why no B&D and Pride....

[jasjasss]

Originally Posted by bluegie

The low sales of B&D/Pride could probly due to the fact that everyone knew about those two songs (and the pvs) will be on the album, so they didn't bother buying the single. You can't really put an equal sign between bad sales and bad songs.

DUDE ! UR WRONG !
all of us surely know that, just like B&D / PRIDE, that

STEP you / is this LOVE, fairyland and HEAVEN will be in the album also
then they still sell well. The point is .. we all know whatever single she releases will be re-release in an album.

Eg, Ayaka's Mikazuki sell very well considering her album will be release soon after the single release

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by jasjasss

DUDE ! UR WRONG !
all of us surely know that, just like B&D / PRIDE, that

STEP you / is this LOVE, fairyland and HEAVEN will be in the album also
then they still sell well. The point is .. we all know whatever single she releases will be re-release in an album.

Eg, Ayaka's Mikazuki sell very well considering her album will be release soon after the single release

Well it was a combination of bad song + release date = poor sales.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by jasjasss

DUDE ! UR WRONG !
all of us surely know that, just like B&D / PRIDE, that

STEP you / is this LOVE, fairyland and HEAVEN will be in the album also
then they still sell well. The point is .. we all know whatever single she releases will be re-release in an album.

Eg, Ayaka's Mikazuki sell very well considering her album will be release soon after the single release

Hmmn, i'm tryin' to be more objective before continue writing so I won't sound like fighting hehe . Of coruse Mikazuki is a good song so I can see why the single is selling well. But Ayaka's case is a bit different as well. She never released any album before hand so considering the freshness of the artist, people tends to give the song a try. People gotta buy the single to make a judgement whether this new artist is good enough before buying the album.

In ayu's case, the songs were experimental, and at the same point she's not new anymore so most japanese expect what they would get from ayumi hamasaki. Whether they like or hate them, most of them knew that the album would be released 20 days later [(m)u actually started selling on the 27th of dec]. Hardcore fans would buy the single, while other not-too-hardcore fans would just go ahead for the album. Also, there're some non-fans only love one or two songs from particular artists, so they tend to buy the single instead of album. As you say B&D/Pride is pretty experimental. Even some fans didn't really like it, so I assume not many non-fans would consider them as good songs.


STEP you, fairyland, and HEAVEN are far from the album release date. By the time people bought those singles they didn't know when the album would release. If they wanna listen the songs, they either buy it online (mp3), or grab the CD. I can't say those three songs are better than B&D/Pride since different people have different tastes.

So yeah... there're several factors contribute to the low sales of B&D/Pride. I do agree with ruixiong89's comment tho... If they're meant to be experimental and not accept by the general public, they are not part of the BEST then.. (sigh... I love Pride... I like B&D... I do hope Pride will be on the BEST).

Sometimes I think... if Pride were not tied together with B&D, would people think it's really experimental? It sounds like a normal ayu song to me somehow..

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by bluegie

Sometimes I think... if Pride were not tied together with B&D, would people think it's really experimental? It sounds like a normal ayu song to me somehow..

THere's just something gospely about Pride. Something about the chorus. The composition is not what I'd expect from ayumi hamasaki either (which means it's not a composition it'd expect her to choose).

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by *Petit*

THere's just something gospely about Pride. Something about the chorus. The composition is not what I'd expect from ayumi hamasaki either (which means it's not a composition it'd expect her to choose).

Then I guess the gospel is the main factor making Pride something different compared to normal ayu songs... When the official site revealed the preview of Pride I did think it's a weirdo. Yet the full version just sounds like other ayu songs - except the gospel part. I really love this song but then probly Japanese people hate it then..