HAH.I wouldn't go as far as to say Utada is scum.But this album was rather shit on the lyrical side more than anything else.At least Tippy Toe and Hotel Label took some level of higher deduction to enjoy the song to the fullest.I like Dirty Desire and all but "During my 5-9,I'm thinking 6 and 9,I gotta make you mine..." is not clever for Utada.That's not clever for myself even.It's predictable.A&C and This One are run-of-the-mill R&B songs,like someone threw up some Monica/Boyz2Men hits from the 90s and tried to feed it to us with more percussion.Come Back to Me sounds like it was originally written for a man to sing.Like Trey Songz or Genuwine to be exact.It's sucks none the less.And Automatic part 2!!!!I can't even think of a way to say it's bad...no analogy.....It's just (censored)ing bad.But not as bad as "Me Muero"...the story within the song is hard to take seriously with that rehashed composition and horrific overuse form of lyrical delivery.Let alone the story of the song is similar to that of "Letters",and I dammit LOVE "Letters".Deep River as a whole was a masterpiece!On and On had the stupid hypeman gimmick,Taking my money back sounds like a Destiny's Child song....I hate the lyrics but oddly enough like DC's "Say my Name",I like that song.It's a guilty pleasure.Good Structure and Utada got use her vocals.But MCML-FYI,though still with some crippling lyrics,is the only GOOD/Utada song on this album.He has a right to his opinion like others have stated already,and though I felt that he let his anger with one of his favorite artist get the best of him.....He was right to say how he felt.Have you heard Automatic part 2 ppl?YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT POPPIN' IS A GOOD SONG!!!!It sounds like Lady GaGa is destined to pick that up for a sample!What the (censored) is she even talking about in this dam song?Are you shitting me?I don't like A LOT of songs on DIstance and First Love.But they aren't BAD!!!There were just songs that I liked much more than the rest!!!This album is trash with chopped ass for sprinkles.and Mods I apologize ahead of time.I see that you might have you editoral work set out for you with this one.