Why are Namie Amuros sales so high?

[RainyDays]

Originally Posted by Koumori

Well, I'm a big fan of both Ayumi and Namie... but I don't think comparing their album cover originality on the basis of 'close-up faces' is a good idea. Although I did like the FEEL concept, it is just... a series of close-ups. The _genic concept is nice too, but mostly because of the outside casing and not the photos themselves.

I can see people arguing that FEEL had some sort of meaning to it, but for me it was more that Namie (or her team) found the style eye-catching rather than the album art representing a theme of the music itself.

I feel that the amount of effort that went into ayu's album covers for her recent albums is reflective of the quality of the album. I found A One and Colours to be boring for the most part, and their covers, well... don't feature much except her pretty face. If you look at the covers for her older albums (and Namie's covers), you can see that the covers tell stories, through fashion and backgrounds. What stories do the covers for Colours and A One tell besides "I'm lookin' fabulous"?

[koumori]

Originally Posted by RainyDays

I feel that the amount of effort that went into ayu's album covers for her recent albums is reflective of the quality of the album. I found A One and Colours to be boring for the most part, and their covers, well... don't feature much except her pretty face. If you look at the covers for her older albums (and Namie's covers), you can see that the covers tell stories, through fashion and backgrounds. What stories do the covers for Colours and A One tell besides "I'm lookin' fabulous"?

Well, my point was that I don't feel any of the recent covers - Namie's or Ayu's - tell a particular story (Exception being PAST<FUTURE?), although I do like Namie's more often than Ayu's recently.