April '08 Issue Of Teenage magazine review on GUILTY

[KarenPang]

Teenage's a monthly Singapore magazine & in the latest issue , they have finally reviewed on GUILTY .

By Bang Wei-Tin

"The reigning queen of JPop is back with a definitive album that's 1 straight up crowd pleaser . Even though the album has been overshadowed by news of her hearing impairment in 1 ear , it's still an amazing piece of work that showcases ayumi's natural born instinct for catchy dance music . Check out radio friendly tracks like GUILTY , Marionette & talkin' 2 myself for a taste of ayumi's irresistible music . "

3.5/5

[polka-dot-jewel]

Huh...I wonder why they gave it a 3.5/5 if they said "it is a great piece of work". XD

Oh, well. Thanks for the article! =D

[sibby]

^ HAHA agreed! is the article big? (doesnt look so though)

[Bashumaru]

Lol, yeah, they said its a great album but it only got 3.5/5 stars XD. Is that the full article or is there more?

[AyuGAME]

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

Huh...I wonder why they gave it a 3.5/5 if they said "it is a great piece of work". XD

Oh, well. Thanks for the article! =D

exactly XD

thanks for sharing the article

[ayuzlove]

well...thought the album will get at least 4 stars out of 5...lol...anyway thanks for the news...does I-weekly magazine gave any reviews for GUILTY? been checking the album review section for a couple of issues but couldn't find any review on it

[KarenPang]

yes everyone it's the full review of the album . It's just a tiny snippet among the many other albums that Teenage reviewed .

If you want to , go check & pick up a copy of Teenage . S.H.E's Hebe's on the cover .

I also puzzled as to why they only give 3.5 outta 5 . Should be higher lah !

Originally Posted by ayuzlove

well...thought the album will get at least 4 stars out of 5...lol...anyway thanks for the news...does I-weekly magazine gave any reviews for GUILTY? been checking the album review section for a couple of issues but couldn't find any review on it

eh not that I'm familiar with since I don't read I Weekly .

Maybe you can try to call them & check ?

Originally Posted by sibby

^ HAHA agreed! is the article big? (doesnt look so though)

no it's not Sibyl . Usually for album reviews on such magazines , it's always the case , content wise .

The same thing goes for TODAY newspaper too .

[Eddie Z]

Sounds to me like the mag is just whipping thru their reviews too fast. maybe they only have a certain amount of "slots" to award for each star (LOL)

[naxxo.licious™]

Meh, what a crappy review. 4 months later and they could only write 5 miserable lines??

Plus as some said before it's so contradictory.

Anyway, thanks for the info

[sibby]

^ HAHA! that's so true..

(goes to show how people in singapore dont bother much about j-pop anymore T^T ) >__>

[Tarot Warrior]

Maybe they just made an error when making the rating?

I remember when I was doing my Co-Op placement with a graphic firm. Places like newspapers and magazines have very tight deadlines to get everything done, and in a CD Review page where you only get a little space to talk about each CD, mistakes do happen, especially if the page designer happens to be trigger happy with copy/pasting seeing as it's such a good time saver...

But then again everything gets proof-readlet 3 times, so it's possible they just thought it was 'nice' rather than 'awesome'.

Still contradictory to what they're saying in the actual review though...

[prussian blue]

its very common to have a short article about ayu in singapore/malaysia~

i got the longer one~

[blocker209]

My opinion of the article went down the second I read GUILTY was one of the more "friendly" tracks.

There are more accessible tracks on GUILTY...

[reixminako]

"catchy dance music"?

...I don't think there were any dance tracks on GUILTY, though...unless you count glitter, and even that...

[Jwiz]

^ yea..maybe (d)lma?

''natural born instinct for catchy dance music''?..hmm..

Anyway GUILTY should get a 4 out of 5!

[mtr_ayu]

senseless review

[yoshino]

yeah.. it should be at least a 4 out of 5. 3.5 seems like it is 'better than ok'. hahaz

Anw thanks for sharing. =)

[kiseki89]

Originally Posted by karenpang

no it's not Sibyl . Usually for album reviews on such magazines , it's always the case , content wise .

The same thing goes for TODAY newspaper too .

If it's big.. i'll sure buy... Too bad.

I wonder if they will ever feature Ayu again like they did to her A Ballads, MY STORY...

[sibby]

^ that was what i was thinking oh well

[BoBo]

10x for sharing