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Rank Ayu's studio albums!
I've been curious lately about why AHS likes or dislikes certain albums. For example... I know GUILTY had some pretty bad reception upon it's release (as well as NEXT LEVEL and Rock'n'Roll Circus), but it seems to have grown on people now and is generally well-received!!
It's exactly what it sounds like! Rank Ayu's albums (including Memorial Address and not including Nothing from Nothing). 1 is her strongest album, 13 is the weakest. Just be sure to say a little about why one album is so awful, or one is so good.
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Last edited by zellyx; 13th April 2011 at 11:05 PM. |
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1. (miss) understood
2. I am... 3. RAINBOW 4. GUILTY 5. Memorial Address 6. My Story 7. Duty 8. Secret 9. LOVEppears 10. Love Songs 11. Rock'n'Roll Circus 12. NEXT LEVEL 13. A Song for XX My long review: Spoiler:
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1. Love Songs ( I'm still on a super Love songs high and i love the album as a whole there generally isnt a single song that i skip when listening to the whole album, a true masterpiece, and i truly LOVE strings so this album is made for me!)
2.Memorial Address (The emotion in this album is just so raw I love it, Memorial Address and Because of You are two of my favorite songs ever, and the upbeat songs are great 3. (miss)understood ( Love this album for its versatility and the different sound from ayu, it took some time to get used to B & D, but once i saw it live my mind changed, the same thing happened with Rainy Day, at first i wasnt impressed by it but now its gorgeous to my ears) Love heaven though one of my favorite ballads along with Pride 4. Guilty (This album's rock sound is breathtaking, while i agree there were too many interludes, and the switch from rock to upbeat was weird, the rock part of this album is done amazing, admittedly i wont really listen to untitled for her i always find it forgettable) 5. Rock n Roll Circus ( This album has some of my favorite songs on it, BALLAD is up there on my top listened to ayu songs. It has so much variety it reminded me a bit of (m)u. Ayu tried new things with SLT and it all came together very well, it really is up there with my favorite albums its just hard to rank them) 6. Next Level ( Love specific tracks off of this album but as a whole i dont think it came together as amazingly as it could have, nonetheless the songs are really strong like sparkle, GREEN, and curtain call to name some) 7. My Story (This album once again has really amazing individual songs that i love but for some reason i usually wont listen to the album as a whole, my favorite tracks are Moments, Carlos, Inspire, Hope or Pain, walking proud, my name's WOMAN 8. Secret (this album is great as well, i find it very easy to listen through it completely as an album, yet for some reason i wont pick out specific tracks to listen to, some of the songs here are outstanding like JEWEL, but i can never remember how it was goes) 9. I am... (Great Great album truly revolutionary, all the songs are really strong its up there with my favorites it's just that all of ayu's albums are great its hard to say that one is better than the other, while i know I am... is super amazing as personal favorites its not the highest) 10. Rainbow ( Love rainbow as well, im saying that for every ayu album but its truly true, songs like Hanabi, We Wish, Heart Place and Voyage are great the ballads just melt my heart Hanabi makes my heart drop every time i listen to it but the up beat tracks are not my favorites but their still really good) 11. Loveppears ( so many songs on this album that i can never remember, but there are so many iconic ayu songs that are truly amazing like fly high, To be, boys and girls) 12. Duty ( This album is beautiful, it reminds me of Love songs because of its style, i love Surreal, the trilogy and teddy bear, but scar never really grew on me or girlish, nonetheless i understand why its such a popular album) 13. A Song for XX (I can rarely listen to this album whole, it always feels too long even though its not, and the songs kinda sound all the same even though their not. A Song for XX and Powder Snow are truly amazing, I really like Poker face and Depend on you but the rest is not my favorite) That's my ranking, truly it all depends on my current ayu mood but thats kinda where i stand now, but i must repeat again XP i honestly love almost all of ayu's albums the same!
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Usually, when it comes to rating an album, my opinion changes over time... and now that my interests have slightly shifted towards a different type of music, and are likely to remain there, I should be able to rate her albums objectively, and pinpoint what I like even if I don't listen to her music so much anymore. In my opinion what makes a good album is when the songs can stand on their own without the support of said album. So here it goes.
1. GUILTY, Duty, (miss)understood 2. Love Songs 3. Rock'n'Roll Circus, Loveppears, I am..., MY STORY, RAINBOW. 4. Secret, Memorial address, NEXT LEVEL 5. A Song for ×× |
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01. Rock'n'Roll Circus
02. GUILTY 03. (miss)understood 04. NEXT LEVEL and Love Songs 06. MY STORY and Secret 08. Duty 09. A Song for ×× 10. Memorial address 11. I am... and LOVEppears 13. RAINBOW |
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1. I am... - a masterpiece, really. Every song on this album is amazing, suitable interludes too. The lyrics too, so so good. It's also got the most fitting album title in my opinion. It's just her masterpiece album. It's got great flow and I love every song.
