Before listening to the album, I was a little annoyed that they decided to put that many b-sides and previously released songs (they put the complete Kakusei Sprechchor single on there :/) on the album, but after listening to the actual album, all the songs flowed really really well and I guess their decision made sense, even though I would have preferred more new songs.
Now a couple of words about the individual songs:
1. prelude - LOVE the opening! Ryuusei is basically my favourite AYABIE song and this little instrumental version sounded amazing 8/10
2. RISE - The typical energetic album opener. The chorus is really catchy. 8/10
3. Reflector - They actually remade the whole song and the new vocals sound far more powerful than the single version's. A great song has become even greater! Loving it. 9/10
4. Kakusei Sprechchor - Great song, insanely catchy chorus. 9/10
5. Niji - Probably my least favourite song out of the new ones. The song itself was okay, but I felt it was lacking something... 5/10
6. LOVE SONG - Kinda sounded like some old-school anime opening, but not in a bad way. 8/10
7. Paradise Paradox - Typical Yumehito song and probably the spiritual successor of Cubic'[L/R]ock and Hi-Fi. Love it! 10/10
8. Merry-Go-Round - I liked the song ever since KY from Ayabie posted the demo on their myspace. 8/10
9. Koma - A cool rock song, but not really memorable (yet) 7/10
10. SICs - Pretty heavy song, almost DEATHBIE-like. Really cool! 8/10
11. HERO - My least favourite b-side... 5/10
12. Season - Sweet summery song. Not bad. 6/10
13. Ryuusei - Their best single by far. Beautiful arrangement! 10/10
Overall: 7,8 / 10
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