My album review based on the first listen:
01. On And On - 10/10
02. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI - 10/10
03. Apple And Cinnamon - 10/10
04. Taking My Money Back - 10/10
05. This One (Crying Like A Child) - 10/10
06. Automatic Part II - 9/10
07. Dirty Desire - 10/10
08. Poppin' - 8/10
09. Come Back To Me - 10/10
10. Me Muero - 10/10
Overall: 9.7/10
Letter Grade: A
Top 5 Tracks IMO:
05. Me Muero
04. This One (Crying Like A Child)
03. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
02. On And On
01. Dirty Desire
CC: Apple And Cinnamon
This album is a masterpiece
And listening to the lyrics (which Utada wrote all off) make you realize how much of a genius she really is.
She can take the most corniest lyric and make it perfection. This album takes so many ***** on 'Exodus'.
"Dirty Desire" MUST be the next single (though I wouldn't mind "On And On" or FYI being next) "BRING THAT BEAT BACK!" <3333.
And Automatic Part II is cool but its nothing comapred to the original. The entire album gave me a 90s vibe though but with a twist of "today" in it.
I really hope them pushing back the release in the U.S. means they're gonna promote more cause the material on this album DESERVES TO BE HEARD!