Rediscovering (Or Discovering!) MY STORY...

[BanFan]

A "little" story about how I discovered how MY STORY was surprisingly good! What about you...?
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At first, I only listened to the singles, and the site samples of the MY STORY album tracks...

From just those two things, I thought it was bad except save Moments and CAROLS. But strangly enough, just a few days ago, over 5 months since the album came out, I decided to D/L it so I'd have some songs on my new mp3 player. Wow, I was blown away...

The only other tracks I had heard were About You (which I hated because I focused too much on my hatred of the recycled PV) and Hope or Pain Classical (which I liked a little). I also heard Liar which I somehow had lying around on a CD-rw. I actually liked Liar a lot, and I think that sparked some curiousity...

After listening to the interludes, then Replace, then About You again, Winding Road, Walking Proud, My name's WOMEN, Honey and the not so good Humming 7/4 and Happy Ending I was really impressed. Hearing the original Hope or Pain opposed to the Classical one was nice, even though I like both.

Replace, winding road, About You and Honey all turned out a lot nicer that what the samples showed. I found myself humming along to My name's WOMEN, Replace and About You and realized this is actually a really good album. I also like all the singles now. The only tracks I don't like are Happy Ending and Humming 7/4...

Of the albums I've heard all the way through this is how I'd rank it...

1.I am...
2.Memorial address
3.MY STORY
-Duty (Heard 1/2 sampled the rest)
-LOVEppears (^same^)
4.RAINBOW

And sadly, I think Duty and LOVEppears lacked anything good other than the singles. It's funny that I've always thought they were really good, but I've never even heard them and just sort of went by other peoples' opinions...

Some may not agree and still don't like it, but for me this was a big awakening. I'm glad I didn't completely give up just after hearing the samples or else I would have missed out. I'll be buying this album Overseas Version this summer.
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Did anyone else who doubted this album's worth try it out and find something really nice when expecting a dud?