Party Queen in retrospect

[waterballoon]

still one of her worst and most disappointing album. every song was forgettable and bland... i only listen to Party queen, NaNaNa and Shake It cos they're catchy and fun. the rest of the songs are a snorefest (call, Letter, Return Road, etc). Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the other jazz song are not my cup of tea either. how beautiful you are is just "okay"... Tell me why is slightly better.

in retrospect, still a disappointment.

[hidekirby]

It's her second album (with FIVE) that I listened for 2 weeks and then stopped completely. It really lacks originality and soul. The last time I forced myself to listen to the whole thing, I couldn't help but think the majority of the songs were boring and uninteresting.
So yeah, nothing has changed, it's her worst album IMO.

Like it or not, she's got something great with the "jazz" segment, but it is lost in a bland mix of everything.

[Yoake]

I loved it when it was release & I love it again now. I even put Eyes, Smoke, Magic as my ringtone. ^^
It's one of her most varied album & one of her best. I'm eager to see all the songs in concert. ♥

[ayu_ready?]

no.

[mizuki-7]

I always like this album and I listen to several tracks like Na Na Na Na/Shake it/return road/reminds me/tell me why. Overall I think this album was pretty varied and was realised especially for her concerts so I understand why people don't like it !

[relmy]

I skip all the songs if they come up on shuffle, and even when it came out only 2 made it onto my mp3. They lasted about a week.

The album just left no impression on me, at all, it sways between bland and ridiculously over dramatic. I don't really like either.

[Utena]

I still like some of the tracks I liked when it was first released, and listen to it from time to time whenever I feel like it.
It's definitly not her best but it's pretty solid all in all.. I like too many songs to say it's terrible, but I don't love everything, which is rare for an ayumi album -at least for me-

++ NaNaNa, Letter, reminds me, Return Road, Tell Me Why, how beautiful you are
OK - Party Queen (used to hate this song, but I guess with time it sounds okay-ish), Shake it♥, call, the next LOVE
-- ESM + all interludes minor Serenade in A mirror

[Chibi-Chan]

At first I really loved Party Queen, but I haven't listened only once to it for the last 4 month or so.

[Midori-chan]

No, my opinion is still the same: it's the worst album from Ayu to date.

I have really tried to love it, but not one of the songs made a lasting impression on me. It's also the first Ayu album I haven't bought yet and will never buy.

[NintendoHTF1242]

^ Agree'd

idk what it is, but I just CANNOT get into this album. I thought I'd be that type of Ayu fan where I would hate the release at first then love it later (did that with NEXT LEVEL -> Love song); but Party Queen is just...idk :/

[Minttulatte]

I still love Party Queen from the bottom of my heart. That will probably never change. It's a album that really fits my personal music taste a lot, and that really impresses me. I was really surprised at how amazing it was. Rock'n'Roll Circus was the other album that made me feel this way. Party Queen and RnRC are both in my Top 5 personal favorite Ayu albums list so they must mean a lot to me.

[ExodusUK]

The album kinda depresses me, how can someone so right make something so wrong. Oh well, glad Ayu moves on quick from albums so no big loss.

[My Rainbow]

I love this album! One of my favourites.

[Leaf King]

I've recently grown fonder of it. I wasn't in the mood for it when it was released, but now I'm not bothered by it as much. It is by no means on the top of my list, but it has some good qualities.

[Delicious n Bold]

Because I listened to it everyday in march, the album somehow gives me nostalgia.
Not an 'inuyasha My will' type of nostalgia, but it's up there. Tell me why REAKS of nostalgia.

[gogirlanime]

I went from hating to loving it one month after it's release since about two months after it's release I haven't listened to it at all because I have been busy with other musicians. I have been madly in love with Chihiro Onitsuka the past 3 months, pretty much all I have been listening to since two months after Party Queen's release. My opinion has not changed

[Bitey]

I listen to this album a lot more and learn to like it. .
The first three songs have grown on me and I really love Return Road and Tell me why..
Everything after Tell Me Why I still dislike.

[darc_aqua]

The only thing worth going back to PQ for me is Return Road.

[No_Doubt]

Not a bad album overall, although kind of a mess.

First section is really cool electro-pop that gets annoying after a while. Middle section is typical Ayu rock stuff. It's nice, very polished. The cabaret section at the end is a failed experiment.

I still love the ****ty album artwork.

[hayasaki]

I don't think Party Queen is one of Ayu's worse albums. Every album got its own ups and downs. Perhaps one factor why Party Queen didn't left too much impression on me is its lack of promotion compared to her other albums. But like everyone else say, I still love a number of tracks from it. Party Queen for me is an okay album. Not best, not worst, not my favorite.

Letter, Call, Reminds Me and Return Road are the strongest tracks of this album In my opinion. I just can't stand her vocals in some. And Timmy's... oh well.... I won't just continue this statement. LOL