[Delirium-Zer0]

Not to mention she was offkey and weak sounding all the time... songs like "For My Dear" would have been SOOOOO so so so so SOOO much better if she sang them better! There's so much power in FMD that wants to come out but just can't because ayu's not delivering it properly I really wanted FMD to be re-recorded for A BEST but it didn't happen.

LOVEppears was a vast improvement over A Song for XX. I mean a BIG one. It's like it's not even the same person. She still had some problems live, but she improved even more for Duty and I am..., but took a step down when she started overdoing it with the vibrato on some songs on RAINBOW. She's improved even more since then, finding a nice balance. On the other hand, songs like HONEY, Greatful days, July 1st, etc. where she sounds more pop and does a higher voice, well, it just sounds forced now. It sounds like she's trying to imitate her LOVEppears voice but it certainly doesn't sound like it was recorded in 1999. She's overdoing it, and you can tell.

I think her voice sounds perfect in "Will" though. As a singer who's shown a pattern of improvement over the last 7 years, it's no surprise that her most recent song has her best vocals. In this case, though, they're jaw-dropping.

So yeah, her younger voice isn't nearly as good. (she sounds outright tone-deaf on alot of tracks, imho x_x) But she has DEFINITELY gotten better.