2. Duty - Ayu rock at it's best, and most emotional, level. This album does everything well, rock songs, rock influenced ballads, upbeat tunes that don't sound out of place, great ballads, and a typical Ayu "high emotion song" (teddy bear). Not too fond of girlish, but compared to her other "happy album enders" (independent, Humming) it's tolerable 3. Secret - Great ballads (JEWEL, momentum, Secret), kiss 'o kill is one of her best songs. I love the upbeat stuff too. I like every song on this album actually... I used to love until that Day & 1 LOVE 'til she overkilled that mediocre live performance of them 4. LOVEppears - the lyrics on this album ♥ I loath Kanariya, and I'm not that fond of TO BE and End roll, but everything else on this album is amazing 5. (miss)understood - lots of variety on this one, still some really weak songs here though (rainy day, Beautiful day), but the really great ones make them easy to ignore (B&D, Ladies Night, Will, HEAVEN, fairyland) 6. Love Songs - some of the albums below have better standalone songs, but this album worked so well as a concept, but also, it may be because I'd not really liked the previous few albums as much. Also, crossroad. I've played that song so so much it's now my most played Ayu song. I LOVE it. 7. memorial address - I hate Greatful days. ANGEL'S SONG annoys me too, the rest of the songs are great though, but Greatful Days is easily her worst song, hence the albums lower ranking for the quality of the other songs 8. RAINBOW - great standalone songs (Voyage, Free & Easy) but... I just find I rarely listen to this album. 9. MY STORY - as an album it's bland, but standalone 90% of the songs are great 10. NEXT LEVEL - I like this album more than the ranking shows, I couldn't decide which way round to put this and MS. I love GREEN, rollin' and identity. I hate Days. I hate it so much. 11. Rock'n'Roll Circus - got bored once the theatricals stopped being dramatic. Last Links is amazing though, and I'll probably get into Sunrise in the summer. 12. A Song for xx - ranked so low because of vocals, more stand out songs that RnRC (ASFXX, Powder Snow, For my Dear, Depend on you) 13. GUILTY - As you can tell, I'm not too fond of newer Ayu rock, and this song is just that. I like talkin' 2 myself and glitter, and I won't deny that Untitled is powerful, it just falls so short compared to all her other albums. I never think, "I want to listen to GUILTY" it's always..."why is there nothing I want to listen to on GUILTY?!". They're not bad songs, and I do listen to them from time to time, I'd just rather listen to something else. |
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love:
rainbow, memorial address, my story, i am..., love songs like: secret, (miss)understood, rock n roll circus, loveppears dislike: everything else |
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This was harder than I thought.
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1 Duty
2 I am... 3 MY STORY 4 LOVEppears 5 Memorial address 6 (miss)understood 7 RAINBOW 8 secret 9 Love Songs 10 Rock'n'roll circus 11GUILTY 12 A Song For XX 13 NEXT LEVEL |
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1. (miss)understood - BRILLIANT VARIETY
2. Memorial Address - once again, BRILLIANT VARIETY 3. GUILTY - I love the darker and more serious tone of this album very much 4. Secret 5. MY STORY - my first Ayu album! 6. Love songs 7. I am... 8. Rock'n'Roll Circus 9. Duty 10. NEXT LEVEL 11. LOVEppears 12. Rainbow 13. A Song For XX - i just dont listen to it that much..but its still a good album ![]() |
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1. Love Songs - perfect flow, amazing songs, just 1 song I skip.
2. (miss)understood - amazing collection of songs, I just skip 2 songs on here. 3. I am... - lots of epic songs, but I skip 3 songs on here. 4. Rock 'n' Roll Circus - I love many of the songs on here, but there are 4 I skip. 5. RAINBOW - has some really awesome songs, but a few are some of her blandest I think (IE WE WISH, Close to you) 6. Secret - there are some very strong tracks, but I skip 4 very weak tracks. 7. Memorial Address - I love half the songs on here, but the other half are pretty weak. 8. NEXT LEVEL - I skip about half the songs on this one too. 9. GUILTY - some strong tracks, some weak ones. too many rock tracks. 10. MY STORY - I only listen to 4 tracks on this album. they're amazing, but the rest is trash. 11. Duty - same with MY STORY. 12. LOVEppears - her voice is too high pitched. I can only listen to a couple songs from here now and then. 13. A Song for XX - same with LOVEppears |
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1. I am...
