The official thread for your thoughts for "Rock'n'Roll Circus" (Anything!)

[primavera♥]

@jbrat - i very much liked ur review. and what u said about last links is too true. it was too short sounding to me. and yeah i just like ur review. and i have seem feelings for montage too. oh and DLB and Microphone lol

[TeddyGrahams]

OMG Jbrat! I love your review! I cracked so hard. Maybe it's an album filled with mirrors? Because all fans seems to like different tracks of this album. XD

[Mirrorcle Monster]

I´m just going to give it a mark
THE introduction: -

Microphone: 9,65

count down: 8,75

Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~: 9

BALLAD: 9,5

Last Links: 9,2

montage: -

Don't look back: 9,5

Jump!: -

Lady Dynamite:9,3

Sexy little things: 9,5

Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~: 8,5

meaning of Love: 9,3

You were...: 9,75

RED LINE ~for Jorge~ [album version]: 8,5

Overall: 9,2

[relmy]

Had the album for about a week now, so I now have a feel for the tracks, so here is my review!

THE introduction - This is really...strange, it doesn't really have the power for an opening track, but at the same time it's REALLY PS1 era Final Fantasy, so it's really tense at the same time and builds up to the explosion of Microphone! It's good! ♥ 3/5

Microphone - I was crazy over this when it was all we had of the album, it's kinda lost its oomph now though, I really like it though! 9/10

count down - I like this until it gets to the chorus, it's very similar to GUILTY, which I don't really like much, it's better though. The mood of the song is really good though, emotive! 7/10

Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ - I hated this when the single was released, I love it so much now though! It's so peaceful and calm. This starts my favourite section of the album. 8/10

BALLAD - I love this song so much too! I can't really explain why I like it, it's so magical and beautiful. The PV is so stunning too.9/10

Last Links - My favourite song on the album! Wow. Just wow. This song is everything I love from Ayu, it's emotive but not melodrama. I love the sound of this song, I don't think Ayu has had a song with this sort of feel. 10/10

montage - So dramatic! THE introduction is the game opening and this is the villain wanting to destory the world! I only wish it was longer, it ends rather abruptly. 4/5

Don't look back - This was my least favourite song when we have the 4 PVs, but I love it so much now. I especially love how Ayu says "don't look back" - so mysterious and seductive! 10/10

Jump! - Neutral towards this, don't really dislike or like. 2/5

Lady Dynamite - This is so good! I really love it, and the PV too. It's a fun song, but Ayu is really in your face with it too. 8/10

Sexy little things - Uhhm... I appreciate how different it is, it's catchy, and I do like it. But I just don't get it and the hype, I like it as much as Lady Dynamite, but it doesn't beat the less daring, like Last Links. 8/10

Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ - This is catchy! I never got into this last year as we got it too late for summer, but with spring being here I'm really getting into this! 8/10

meaning of Love - After Sunrise?! I like this, it's typical Ayu, but it sounds very different in places at the same time - kinda confusing! 7/10

You Were... - A nice strong winter ballad, right in Ayu's comfort zone! Not the best, and far from being the worst. This was the song that I listened to after meeting Ayu and cried - so it's got a sentimental place now. 8/10

RED LINE ~for TA~ [album version] - I really like this song, and the a capella at the end it really touching, even if sort of weak in vocal power - but I love the sentiment nevertheless. I love the lyrics to this song too, they go right to my heart right now. 9/10

Overall: 8/10 I like it less than Secret, more than GUILTY and about the same as NEXT LEVEL - but for totally different reasons.

