Ever since hearing this CD for the first time, I've found it very infectious!  Songs like "Broken Computer" and "Fly Back To The UK" will have you singing along time and time again.  There isn't a single flaw with this album, and it just shows that Mari's passion for creating breathtaking music knows no bounds!  Anyone who hasn't heard this release yet truly doesn't know what they're missing.
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With its slightly PG rated lyrics, "Broken Computer" was the song that brought me to revisit Mari Iijima's mysp*ce page regularly, kind of like you would tune into a radio station. But when I finally bought the album, I found a much more beautiful pop tune on there, that really should have been the first single (if things like that still existed): "Crush". That song should be all over the radio. "Fly Back To the UK" and "Love Goes Around the World" are other current favourites on this disc. In retrospect, I like this album better than its two immediate predecessors. It's a very enjoyable mixture of pure American pop, J-Pop and electronica elements.
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I listened to Uncompromising Innocence today.
Wow... I hardly know what to say.
It's deep. It's sexy. It's passionate. 
It's honest. It is... uncompromising.
"Swim" touches me in an especially strong way. 
Am I enjoying it? Yes. Very, very much.
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最初に聴いた時はそれほどでもなかったんですが、何度か聴いているうちにだんだんなじんできて良くなってきましたよ。やっぱり飯島真理さんの音楽はいいですね。私は彼女の音楽、歌声が好きです。これからも良い音楽、歌を作り続けてください。
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