RAINBOW [Limited Edition]

RAINBOW was originally released back in December 2002, but it's an absolute masterpiece, one that's often underrated by other great albums like "I am..." or "Duty". Its opening intro track "everlasting dream" begins with Ayu telling the listener that she's giving us "a box of dreams", which lyrics continue this theme throughout the album. The album explores themes of identity with Real me, while delving into numerous others like ones of hope and love through many great mixes of different unique, beautiful and fun tracks. None are skippable for me whatsoever. It'd be very difficult for me to choose some personal favorites. The audio quality on this release is absolutely exceptional!! Even the cover and artwork inside and out is beautiful. The package itself and paper insert are done in the silky glossy feel that recreates the packaging of the original CD release from more than 2 decades ago. The slip insert itself features the album cover and when flipped open includes the lyrics and credits printed as they were in the original booklet recreating the backside of it as well. The vinyls themselves aren't colored ones sadly. They're the regular black. However, the label image in the middle on each side recreates the design and color of the original CD disk, which is just gorgeous. The inner fold recreates the first page of the lyrics booklet with a photo of Ayu with her hair tied back, and her head and neck in a rainbow of different colored feathers to the left and the album name and tracklist on the right. Highly recommend picking this up and adding it to your collection!!