I might think different if I had more Maaya's albums (I don't listen to songs in album groups, except if I happen to have the cd itself), but with a quick look at the song list, I find atleast five songs I do like a lot. Though, from Lucy I can say I like six - suprisingly hard to try to imagine what an album sounds like as one piece when you've never listened the songs in a particular order.
I have to disagree with Park Amsterdam, since I didn't like the original version: the whole story atleast had more reason to listen to it. Otherwise it'd have been just another quiet song on the album. All the quiet songs you mentioned, they're ones I don't listen much, ie. tend to skip when they start playing from the playlist if I'm not on a listening mood. Scrap ~ Wakare no Uta gets even more rude action, I often skip it immediately when it starts playing
I find it interesting they started advertising the album with Hikari Are, since it is most like the older stuff, yet the album itself is quite different. Hmm, anyone happens to know Japanese opinions? Actually, I don't know pretty much anything of Maaya's Japanese fan base.
Anyways, what do you think are the possibilities Maaya goes back to her older style? (seriously, I think I don't know enough by myself to have much idea or even guesses on this)
This message have been written when extremely tired after only some five hours of sleep :maayagrin:
