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Originally Posted by !Lawi!
Weirdly enough that's why I'm not too bothered by the poor mixing on Party Queen, it's part of its charm. Where Love songs was elevated and classy, Party Queen is almost like an experiment, much more raw and in a sense, real!
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That's what I like in title track arrangement. It feels empty and messy, something the atmosphere of the song requires. There is something wrong with that "rose-coloured and golden" world and that awkwardness was translated into the sound of those first three songs (also, I really enjoy the arrangement of Shake it, it's very different and aggressive) very well.
Love Songs is my favorite album ever from her, but Party Queen is my second favorite. I think Love Songs-Party Queen-LOVE again trilogy is my favourite part of Ayu's entire career, the time she was most bold and tried to do stuff that wasn't necessarily beautiful or "enjoyable" for everyone and conveyed her feelings with sincerity (sometimes it was too painful, like Party Queen most confessional tracks, but really brave at the same time).
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Originally Posted by Toniayu123
Party queen is one of my favorites albums from her, if not the most. Not so long ago I made a list of the number of songs I loved on all her albums, and Party Queen was the one with most tracks lol I find it really cohesive in every possible way. Musically is great, lyrically show us a really human Ayu I truly love, and visually I find it really different and attractive. I love the covers, I find them quite unique among her catalogue, but it really pisses me off the fact that they used this photoshoot that was initially made to be used on a book instead of the original Party Queen one. If only they used those pictures, it would have been her most beautiful cover ever, a perfect mixture between a beauty shoot and a concept, and awesomely done. I’m glad we got to see those pictures on the super Ayu photobook, but really, who had the idea to replace those shots for the ones used??
Completely unrelated but, I recently started appreciating aeternal?? What is happening to me right now?
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The original photoshoot for Party Queen is so beautiful and well done, but it doesn't click with the spirit and atmosphere of the album. Those pictures are the expression of opulence and shows some loneliness of it, but Party Queen is all about decadence. The actual photobook translates pretty well the rawness and messiness of the album. It makes you uncomfortable, like some paparazzi shoots that invades someone's privacy.