Oooh, I will hold off on the new previews. >_<'
Anyhow. This is an album where will just have to see what happens... I mean... Well, let's look at the pros and cons.
Pros:
1. It's a best!
2. Kumi's still a top selling female artist.
3. Has songs like Lick me and It's All Love! (whose singles did pretty good, and are the type that the average Japanese loves).
4. Cute covers.
5. No real competition. (Honestly, I will be very surprised if Kimura topples Kuu. She's getting bigger, but she's still not close to a name like "Kumi Koda". :\)
6. Good promotion. (Several performances, beautiful magazines shoots, etc.)
7. It's two albums combined, for the same price.
Cons:
1. It's a KUMI best! (Her last few compilations have sold crap, which is understandable, since they were kinda sucky. >.<' Not to mention all the bests this woman puts out... So, "it's a best album" can be good or bad situation. Especially since the songs on this best are amazing...but people probably already have them because of that.)
2. Kumi's peak is over, and her sales and popularity have definitely decreased the past year. This will hurt her, at least a little (compared to, say, if she released this around Black Cherry-era.)
3. Has songs like Alive and Physical Thing, lol. (Which, obviously that single didn't do too well. Alive is boring as hell, and the Japanese don't tend to like songs like Physical Thing, unless they are !awesome! [i.e. TABOO]. Which, this song is kinda meh, even if that's your favourite type of song...)
4. Kimura.... Maybe she WILL at least end up taking some of Kuu's customers? :\
5. It's two albums combined.... Which, obviously, has irritated some (myself included XD). I mean, I'm sure many will only want the studio, since almost every single Kuu fan already has the songs on the best. Plus, the studio doesn't get it's own covers this way.
So yeah.. More good things than bad, but some of the bad things could really take a toll........ I won't predict sales. Because I will be wrong. XD
Also. I really dislike that magazine shoot, eh heh.
What a hideous dress.... Makes her butt look huge, lol. And definitely not in a good way. And, as with the rest of you, I'm not feeling the short hair... Whatever. Kuu's already made me plenty happy with the other shoots.
