. 2,5/5

You are the only one - Something different for her ballas, like the ethereal feel and the bagpipes surprised me. Nice vocals overall. 4/5

TODAY - A pretty forgettable song. Can't even say much about it. 1/5

Mr. Darling - Such a strange title for a song. And quite repetetive, but I like its catchyness and the guitar. 2,5/5

Summer Love - A song similar to You & Me and Feel the love and therefor, I don't like it, lol. She once was so good with electronic music, but somehow she manages to sound dated (which doesn't have to be bad), although she uses modern EDM elements and Idk, I do find it strange and kind of flat. It's especially obvious as Many Classic Moments is coming right after and it is so much better than Summer Love. Also quite out of place on the album. 1/5

Overall 3/5
Pretty accurate how I feel about the album.
Surprising to find tribal and scottish influences on the album. Guess that's her way to show her ability to incorporate foreign traditional elements and to "make them Japanese", hence made in Japan.
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