The 17th Tasty Apple & Cinnamon Thread of Utada Hikaru!

[KarenPang]

for my case the thing that surprises me about HS the album is that it managed to sell extremely well & even supress the sales of UB despite the drop in CD physical sales in Japan + that almost 80% of the album was released prior to the announcement of HS the album

@ ayumisrael, honestly I feel like Distance was the spiritual predecessor to HEART STATION. Songs like Nijiiro Basu, Kiss & Cry, Prisoner of Love and Heart Station sound like updated versions of some of her Distance songs. K&C particularly sounds like it was cut from the same cloth as Wait & See / Addicted to You. I'd say HS and Distance are closely related, and UB and DR are.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

@ ayumisrael, honestly I feel like Distance was the spiritual predecessor to HEART STATION. Songs like Nijiiro Basu, Kiss & Cry, Prisoner of Love and Heart Station sound like updated versions of some of her Distance songs. K&C particularly sounds like it was cut from the same cloth as Wait & See / Addicted to You. I'd say HS and Distance are closely related, and UB and DR are.

The only song that reminds me of Distance from HS is Kiss & Cry (which reminds me taimu rimito's backgroud beats) besides that, the other songs you've mentioned might be a bit r&bish but nothing compared to what's in Distance...
The songs just aren't outstanding like Distance's.

At the beginning I liked all of HS a lot (mainly because I didn't pay attension to the new songs much) but lately I tried to listen to the whole of it couple of times but I couldn't get through it and ended up choosing some songs of it and listen only to them.

With Distance I would never do such a thing.
Though HS is not as good as her other albums imo (besides First Love which is my least favorite) it's not so bad either.

You don't think POL could've been on Distance? It sounds kind of like a mix between For You and Wait & See, IMO.

I feel like HS is a return to form after ULTRA BLUE. I love ULTRA BLUE to pieces but it has some issues, flow-wise. Some of the songs are just WTF, so it feels quite inconsistent. I also felt like we were getting some sort of new Hikki with ULTRA BLUE, but HEART STATION feels much more personal, like we got the old Hikki back. UB has some tracks that are the best in her entire career, but it is just not good all-around, IMO.

[ayumisrael]

POL is one of the nice tracks (forgot to mention it ironically enough =P) it's pretty catchy, I can see it on Distance yeah, but I still like the songs on Distance more.

UB holds my most favorite song by hikki which is Passion, its flow might not be as good as HS but most of the songs there are just outstanding and the "wtf, how did it get here (, that's awesome!)" can be actually positive to the matter XD.
It's quite easy to listen to UB because of that because a lot of songs are just awesome.
In HS half of the album is awesome, the other half is either nice or just there...
Sometimes the songs themselves can be stronger than a certain great flow and fit-ness, it all depends.

That's why I like UB more but Deep River and Distance are hikki's best.

[KarenPang]

regarding UB , the only grouse's that why did she put an interlude as the 2nd last track on the album ? it seems a bit silly to do so .

at least for HS , I can understand since it's in the middle of the album

[criminal]

I apologize beforehand, but it's just too much fun.

Spoiler:

Utada Hikaru x avex divas ~*~10th anniversary commemoration singles~*~!

Utada Hikaru x Ayumi Hamasaki - Celebrate alone / talkin' 2 くま
Utada Hikaru x Namie Amuro - Fight The FEELING / Beautiful LOOK
Utada Hikaru x Koda Kumi - Prisoner of JUICE / Take 5 to SHAKE IT

[Amai Yume]

The title "Celebrate Alone" kinda makes me think of some really sad song about being by yourself without anyone to be happy with, that actually sounds good

I would love it if she put out another Japanese single. If she did do that, I would not want another recut single from HS though. Although she would HAVE to do Niji-iro Bus if that was gonna happen...

[Celaphorce]

I heard Take 5 was recorded during the Ultra Blue era and it sounds very much like the music from that album...is this true?, cause to me it really sounds more like an Ultra Blue song than HS.

Originally Posted by Celaphorce

I heard Take 5 was recorded during the Ultra Blue era and it sounds very much like the music from that album...is this true?, cause to me it really sounds more like an Ultra Blue song than HS.

I think the music was done as a song for ULTRA BLUE, but she had no lyrics, so she saved the music for later. Then on HS she brought it back out and wrote the words and melody for it

Also, HEART STATION is #10 today

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by AyUta

^ Yeah it was meant to go to her UB album but decided to place it in the next album HS.

oh I didn't know that Take 5 was supposed to be on UB interesting

[AyUta]

^ Yeah it was meant to go to her UB album but decided to place it in the next album HS.

[Amai Yume]

It really does feel like it could belong on Ultra Blue but I think it also works perfectly on HEART STATION

[AyUta]

^ From 12 right? The album is still going strong

[hayasaki]

Watching the sales of HEART STATION, i am being mezmerized by it's flow! LOL... it's like up down up down up down up down.... like that!? (^_^) hikki should make more albums like this! just kiddin. Congratulations again hikki for being on the top 10

[ALPHY]

Not the song, as DDD said, the music.

Originally Posted by ALPHABEAT

Not the song, as DDD said, the music.

I was just gonna say that.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ALPHABEAT

Not the song, as DDD said, the music.

oh sorry about that

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by ALPHABEAT

Not the song, as DDD said, the music.

Hmm? What's the difference between a song and the music?

[kotora]

What's going on with this thread? I haven't been here for awhile and the thread title has been named "Apple & Cinnamon". Sounds like starbucks music.