[jerms]

I don't think this has been a terribly bad year for Ayu, even though I do think STEP you is as puke-worthy as Greatful days was.
But, I definitely don't like Ayu as much as I did in the I am... days, and it's not because she's "experimenting" or whatever, I think it's really just because her music is often boring now. How many of us REALLY want to hear another HAL arrangement??? I just wish her music didn't sound so perfect/polished/fake...Memorial address is SUCH an amazing song; her voice cracks, the background singers aren't autotuned, etc. If she did more songs like that, I'd be "satisfied". My dream Ayu album would have tasuku and Shingo Kobayashi doing all the arrangements, and Ayu doing all the lyric and music composing herself.
That being said, I'm excited for Bold & Delicious, even if it's only because it's something she hasn't done before.

On a side note, I love your Aimee Mann sig ImpactBreaker.

hahaha. greatful days > step you imo. 'memorial address' the album is my personal favorite despite it's lack of quantity (i wish moments was on it). . . . i could care less when it was released.