A lot of these soul-inspired tracks are really derivative. It's hard to make a soul song that doesn't make someone go immediately "Marvin Gaye?"
Noudouteki Sanpunkan has enough soul and funk influences to get that question started, but then the chorus kicks in and it is pure Shiina.
Get Lucky is catchy as hell because Pharrell is a glorified jingle writer. But otherwise it is an extremely simple, inane, and repetitive song.
I can be more articulate but it is late and I'm going on a road trip tomorrow.
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