THOUGHTS ON "SECRET" :30 PREVIEWS...

[fireworks501]

1. NOT YET - - this is what i wish the next ayumi album would sound like. hard techno at the end, sounds like 'connected' mixed with 'game'. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

2. UNTIL THAT DAY - - great! fast! different! rockish, direct! this sound is fresh.

3. STARTIN' - - same startin' as we've had since this time last year...

4. 1 LOVE - - i like this more than in the CMs. strong chorus and direction. rockish. I LOVE what she does with her voice at the end of the chorus.

5. IT WAS - - nice! this sounds like a DECENT ending theme to an anime.

6. LABRYINTH - - interesting instrumental. sounds like some of her other interludes, not as creepy as some of the past ones, though.

7. JEWEL - - maybe it'll grow on me, maybe it won't. i still don't dig it.

8. MOMENTUM - - not as much of a ballad! i am looking forward to this. this is ayu pre-dating RAINBOW and I AM... - the strong background beat is fantastic and makes it sound a lot like her older songs. uses slight bits of traditional japanese instrumentation.

9. TASKINST - - decent, rocky, i like it. i've always liked these interludes...

10. BORN TO BE - - ugh, sounds like a song for the olympics. really don't like it. haven't liked it. never will like it.

11. BEAUTIFUL FIGHTERS - - well, this song is always delightful.

12. BLUE BIRD - - as is this song.

13. KISS O' KILL - - finally, a rock ballad! - that doesn't rely on production! hell to the yes!

14. SECRET - - sorry, not digging it. i was hoping i would. this is a generic ballad, worse than no way to say or, dare i say it, carols. nothing makes this sound out. awful way to end a really good album.

ALL SAID AND DONE... I AM EXCITED. for the first time since RAINBOW... seriously.

thoughts?

ps. all of these tracks sound 10,000 times better considering that last year this time we were trying to convince ourselves that we really LIKED bold&delicious/pride. thank god that's over.

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