[perfectodub]

favorite songs:
Sexy Little Thing - Don't Look Back - Last Link - meaning of Love

least favorites:
microphone - count down - BALLAD

Microphone - i think "kiss o kill" or"talking 2 myself" are better songs than this
the song have so many breaking points and melody twists (?) that i can get into for now 6/10

count down - is like guilty...even worst,,,,i don't like it...even i delete this song from my player 3/10

Sunset~LOVE is ALL~ - I Love this song, soft melody and give me a sweet feeling 8/10

BALLAD - i don't like it...for me is really boring and the melody is very similar to a lot of japanese songs 5/10

Last Links - great...perfect and so positive, was a big surprise..one of my favorites 10/10

Don't look back - is a great song,,very simple, with a great electronic feel, 9/10

Lady Dynamite - Good Song,,is very MATRIX music style...i love the bridge!
i think this song will be one of my favorites in the near future 8/10

Sexy little things - for me the BEST SONG OF THE ALBUM ..no comments is just perfect and i can't stop to listen it. 10/10

Sunrise~LOVE is ALL~ - very catchy! but one point beyond Sunset 7/10

meaning of Love - this songs was a surprise too..because i read a lot of bad comments about this song...but is awesomet! i love the melody..the long chorus is great! 9/10

You Were... -strong ballad, i'm not really into the chorus..but the rest is very good 8/10

RED LINE ~for TA~ i love this songs since "you were..CD-SINGLE" is one of my favorite "closing concert type song" like MY ALL and Who.... 9/10

PV microphone: the ony thing that i like about this video is the link with SLT PV. 6/10

PV Sexy Little T: I JUST LOVE IT!... i love creepy, plastic and wear things.. 10/10

PV Don't Look Now: is good...but i think the video need an additional segment, because is a little boring watch ayu seating there, and standing smiling front of the big picture. 8/10

PV Lady Dinamite: The first part, on the line is so long..and repetitive, then the video is awesome 9/10

[dreamland2.0]

Finally I can review
These are my thoughts listening to it for the first time

The Introduction: Very cheesy but obviously it's meant to be in this style.. I like the epic note at the end..

Microphone: I love this song a whoolleee lot!! It's great!!! Thank you Yuta Nakano <3
Epic arrangement and catchy melody!!! (and engrish)

countdown: this song makes me sad because the verses are AMAZING!! But the chorus falls short Still a very good song nonetheless... I like the arrangement of it... I like the different style of chorus near the end.

Sunset ~Love is all~: I have always thought this was a very pretty song and I love the way she sings it. Sounds a bit misplaced here though... however it's nice to have it first and nowhere near Sunrise as I thing it;s downfall in the single was that it was right after Sunrise.

BALLAD: Still a beautiful song!!! Love the last note!! Fits nice after Sunset... I think I'll like the pacing of this album

Last Links: ooo acoustic guitar!! love it!!! ooo strings!!! even better! I love this arrangement a lot!!!!! Not a very strong melody though... This reminds me a bit of It was in a way... I do like this song... love the yeah yeahs!!!

Montage: Scary!!! Why wasn't this the Intro??

Don't Look Back: I LOVE this song! From the cm I didn't really like it but full version is sooo good!! (thanks again Yuta and also CMJK) I love the arrangement and the good melody line!!!

Jump!: ooo great!! I love it!! great job CMJK!! It sounds like it's from a concert!

Lady Dynamite: I love the arrangement in this one too!! All around the melody is nice... again I like the verses better but the chorus is pretty catchy... I shall try to forget the PV it has... X_X

Sexy Little Things: Also love the arrangement and a VERY catchy melody (Nobita-kun stay with Ayu forever please!!) How she sings it - well I shall have to get used to it... the song reminds me of the Inspector Gadget theme and the Triplets of Belleville song Weird ending....

Sunrise ~Love is all~: Fits in here great!! All the arrangement styles fit so well! I still love this song!!

meaning of Love: oh it's really sweet!! Like a better version of days!! Very Disney! I really like it!!! Reminds me a bit of Untitled ~for her~... I really like it!!! Sounds just very Guilty ish I think... like it could be on GUILTY.... OMG I love it more and more as it goes on! Great great great! Thank you Tetsuya Yukumi and HIKARI!!! Perfect for an encore song...

You were...: Fits great after meaning of Love!! I've grown to enjoy this song but the chorus is still just okay... there's just something that holds me back from fully enjoying this song... not sure what it is... still, a good song! I love the whole end bit...

