Singapore's Teens magazine review on Party Queen

[KarenPang]

The May issue of Teens magazine has already hit the stores here & just now at the supermarket , I saw that they've reviewed Party Queen so I took a photo of it with my phone :



mmm not very encouraging if not a damn lazy review of the album D:

I don't know , to me as long as I think/feel Party Queen is good , I shouldn't worry about such a 1 sided review from a supposedly 'qualified music critic'

even I can write a much better album review on Party Queen than Teens

[sinfonietta]

This is a professional magazine, right? Even bloggers who don't like her have put more effort into their reviews! This one lacks any real information. I hope their readers won't let this determine whether or not they'll listen to it.

[KarenPang]

yup Teens is a local monthly magazine & believe me , I'm really miffed if not downright embarassed the way they reviewed jpop related material is just so terrible if not downright lazy

And yes you're right , even non professional people like myself that review/writes about jpop can do a much better job than Teens

Doesn't help matters it's not the 1st time they did such a slipshot work when comes to reviewing ayumi's material :x

[Utena]

"back with a new single" ahah yeah sure.. learn your facts dudes.
Even though I would tend to agree with them, Party Queen is nothing exceptionnal but it's a pretty decent, if not great album overall .
Since it's a conceptual album, I guess there'll be people who like it, and people who won't, as usual.

I don't think it's supposed to be very informative though, as it's like one corner of a page, it's not enough space to really learn anything lol. It just seems like one of those random filling space articles.. IMO.

[Chibi-Chan]

Amazing how much effort they put into this!

[waterballoon]

I agree with his last sentence. Although this is an album, not a new single

[Andrenekoi]

Well... weren't they giving her albums "4"s since Next Level? I don't really agree, but is not a negative review...

[Kazeyomi]

Meh, lazy review is lazy. But it's not that bad at least.

[Bigtop]

"Lacking a wow factor"...hmm...but a "lazy" review? Hmm...

[happiholic★]

Teenage magazine reviews are never in-depth. They usually just give general information about the album, and then a "verdict". They have limited space. I don't think its lazy, its what they have to work with.

And honestly, I agree with the review. God forbid someone not like an Ayu album. Or "single", whatever

[emi♡]

why does everyone get all bent out of shape with all the reviews just cause they aren't in depth lol

sometimes reviews arent

Anyways, I kinda agree.

[jewelbox]

Reviews in magazines tend to be short.
And I kind of agree too

[rakeru]

*Shrug* at least it wasn't terrible. I'd love to see a real, in-depth review, though.

[ALfromHELLSING]

I DO love Party Queen, but I have to agree with the statement that it lacks "wow" factor. Though, to me it's still great even without it.

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Just a simple review, whatever. Though I do agree with the "wow-factor" part.

[yoshino]

Thanks for sharing. I think it really lacks info, too short. Not really a nice review.

[SheFliesHigher]

The only thing that annoys me about the review is how the person omitted the definite article "the" before "attention grabber". Proofread, please!

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

as usual, hmph, whatever.

but thanks for sharing

[jbrat2219]

It doesn't seem like they got enough space to really talk about it. Oh, well. The album gets a 10 out of 10 from me.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

How could they comment "Eyes smoke magic"?