First of all, the album itself deserves far more than 5 stars, because the concepts, the music, the attitude with which Changmin delivers it is Pinnacle.

I ordered both versions, and the black one was immaculate. The red one however, was a little beat up in the upper corner of the spine. I can't say whether this was a shipping result or if it was like that before hand. It's possible the use of the velvet texture weakened that part of the spine. Plus the red one had a drop of glue between 2 of the pages which resulted in a bit of residue and light tearing.

Otherwise everything is beautiful. Definitely an album worth having in any collection.

An excellent release to start off 2022, and such a good follow up from his first mini!! Those 18 years of experience really show in these songs and Maniac is one of my new favorite songs 🤩 the album is also very good quality- the cover is velvet and the concepts are dope. Changmin knew he had to do it for the people