Red Line ~for TA~: ooo sweet the arrangement sounds really spiced up! (oh guess who did it? <3) I love this song... it's so cute and a perfect closer for this album!! Nice to end on a positive note!! Reminds me of Duty with girlish that way... ooo I love the end!! OMG... ;_; and the organ.... incredible!! Amazing!!

PVs

One thing overall: she wears an awful lot of contacts XD

Single PVS: still like em especially BALLAD!! <3 I'm so glad to have it on DVD now!

Sexy Little Things: Creepy blood... hmmm I like it... but nothing much happens... except the cool guitar smashing XD I do like how it connects to....

Microphone: Very weird.... wasn't what I was expecting... Ayu looked awesome though!! And I especially like the part with her family, and all the special effects... too many weird people though XD

Don't Look Back: My favourite!!! Totally awesome!! I just wish I hadn't seen so many spoilers before... cause I knew what was happening in it already >_> I really love how Ayu looks in it!! The blue contacts really freaked me out!!

Lady Dynamite: .......... uh.... I'm not sure what I just watched 0_o XD
very fun? Maro looked hot <3 and Subaru looked so cute!! And Ayu looked amazing too! But it was really weird to watch XD

Overall: I love the photobook!! The arrangements of the songs are all amazing!!! It's just the melodies that I have troubles with... however I know that this album will grow on me! I really like it... It has incredible flow! The PVs are really interesting! I know I will enjoy watching them again (maybe not Lady Dynamite... well only for Maro XD)
I'm still not sure whether I love love this album... for the moment I like Next Level more but it's definitely not a bad album, it's really enjoyable! I'm really looking forward to listening to it again!!

OMG sorry about the ridiculously long post... X_X

[Mai82Go]

I've been listening to Rock'n'Roll Circus since I got it on Tuesday. Didn't listen to any leaks before, so a lot of songs were new for me. Although they were new I kind of feel like I've heard them all before somehow. Compared to NEXT LEVEL, I think atm, I still like NEXT LEVEL more. I don't know, it's not like I hate or dislike the album, but I feel no excitement for it either. I will listen to it more, sometimes I change my mind about an album 1 year later even. (happened with GUILTY, for example) I really don't know why but right now I feel very indifferent about Rock'n'Roll Circus.

[jbrat2219]

Am I the only one who doesn't like her vocals in the chorus of Last Links?

[jbrat2219]

I always feel like my opinion is opposite everyone else!

People love Last Links chorus, I find it odd. People think count down's chorus is weak, I think it's so strong if it punched me in the gut all the wind would be knocked out of me lol.

[Insanity1240]

Dont look back is my favorite song on the album and then BALLAD (my favorite single and PV of all time )

I reeeeeeeallllllyyyy like Microphone, Sexy little things, and Lady Dynamite
Last links and countdown really havnt hit me yet =\ maybe i need to listen to them more?

Like jbrat2219 said, Days is untouchable. But BALLAD is the only exception

I love this album and it is definetly one of my favorite! I didnt listen to any leaks so I was really surprised by how good each track was!

[Mirrorcle Monster]

meaning of love is really beautiful...

[pepper]

I just read in some polish most famous gossip site, that the most horrible polish artist (Doda :/) called her tour "Rock'n'Roll Palace" and the intro is so horrible. Damn, i hate music from my country.

[mi|kshake]

I love Countdown (love the guitar and drums!) and Don't Look Back

mi|kshake~

[xyz72]

I really like the album, not her best, but really good. Great PVs, amazing photos and mostly really good songs. Still waiting for my copy though, so the past 16 days I haven't listened to songs from the album
I might post a longer review later.

[neuteka]

I recieved mine on Wednesday, and I was waiting until I gave it a few listens to write my review.

