I've been a Scandal fan since BEST * SCANDAL (their major label debut), and I own all the import albums and even managed to see them live at Budokan (amazing show!). This, their second major label album and first of all-new material, is the perfect mix of "new" and "old" Scandal, and has a ton of great songs on it.A lot of old-school Scandal fans like me think there's just something cool about these four Japanese high school girls playing hard rock music. Well, by Temptation Box they had "graduated" into the real world but they still stayed basically true to their roots. Their music and look reflects that on this album, although the compositions (written by others for them, as is the norm for female rock bands in Japan) had definitely become a bit poppier already than those on BEST * SCANDAL.Still, the combination of these somewhat poppier compositions mixed with the raw appeal of their early years led to some of their classic live show staples like "Everybody Say Yeah!" and "Aitai", some cute new musical styles like "Shojo M" and "Namida no Regret" (their first ballad) while still allowing them to just flat-out rock on tracks like "Shunkan Sentimental". Their improved musicianship also shows through on this album on tracks like "Hi Hi Hi", where Tomomi shows off her Red Hot Chili Peppers-inspired slapping technique.It's saying something that despite another all-original album in the meantime, when I saw them at Budokan in 2012, they opened with "Shunkan Sentimental" and "Everybody Say Yeah!" from Temptation Box.Honestly, if you're new to Scandal and trying to decide which album to start with, it really should be this one. It's got a lot of catchy songs, a lot of hard rocking songs and it serves as a bridge between the two "eras" of Scandal that we've seen so far (early raw hard rock band, and later polished pop/rock band). I think this is the essence of Scandal.