Jrock-kodama  |  none  |  不明  |  30/September/2012

I was looking forward to my pre-ordered copy of this album to come in the mail after how good the original ”MISS TAKE” (song) was.... and when ”Yumemiru Uchuu” finally arrived, I was deeply disappointed. A few of the songs were so bad I had to skip over them. The compositions feel rushed and passionless, just to put out something this year; the studio work was muddy (with the exception of ”夢路”, which was the only song that interested me in the album), and somehow even ”MISS TAKE” got the timing butchered. Generally the whole album is out of touch and dated, with a retro 70’s early 80’s rock influence. Heavy hints of old Bay City Rollers’s style. The presentation (contents, packaging) seems like a major downgrade from the quality and content of ”MISS TAKE”. I’ve been struggling with what I was going to say for my HMV review now for over a week, because I just didn’t like it... and I am a passionate BUCK-TICK fan. I haven’t gotten around to checking out the lyrics, but I’m hoping that those at least will be a redeeming factor... this is purely based on the sound and look of it. Wish I’d gotten it on iTunes and saved the money this time.