THE introduction- I can't put my finger on it, but I really like this track. It gives me a since of being in some surreal place, and it is a pretty good altogether opener in my opinion. I can definitely see why people don't like it, but It is cool that she tried something different in this opening 9/10

Microphone- when I first heard the preview for it, I liked it but not too much. After a few listens to the real thing, I started to really enjoy it, and I am so in love with how emotional she sounds, like she just wants to rip everything up ( lol ) +1for the organs! 10/10

Count Down- I really love the dark/somber feeling in the beginning, and that feeling comes again at the end when there is that few seconds of A cappella. The verses are okay and the chorus and is okay the first 2 times, but it really makes up at the third and fourth time. 8/10

Sunset: Love is All - This track is very pretty, and it gives a warm feeling of summer. Her vocals are also very good in this track. 8/10

Ballad- What can I say about this track... the asian orchestra mixed with her raw emotion couldn't be a better mix together. Simply beautiful.
10/10

Last Links- I don't remember this track too much,( I think I have listened to it 3 times) but I remember liking it. Hopefully it will grow on to me. 6/10

Montage- pretty much what I said about THE introducion. It ties in with the next song well. 8/10

Don't Look Back this song makes me think of luigi's final smash in SSBB hahaha with that out of the way, I feel like I am floating on clouds when I listen to this song ( the first part anyway) and then it gets really intense without sounding bipolar. The visual of the music video made me REALLY like this song, but it is a nice song on its own, too. 10/10

Jump!- Makes me want to jump myself. I find it so catchy, and perfect before the next song ( again ) 8/10

Lady Dynamite-seeing the video a month ago really did not help with my oppinion of this song (lol) I liked it, but the pv made me stay away from it. Now I enjoy it thoroughly. 9/10

Sexy Little Things- I always dance a little even when I am sitting down whenever I hear this song. I am so addicted to it since it is crazy, cute, funky, and all without being annoying. ( but hey, when has any ayu song annoyed me?..) 10/10

Sunrise: Love is All- A very fun and catchy song. Though it isn't super special, it has a special place in my heart 9/10

Meaning of Love A cute and pretty song ( from what I remember ^^U ) I hope that I fall more in love with this song with every listen 7.5 /10

You Were... I don't care what anyone says, this song is packed with so much emotion that I just want to start crying by the end. Her voice isn't the best, but I never really cared about ayus vocal level in any of her songs 9.5/10

Red Line: for TA (Album Version)- A nice catchy song that is starting growing on me. It reminds me of MY ALL, which I really love 8/10


Over all, this album was really great. It felt really short because I was DYING to hear and see the leaked music videos, so there were only 3 new full tracks for me. That isn't really a problem, though.

9/10

[Sexylittlethings]

I absolutely love the Lady Dynamite PV and greatly appreciate Ayu acknowledging her gay fans. ^^ This may sound stupid but just because of that I fell in love with her again all over hahah.

[Mai82Go]

I listened to it a few more times. I really like Microphone. Especially the little elephant trumpet! I didn't even notice it before, it's so londonish (Elephant & Castle, haha) and fits the circus so much. Elephant!! Great.

My other two favourites (besides the single songs, I'm not going into them, because it's been done before) are count down and Last Links, although the latter reminds me a little of Heartplace. Don't look back is nice, but not my favourite. Lady Dynamite and Sexy little things are not what I expected and somehow I have problems liking them. And I think Sexy little things would've worked better on NEXT LEVEL with its videogamish sound effects. meaning of love is cute but she has loads of better ballads.

I still prefer NEXT LEVEL to Rock'n'Roll Circus.

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Am I the only one who doesn't like her vocals in the chorus of Last Links?

you're not alone. I hate how rough, harsh, choppy and forced they sound... especially when the lyrics are REALLY opposite of such a sound, you know? it doesn't really register , but I still enjoy listening to the song.

[noisy_harmony]

Originally Posted by ♥pepicolada

I just read in some polish most famous gossip site, that the most horrible polish artist (Doda :/) called her tour "Rock'n'Roll Palace" and the intro is so horrible.

OMG WTF REALLY?


... I wouldn't be shocked if she heard about Ayu's album. And if the rumour that some "fantastic disco singer" cried watching fairyland PV were true. :/


Going off of OT, I don't like Last Links' chorus too.

[love in music]

I love the chorus to Last Links. It reminds me of Gackts voice.