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Originally Posted by truehappiness
I personally believe Ayu's never really had 'filler tracks' which most artists tend to be guilty of making. Even tracks ('true' B-sides basically) like Life are really rather nice. Makes me wonder how many people who are fans of Ayu have not heard of it, ever free, or theme of a-nation '03 (though theme of a-nation '03 was on A SUMMER BEST recently) because of their status in her discography.
Hmm, to compile a list of these 'underappreciated because they're filler-y' tracks (on original albums at least), I think it would look something like this. (Starting from RAINBOW, anyway. This is for no reason in particular... but it is rather difficult to say what is 'filler' in her first 3~ years in the industry since it was all pretty strong)
- everywhere nowhere
- Close to you
- ANGEL'S SONG
- Replace
- winding road
- Beautiful Day
- It was (though this was a leftover from (miss)understood so it could arguably be called 'filler' but Secret was also a mini album before evolving to what it turned into)
- Last Links
- meaning of Love
- RED LINE ~for TA~
- Thank U
- Sweet Season
- all of FIVE except BRILLANTE
- Eyes, Smoke, Magic
- the next LOVE
and now... Melody. (or at least it's definitely looking like it will turn out that way)
Though this is just how I feel about it based on what I've seen over the years. Most of these are also my personal favorites from their respective albums.
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from what I bolded, I don't consider them as fillers (or I consider them, but I feel something diffrent from em), cause they are "unique" on the album (they fit within the album structure) Especially
ESM and
the next LOVE. They are like, nothing she ever made (maybe tnL is a LITTLE like Pride, but I can't really compare this to that)
There are some "category" for filler tracks (just IMO, don't be angry with that)
(I won't count AsfXX cause it's kinda impossible since halth of the tracks are on the same level - maybe more than 50%...)
ballads/slower tracks:
LOVE ~refrain~ (the remix made it sound like a random boring track)
no more words
Close to you
Over
Dolls
Secret
untitled ~for her~ (still my fav "filler" ballad, with Curtain call)
Curtain call
meaning of Love
crossroad (I KNOW it's a single track. But it stills bores me to death)
beloved
how beautiful you are (but still, it stands out cause of english chorus...)
Melody
Days (jesus, I'm maybe the only one person in this fandom that feels this song like a filler track)
Together when...
November
cheesy cute:
Party queen
Thank U
Beautiful Fighters
Beautiful Day (maybe a little... but still this song screams "i'm kinda diffrent")
HONEY - Replace composition. If they weren't together, it would sound better.
Audience
immature
EnergizE
edgy rock/acoustic/electronic/pop rock/other:
call - Letter - reminds me composition. (same situation as HONEY - replace)
count down
Last links
Lady Dynamite
Red Line - Life - MY ALL - I don't remember how they sound. Not even a little.
LOVE 'n' HATE - this song IS unique. But it feels like someone doesn't completed it.
GUILTY
Heartplace
appears (it bores me so much ;/ I can't believe it's a single, but the times were diffrent, lol)
momentum
It was - (miss)understood - they do sound like filler tracks, but they are like my favorite
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T like em. Some of them (like (miss)understood) are tracks I REALLY love) But they are some I don't, lol