Distance's singles were good... somehow they don't really stand the test of time (at least to me). I still listen to First Love's singles (and album songs as well) from time to time, but I don't listen to Distance's single songs that often.
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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi
Distance was the right album for her to release at the time. The 2nd album tends to on the safer side most of the times because it can literally end a career
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I guess that probably applies to hikki, as her debut album was too massive. Ayu's 2nd album was way more risky than the first one (at least her cover lol). Still, when I got the album, I felt the album was a bit boring. Probably that feeling affected how I view the album. Also, A BEST was more... exciting (I listened to A BEST more than Distance during that time... lol).
DR was the moment she took the risk. She ditched R&B and ventured into different areas. The result was so "colourful" (yet the cover was monochromatic lol). I think DR also gave hikki encouragement to keep searching for new sounds.
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Originally Posted by Akutenshi
That actually makes a lot of sense when you put it like that! When you look at it's place between First Love (her massive debut) and DR (her magnum opus according to many), it definitely does look a lot less impressive by comparison.
I admit my love is partially nostalgia-based, too. While I genuinely love every song, I listened to it a LOT as a young kid/early teen, and so it has more than just good music for me.
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Distance does sound more complex than First Love. She didn't jump away from R&B (of course, R&B was pretty massive during that moment, and it's hikki's signature sound. It would be weird if she changed the genre :/). I suppose she wanted to level up her game, but in the end the album sounds so forced. I wish I would love the album more, but I was so in love with First Love and I had too high anticipation/expectation for Distance (and also the hype created by Toshiba and avex lol). It was pretty much an anticlimax to me
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