Track Listing
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PUZZLE
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Revive
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THE ROSE ~melody in the sky~ “Live Rehearsal Session”
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PUZZLE -instrumental-
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Revive -instrumental-
1. PUZZLE
I don’t think I would’ve believed Mai to pull something like this. I mean it starts with a door shutting and something rapping with Mai. There’s a lot of synth in this song…moreso than a bunch of other tracks. I think she could’ve done without the guy, but this song is definitly super and one of the memorable ones.
2. Revive
Revive though simply brings some more life into the single by sounding latin once again. I’ve always liked her latin tracks and Revive does not disappoint at all. It might be a little bland in originality and it might just be a little boring, but I can’t resist getting up and dancing along with the song.
3. THE ROSE ~melody in the sky~ “Live Rehearsal Session”
Remember this track from Mai’s sophomore album, “PERFECT CRIME”? Well, I do since I reviewed that last, hahaha. If you remember, THE ROSE is a short track over 2 minutes and featured all English lyrics. Instead of the cute strings and such, it’s replaced with an all-out acoustic feel and Mai obviously resang this as well because her English has definitly gotten better with this song and she sounds real nice. Great touch on an old song.
Yes! Mai-K’s first single of the new era kicked things off great. PUZZLE was definitly fresh and surprisingly really good especially after “touch Me!” this was great. Revive was alright, maybe a little too easy to guess but good otherwise and going back to revisit an older track and make it better was amazing. It isn’t the perfect single, but it’s really good.
I totally agree with your review. Mai sounds and looks more mature than before. I hope she has more good songs coming this year. Around a dozen a year seems a little too few for a big fan like me.
It’s a nice CD cover. I will have to listen to it.