"Drunk" is amazing - I gave it a 9.5, and it's in my top 5 from "Impossible Princess". The production is excellent., which applies to the entire album. If the verses were a bit better, I would've given it a 10. The chorus, however, is awesome and really shines wth that beat. And, whew, that outro!
A very undeserving elimination, I'm a bit surprised it didn't even reach top 70.
"Dangerous Game" , on the other hand, is a perfectly fine elimination at this point. It's that typical mid-90's AC ballad that could be sung by anyone (who can sing) and the melody gives it away the most. It's just a bit boring and faceless to be conaiderd a big highlight. Also, I wish the melody assimilated a bit with the sadness of the lyrics. I do love the Bond-esque strings and the overall production, as well as her fantastic vocal perfornance and delivery.
I settled on a 7 in the end, which placed it in the bottom half of the album for me.
Interesting thing about the rate this time around is that 'Automatic Love' has beaten 'Where Is The Feeling? (Album Version)', 'Surrender' and 'Dangerous Game', when in the Deconstruction rate it fell before all of them!
That's what I was about to say!
As it should be. "Automatic Love" is definitely the best non-single from the album and I'm glad we collectively agreed on that.