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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | October 26th 20 |
Oh sweet sweet Ichiko, will you leave my heart alone? This time bringing some Spanish influences into her guitar playing, Ichiko sounds warmer than before on "Imperial Smoke Town", and it's the best counterbalance to how mellow and soothing her voice is. Of course, like every Ichiko album, it's quite monotonous. It's beautiful and delicate, yes, but a tad monotonous.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | September 27th 20 |
Starts off extremely strong, but looses a bit of steam midway. Although it takes its time tos tart, 1's intro is extremely well crafted, hinting at a complex track that is full of depths, ideas, and Iberic influences as seen in her debut but not so much in the second album. A very powerful track that makes you want to learn it on the guitar. 2-3 are magical Ichiko material, and are followed by the magical, slightly flamenco-ey instrumental 4. The lack of an instrumental track to rest for the singing was my only issue with the first album, and at this one this green opus feels like a 4.0-4.1 even, certainly a contender for my favourite Ichiko so far. Sadly, the second half never picks quite back up. Although still relatively intricate and still very pretty, 5-8 feel simpler folk songs, lacking a bit of the magic the first half had. The pause starting off 8 and its abrupt conclusion show what I mean by the record feeling less well crafted and thought out in its second half which feels a lot more like the prior album. Overall and because this is quite literally halfway between the first and second album, I'd call this a 3.85
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| 3.7 great | Ryan P STAFF | November 1st 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | K3nsei69 | February 28th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | November 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Pangea | October 6th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | hamid95 | January 30th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xenoflux | February 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Emo | February 18th 21 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | January 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lucman | May 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | January 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | November 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pingston | February 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | heyadam | December 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | November 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | September 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jade | June 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt | May 31st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vaakum | July 7th 15 |
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