What went "wrong" with RAINBOW? - Page 3

truehappiness · #41 25th April 2008, 07:28 AM

Well, RAINBOW tends to be called an ethereal experience by those who have listened to it.

The songs generate images of a sort of... cloudy.. rainbowy atmosphere. RAINBOW was definitely the perfect title for the album, like how I am... fit with its contents extremely well in conveying raw emotion..

KarenPang · #42 25th April 2008, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by all.night.raver

It sounds cheesy but listening to RAINBOW (while under the influence...), I could sort of feel the colors of the rainbow individually! It's different but I got addicted to it after a while!

I 2nd that with Catzi

prussian blue · #43 25th April 2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by asongforXX

The single tracks were great. The pop tracks of RAINBOW (WE WISH, Real me, July 1st, independent) are some of her greatest and also her last few outstanding pop tracks.

yes the single are great!

but i think ayu's idea is going to finished because it released in the same month with i am... i think thats the reason why rainbow is a little bit not as fantastic compared to other album

the cover is great~ (lol its my first ayu' album and i was attracted by the cover)

songs like WE WISH, close to you, over need time to overcome it

IMO they are not my cup of tea in the beginning

real me lack of melody... its a great song but its too ... (cant describe it)

and other like dolls, heartplace, everlasting dream is great!

well it just my opinion

HanabiChick · #44 25th April 2008, 12:32 PM

I like both I am... and RAINBOW, but I really prefer to listen to RAINBOW because I can listen to it from beginning to end without skipping a track. I like the mood on it, it's very dreamy-like.

Aga-chan · #45 25th April 2008, 01:04 PM

For me "RAINBOW" is a package from beginning to end. The cover art, the booklet pics, the interludes, the track order etc. While ayu has a concept for every album, the concept of "RAINBOW" (and also "MY STORY") is the most present throughout.
Though some of the songs on "RAINBOW" maybe aren't so strong on their own, they all flow perfectly.

Indie · #46 25th April 2008, 01:04 PM

I think both albums are amazing and they share most of my fav ayu songs, I don't understand how people say they're so different, they share similar styles; if anything RAINBOW has more of a dreamy sound to it (as someone already pointed out), Over FTW!.

lumieregrl · #47 25th April 2008, 02:40 PM

I keep trying to answer the questions, but the truth is I like all of her albums about the same...they just fit different moods and times, and I don't like them all ALL AT ONCE.

That being said, I really enjoy both RAINBOW and I am... I can't pick one over the other.

TITANIC · #48 25th April 2008, 03:56 PM

rainbow is one of my favorite song and Pv.. using this song i can make my friends start like ayu

waterballoon · #49 25th April 2008, 07:28 PM

There's nothing wrong with RAINBOW lol. RAINBOW is my 2nd favorite album after MY STORY.

There seems to be something about RAINBOW... the way it's displayed... very ethereal and surreal. You can hear it from 'everlasting dream' already.

The pop songs I would say are decent, but don't have that WOW factor IMO.

The ballads, however, are something you can NEVER EVER find in other albums. The dynamic contrast in Free & Easy, the ethereal feel in Over and HANABI, that oomph factor in Voyage and Dolls... her ballads in RAINBOW are among her most unique ones in her career.

cttncandy · #50 25th April 2008, 07:54 PM

I was one of those people that was disappointed with Rainbow. Still to this day I think it's right up there as one of Ayu's weakest albums. I just never really felt anything from it. It's still the album I ignore the most, and if I seat down to listen to it I usually have to force myself to finish it. I can't say I really liked any of the singles that represented it either (To me, Voyage is a mess, Free & Easy is not really my cup of tea, and H is not that bad but it's not spectacular either).

Visually though, its amazing! I mean the booklet is probably the best Ayu CD booklet ever. It's magical!

#51 25th April 2008, 07:56 PM

I like Rainbow, it had Heartplace, Free and Easy and HANABI on it. I can't remember the rest, but 3 decent songs on an album is quite good considering that (IMHO) a lot of her albums don't even have that.

Jwiz · #52 25th April 2008, 09:51 PM

I don't really like Rainbow. It has a few good songs; like Real me, Free and Easy, Close to you and Dolls but the rest are blahhh. Actually it all depends on personal preferance.

AmyRoseM · #53 25th April 2008, 11:07 PM

I think there was a lot of negative reactions regarding RAINBOW when it first came out because we had expected Ayu was going in a more grunge-rock direction (like in I am...). I think everyone was just confused for a moment after listening to it. And then there was the fact that a lot of it was very clean and manufactured and pop, and she was using a lot of English in her lyrics. Because she was so huge at the time everyone thought she was "taking a turn for the worse" or "selling out" and people were afraid. Now, 6 years later, we know that's not the case.

RAINBOW is an amazing album. It was just very different from I am... which caused a lot of people to immediately dislike it (because it was different). Yes, Real Me is like, the epitome of a pop song, but its a freaking GOOD pop song. If Ayu does any genre, she always does it right.

KarenPang · #54 26th April 2008, 05:39 AM

she put out something different whenever she release a new album . I like that she doesn't pigeon herself & just stick to 1 type of music genre

that should be the way when artistes tackle experiments in their music . Or else they will get stuck in a rut & they wouldn't be able to break outta it

Melon Panda · #55 26th April 2008, 06:12 AM

I like this thread brought out all the RAINBOW fans.

terra · #56 26th April 2008, 01:41 PM

RAINBOW was a pop and dance mixture, it was very technoish IMO
While I am... was rockish and pop, off course they are very different

I don't prefer both RAINBOW or I am... I dunno it's just not 'fit my ears' for most of its track

TITANIC · #57 26th April 2008, 02:54 PM

umm Rainbow's cover is AWESOME.but the song quite disapointed.especially everywhere nowhere

prussian blue · #58 26th April 2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by riozz

umm Rainbow's cover is AWESOME.but the song quite disapointed.especially everywhere nowhere

its my fav in the album...

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the mix and melody make me wanna dance~

MeruChan · #59 26th April 2008, 04:52 PM

I think RAINBOW is the worst album she's done..but the song RAINBOW was amazing! the covers too...I think the best work she's done is still Duty hands down! Who's with me??

Bazaa · #60 27th April 2008, 03:43 PM

Well, RAINBOW is an album I listen without skipping tracks, while others I just listen in random order or so. It has a nice atmosphere that kinda breaks apart when you listen to separate songs, you know? At least with me XD I like it was a whole, but I would probably skip some songs while listening on shuffle.