[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~FIVE~ II

[truehappiness]

I think HAL is kind of dead though at the moment which is why we have no more HAL arrangements (at least, it's just one guy now) and BOUNCEBACK is okayish, I suppose. Their work with Ayu was amazing but their work with idol soloists/groups nowadays is kind of really bland and just blah.

Just because they had previously made great tracks doesn't mean that anything they make afterward will be just as good. I'm pretty sure that people were really NOT into CREA's last solo works. I remember loving them at the time but for many people, winding road and Humming 7/4 are some of the worst CREA work ever.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think HAL is kind of dead though at the moment which is why we have no more HAL arrangements (at least, it's just one guy now) and BOUNCEBACK is okayish, I suppose. Their work with Ayu was amazing but their work with idol soloists/groups nowadays is kind of really bland and just blah.

Just because they had previously made great tracks doesn't mean that anything they make afterward will be just as good. I'm pretty sure that people were really NOT into CREA's last solo works. I remember loving them at the time but for many people, winding road and Humming 7/4 are some of the worst CREA work ever.

I thought Will was quite boring to a certain degree. Not as grand as everyone made it out to be. Love winding road now, it's so nostalgic sounding and bittersweet. I have never had a problem with Humming, although I can see why to some/most it would be annoying.

I don't think DAI+HAL should be considered generic, I mean, they did a lot of the Ayu classics that are just so original to her.

I prefer Days over GREEN, GAME over INSPIRE and as far as fairyland/alterna, it depends on my mood.

About BRILLANTE, to me the overall sound of the song wasn't "new" - it was refreshing to me because it sounded like something she would have released before, years ago. It has more of that "Ayu" feeling to it - maybe because it's original. But it's nothing extraordinarily out of the ordinary. The chanting is really the only thing that's out there and I would like the song better had the chanting not been included.

[Kazeyomi]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

The chanting is really the only thing that's out there and I would like the song better had the chanting not been included.

The chanting part it's what makes BRILLANTE a gorgeous epic song. If there wasn't it, BRILLANTE would be considered a BALLAD -part II- type of song. In my opinion, of course .