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Ayumi Hamasaki: The Rate - Part I [Greatful days]


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  On 9/18/2024 at 5:31 AM, Kyle-x said:

Oh absolutely :jonny: this one is cute too

 

 

The cropping they did on these 8cm single covers is crazy

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not  R U S T :rofl:

whoa, but when I went in the app it looked like the full pic all squashed :thing:

 

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Oh, here's the full pic from Spotify, but yeah, the way their platform handles non-square images is really something :rip:

 

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  On 9/18/2024 at 5:35 AM, Curaga said:

not  R U S T :rofl:

whoa, but when I went in the app it looked like the full pic all squashed :thing:

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Her face is barely visible or entirely cropped out on the other 7 :rip: 

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Thanks for the help on the rate everyone!

 

By the way, this song never gets her flowers or even a mention and its sad because its lyrically, vocally and musically more interesting:

 

 

TBH it skeeves me out a bit that this song might be about Max Maatsura's old creepy ass, but as someone with daddy issues I guess I understand her

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What song isn't about Matsuura is the question

 

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This is kinda cute.

 

 

A BALLADS lowkey doing the damn thing.

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  On 9/18/2024 at 5:35 AM, Curaga said:

not  R U S T :rofl:

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and if I said that was a more accurate title for it?

 

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  On 9/18/2024 at 3:51 PM, Graves said:

and if I said that was a more accurate title for it?

 

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  On 8/23/2024 at 10:47 PM, Graves said:

I'll give you POWDER SNOW, Trust and the title track.

 

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wait I thought you liked that one :priceless: I'm kind of afraid to see your scores for her debut lol

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oop, not the clocking. you got me gal, I just wanted to throw some shade.

 

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  On 9/18/2024 at 4:00 PM, Graves said:

oop, not the clocking. you got me gal, I just wanted to throw some shade.

 

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I learned from the best :gaycat4:

 

  On 9/18/2024 at 3:48 PM, Graves said:

This is kinda cute.

 

 

A BALLADS lowkey doing the damn thing.

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The melodies from her debut are just so good :jonnycat:

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The melodies of the debut might be cute... but then the vocals and the infomercial / AM news broadcast instrumentals come up and... you're snapped back into reality

 

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Aw I think the instrumentals are charming :emofish: Even if they're dated... part of the charm for me, but I also get it nn

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  On 9/18/2024 at 3:48 PM, Graves said:

This is kinda cute.

 

 

A BALLADS lowkey doing the damn thing.

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A BALLADS is that girl :jonny: 

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Naturally "dolly remix" is truly one of the best remixes of ha career whew. They need to sort it out on streaming so I can link a better quality version than this video ddd.

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I don't care about vocals that much but A song for xx would greatly benefit from a Taylor's Version, I'll say that

 

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  On 9/19/2024 at 6:44 AM, Suilen said:

I don't care about vocals that much but A song for xx would greatly benefit from a Taylor's Version, I'll say that

 

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The new vocal versions on A BEST are so good, wish she would've added POWDER SNOW to the line-up

 

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But there is something special about the debut album's unpolished vocals. Really speaks to where she was at the time and how she was such a true ingénue, it's charming in its own way. The narrative arc of her career is very compelling 

 

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I can get over the vocals on debut. It's the production killing half of the song cold dead for me.

 

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Well, I think that Kikuchi has the best songs on the album (Depend on you, As if...), and he also produced Kumiko's TAKE BACK and Trust Your Love. But then he was responsible for that Kana-sounding song on MY STORY and Beautiful Fighters, so I have to cast doubt on his genius.

 

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  On 9/19/2024 at 5:11 AM, Kyle-x said:

 

 

Naturally "dolly remix" is truly one of the best remixes of ha career whew. They need to sort it out on streaming so I can link a better quality version than this video ddd.

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omg and that still alone remix right after it

 

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never seen an artist with so many killer remixes before!

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Any NOTHING from NOTHING stans?

 

I'm compketing the rate to A Song for XX, but I'd be lying if I didnt admit it lost some points due to NfN existing. Its funny because she sounds so much more like she does in Duty vically compared to her official debut imo. 

 

Limit, Paper Doll and the title track are the standout tracks for me. There's charm to these songs, and it being an Ayu rap album is kind of crazy but it works.

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  On 9/19/2024 at 11:13 AM, Suilen said:

Well, I think that Kikuchi has the best songs on the album (Depend on you, As if...), and he also produced Kumiko's TAKE BACK and Trust Your Love. But then he was responsible for that Kana-sounding song on MY STORY and Beautiful Fighters, so I have to cast doubt on his genius.

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Beautiful Fighters, if there was an example of a way to kill all momentum in an album, you'd just have to press play on that song

 

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We'll get to pineapple madness in part two, don't make me acknowledge her before then :biblio:

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  On 9/19/2024 at 1:59 PM, Invisibility said:

Beautiful Fighters, if there was an example of a way to kill all momentum in an album, you'd just have to press play on that song

 

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I'll raise you one: Liar-HOPE or PAIN- Happy Ending.

 

That section is midtempo ballad hell and brings MY STORY to a slogggg

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ntm on Liar, I like that one :suburban:

 

but yeah, MY STORY track list has a few points where you're listening to the same boring song like three times in a row 

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HOPE or PAIN is one of my fave songs on MY STORY dd. I like the MY STORY songs individually but taking it down in one swing your interest can't help but wane a bit :suburban:

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