This has to be the best album for me. All the songs are just amazing and it was her glory days. Although not her highest selling album, most of the fan favorites come from this album! A true masterpiece.! 2. Love Songs I feel like this is almost as good as I am... It reminds me a lot of her older work and its just a wonderful album. The singles are amazing, the track listing is amazing, and I feel like every single song of the track fits well to the album. 3. Next Level When i first heard this album, i hated it. Then over time, i fell in love with it. The interludes are amazing, most of the songs are good as well. I think I would of rated it higher if I like more of the songs. 4. (miss) understood Another wonderful album. Now my reasoning is how many songs I like per album. It gets harder and harder to judge the "goodness" of each album. lol 5. Duty Sadly the only reason why this album is 5 is because of SEASONS, although and good song, it just gets to me sometimes. And I feel that, although her best selling album, lacks in "good" ayumi songs. When I think of ayumi, I think of I am, Rainbow, My story. This albums seems the darkest of them all and its a real turn off for me. Some of all my all time favorites on this album are surreal/audience/duty 6. Memorial Address I wish this album could of been a full album. I think im bitter about it being a mini album and thats why i voted it so low. lol. I felt like this era of music was amazing and should of been more. Memorial Address is just amazing and as well as Because of You and Forgiveness. Its Ayumi through and through. 7. RAINBOW Another album that is low just because of the track listing. I love most of the songs on here, but the ones that i dont like make this album less enjoyable. Also, the title track, RAINBOW isnt even on here... another reason why i might be bitter towards it, lol. 8. My Story Same as rainbow, nothing wrong with it. Although i do think Im starting to liek it more and more, but its still low on the list. 9. Rock'n'Roll Circus This I have a love hate relationship with it. It just doesn't seem like an Ayumi album. Its almost dark but not, then its kinda blah. I just dont care for it very much. 10. Secret Its not like I dislike it, but... theres only 3 or 4 tracks that I can say I love. There others are okay. 11. LOVEppears This album I feel is what starts to define who ayumi is. And with great tracks like fly high and Boys & Girls this album is a classic. But most of the songs I don't care for and some sound to similar to me. 12. GUILTY It was this album that turned me off ayumi for a few years. is till bought the albums, but not the singles anymore. I was very upset and I dont know why. Its not really terrible, but I just dont care for most of the tracks on this album. 13. A Song for XX Her first album. I dont care for anything on here. Its not that its bad, I feel like she was trying to find her music place and this album shows it. Her voice to seems to be changing all the time. |
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Simple ranking:
1. (miss)understood 2. RAINBOW 3. Love Songs 4. Rock'n'Roll Circus 5. Duty 6. LOVEppears 7. Memorial address 8. NEXT LEVEL 9. MY STORY 10. I am... 11. Secret 12. GUILTY 13. A Song for XX Insanely long looking collection of short reviews and explanations beyond the spoiler tag. Spoiler:
Last edited by Kacku; 14th April 2011 at 07:10 PM. |
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1. GUILTY
2. NEXT LEVEL 3. Memorial Address 4. Secret 5. Rock 'n' Roll Circus 6. (miss) understood 7. My Story 8. I am... 9. Rainbow 10. LOVEppears 11. Love Songs 12. Duty 13. A Song for XX Last edited by *-_Ayu-fan_-*; 14th April 2011 at 07:17 PM. |
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1.(miss) understood
2.Rock'n'Roll Circus 3.Duty 4.LOVEppears 5.I Am... 6.NEXT LEVEL 7.GUILTY 8.Love Songs 9.Secret 10.RAINBOW 11.Memorial Adress 12.A Song for XX 13.MY STORY
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001. (miss)understood
002. Memorial address 003. I am... 004. Love songs 005. GUILTY 006. Rock'n'Roll Circus 007. Secret 008. NEXT LEVEL 009. MY STORY 010. RAINBOW 011. A Song for ×× 012. Duty 013. LOVEppears
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1. Duty (cause its so EMOTIONAL, dark and sincere)
2. NEXT LEVEL (cause its very original and fresh in Ayu's discography) 3. Love Songs (songs are pure masterpieces, sound is 'classic' imo) 4. GUILTY (cause its so EMOTIONAL, dark and sincere and raw ayu vocals, something 'different' from ayu) 5. (miss)understood (songs you never can be tired off, album where you can hear very much of everything ayu can do) 6. Rock N Roll Circus (same as missunderstood, ayu shows again how she can pull everything off) 7. I am... (freedom, I love it cause of 'free' theme, but atmoshere on this album is quite monotone, especially after M, songs are beautiful standing alone but you easily get tired if you listen to album as a whole) 8. MY STORY (same problem as I am..., I love songs, but listening to the whole album is not easy thing to do, songs will sound alike to eachother) 9. Lovepearss (amazing album, but out of date, I love listening to it but songs are not fresh) 10. Memorial Address (I love the songs, but it doesnt work as whole) 11. Secret (I like the songs, but I cant listen to the whole album at once, its too rock for me) 12. RAINBOW (beautiful songs again but as a whole you can get bored) 13. A SONG FOR XX (beautiful songs but really old sound) I love every album in her discography, its just... If you have to rank them this is my ranking atm and its reasons |
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1. ALL except GUILTY
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