Mini Album With the Quality of a Full Length Album

Even in releasing a mini-album, Ayu does not fail to deliver the golden nugget. I simply love everything about this album from the direction of the jacket and booklet art to the actual content. On this album are an assortment of diverse songs ranging from emotional and guitar driven ballads to typical, though no less superb, pop songs that our songstress is known for. Opening the album is the very upbeat "ANGEL'S SONG", followed by the upbeat summer tune "Greatful days". Both are very catchy songs that immediately catch the attention of the listener and draws him or her in. It then leads into the rock song "Because of You", driven by heavy guitars and drumming. The next song "ourselves" is a favorite for me because it's so unique and stands out among other songs she's done. She really does a great job with the chorus; it's extremely catchy and takes some skill and genius to make it come out as good as it did. Concluding the album are very excellent ballads. "HANABI ~episode II~" is a follow-up of the previous year's "HANABI". It still manages to maintain that forlorn and ethereal feeling with a unique chorus thrown in, but differs greatly with the original because of the fact; they perfectly contrast each other. One of her warmest and most well-done winter ballads "No way to say" appears on here, further enhancing the value and quality of "Memorial address". It is followed up by "forgiveness", a summer ballad with an air of beauty and mystery about it, as implied in the PV. Concluding this album is its title track, which some might argue stands out among the rest. Up until this album, it is probably one of the most emotional ballads she has ever done due to the nature of its lyrics and the way the emotions are amplified by the guitars and drumming. What makes this album so special is the style she does each type of song in. For example, there may be four or so different ballads on here, but each of them is done differently, ranging from the use of string instruments to guitars to keyboards etc. Then you have songs like "ourselves" which would fit into a class of its own for its uniqueness. In the eight songs she serves up, a full album's worth of quality burgeons forth.