With an honest examination, I think the main thing that disappoints me is that it really has nothing to do with angels and devils like HYDE said months before the album's release. Did he make it up on the spot? Really? To me, the album holds a more consistent theme of living life to the fullest and letting your loved ones know how you feel about them, lest you regret not doing so later. A great message for sure, but was not exactly what I was expecting.

As far as music goes, the only real problem I have is that none of the songs (with the exception of the singles, MY FIRST LAST, and one or two others) really end as much as just stop. This is fine for hard rock songs like VAMP ADDICTION, but for sweet ballads like PIANO DUET, it sort of leaves you with a feeling of missing something.

Other than that, I can't really complain too much unless I see the lyrics and find something I -really- don't like (thus far, I'm not disappointed though). It's a pretty solid album. I can't say I prefer it to the previous album, and on the other hand I can't say I prefer the previous album to this one. There are some songs I like better there, some songs I like better here. Neither of them are really superior over the other.