A BEST: why the high sales?

[~K+]

Originally Posted by Phantoma

Duty should have sold more than A BEST! A BEST sucks !!!

No, A BALLADS suck!

And thank God Utada didnt' sell another 8 million album. I love you Avex!

[tl1029530921]

i like A Ballads..-_-"

[Findlay]

"A BALLADS" wouldn't suffer the fate of becoming sucking if they didn't let her re-sing those old stuff, namingly "A Song for XX" "YOU" and "Who..."

[~K+]

I agree with BrightLight on that completely.

I love the new version of A Song for XX. I think it fits the lyrics better than the original. The lyrics are angsty, so the song should be. I love A Ballads.

A Best sold well because it's a best album. There are people out there who like Ayu, but don't go out and buy her albums. A best had her best singles on there, so more people would buy it.

BTW: Utada Hikaru's "Distance" ended up selling more than A Best anyway, so I guess AVEX'S plan didn't work.

[_CREA_]

^ Honestly, does Utada have subliminal messages in her music? It's kind of insane...

Anyway, yeah, I agree with your point about people buying it because of the singles all being there and substituting it for an "album-album". I've done that a lot too, actually. If I get interested in an artist and they already have a best album, I generally get that one first and if I still like what I hear then maybe I'll buy the regular albums. I can imagine that may have happened with A BEST.

[HanabiChick]

I do that to - getting best of compilations. A Best was the first Ayu album I got, and I got more after listening to it.

[tl1029530921]

EBS 2 is still kinda...meh..

[PickleCookies]

Originally Posted by tl1029530921

EBS 2 is still kinda...meh..

EBS 2? Huh?

[PSYCHEDELICOdust]

I'm guessing Every Best Single 2

[_CREA_]

IMO, best albums are kind of a double edged sword. (Not acknowledging the fact that they make a lot of money, of course. ) To newer fans they're great because they get a good taste of the artist's music all in one spot. However, to existing fans who already own the songs, it can be a bit of a nuisance at times because you feel like you should get it even though you basically already HAVE it. (Except when they resing songs or throw on extras, but even then. )

[~K+]

Originally Posted by tl1029530921

EBS 2 is still kinda...meh..

[You know that's a joke right? Just wanted a chance to use some of the more interesting emocons.]

EBS2 was great just looking at the tracklist.

[tl1029530921]

interesting choice of emoticons..O_o..

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[ayuchanfan]

didnt ayumi didnt want to release A Best or something like that and avex did it anyways and it sold alot, im not sure...

[Naja_Akara]

Her producer wanted to end her career with the album, just like with "A".

[walking proud]

i guess everyone was just afraid that ayu would die out so they all went out and bought her album?

[Nessa]

How did re-singing "You" make A Ballads suck? I thought it made it infinatly better becuase her voice is so much better now then it was when she originally recorded it. I can barely listen to the original "You" without my ears bleeding.

[~K+]

The A Ballads version of 'YOU' pains me. Her voice from the RAINBOW album tracks and soon after was her all time low (vocally).

[gakkun]

I don't think advertising was the main reason why it sold so much..best albums sells well because people who weren't normal a fan also got a copy of the album. And with an artist as famous as Ayu..well, I'd imagine anybody who didn't detest pop music would've got it. Of course we can't ignore those hard-core fans who had to get all the covers/variations etc. =p

[Nessa]

Originally Posted by ~K+

The A Ballads version of 'YOU' pains me. Her voice from the RAINBOW album tracks and soon after was her all time low (vocally).

I guess it's just left up to personal taste. I don't really like her voice from the older stuff, too nasaly.