L'Arc~en~Ciel
- Awake

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Note: 7/10, because it's not so great, really.

Awake isn't a bad album, but... they're the kind of songs that will quickly get into your mind, I would even say probably too quickly: when you listen to it for the first time it sounds good/pleasant (the general atmosphere is mostly positive: the kind of album you enjoy for beginning your day in a good mood), but I wouldn't be surprised if it got a little boring within a few months... Too bad they don't try to play a little more with melodies, instead of just "playing it easy" as soon as they find an easy sound/riff: there are a lot of interesting parts... but under-used! They play on rythms though, but as they're always the same kind of rhythms... I always prefer when a band plays on melodies, not rythms, so it doesn't speak to me so much, no big news!
One very good song still: My Dear, seventh song of the album, excellently "built", Hyde finally uses his voice in a different way (while he can do so many things with his voice, he uses it nearly always the same way throughout the album (notes/effects), which is quite frustrating!), ok I admit you feel/hear the damages of cigarettes (...and others...), but it's still really good! And -here- they play with the melody first, then with the rhythm a little! And the result is absolutely great!


Track-list:

1- New World
2- Lost Heaven
3- Jojoshi
4- Trust
5- Killing Me
6- As one
7- My Dear
8- Existence
9- Jiyu e no Shotai
10- Ophelia
11- Hoshizora
12- Twinkle, twinkle


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