[Utada Hikaru] ٠•●She's Thinking 6 to 9 In Her 27th Thread●•٠

[freedreamer]

wonder what's happening...O.O
lyrics? lol

[Rogue]

The album is overall pretty good, it stands way above average R&B american albums in my opinion. Most things are said about the tracks, but I have to say that some of them grew more to me after I've read the lyrics of them (thank you, people on Utadanet.com!) . Certainly for Me Muero, Apple And Cinnamon and This One ^^
Since I'm hard of hearing (not deaf, I just can't hear some high tones like ringtones and bells) I discover songs twice, first when I hear the melody and beats and secondly when I discover the lyrics ^^
On and On is certainly one of my favourites. The chorus doesn't sound strange to me, I find the lyrics rather smart when she goes "gay" and "straight" for that matter ^^
Also, I can perfectly match the high singing.
Dirty desire and FYI are very good tracks too, the album in general is love. The only song I can't seem to come into is Poppin'. It lacks melody to me and sounds monotone.

Two things; The album needs more tracks. Really. The two extras I found on the leak don't make a damn up for it. If Utada had the chance to produce and sing more songs, she should have been giving the chance for that.
Come back imho isn't a good song for techno remixes (the singing doesn't match the rythm of the beats for me)
She should have been given a chance to take a duet with an american artist, or at least to work out more songs.
It's not that I'm not satisfied after listening all the songs, but this catchy R&B trip might have gone on for Three more tracks to me. Even an interlude would have been great.

Second thing: am I the only one who has to turn up the volume when On And On starts and then turn it down when Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI starts?
maybe it's different on the physical copy (which I'm deinitely going to get now I've listened to the leak!)

Last thing to say; This One, Apple And Cinnamon, probably also Taking My Money back and Dirty Desire would make strong singles. For FYI I don't know.
It doesn't sound like a single to me, but it's for sure strong track.
This album will be succesful in the US, for sure. I have faith in her now, the americans will buy her dirty lyrics and strong beats
I'd love to see her in a PV wearing a hoodie and going gangsta in front of a car btw ^^


Btw lyrics to be found here: http://www.utadanet.com/modules/newb...er=ASC&start=0
Utadanet sure has changed since I last visited it o_O

[KarenPang]

ALBUMS
1->2->2->2->2->1 - Remioromen - 84,744 + 41,826 + 33,356 + 24,534 + 21,124 + 34,213 = 239,797
x->1->1->1->3->3 - RADWIMPS - 77,493 + 56,823 + 26,098 + 17,295 + 17,391 = 195,100
x->x->x->x->1->2 - Utada - 27,213 + 27,364 = 54,577

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Rogue

This album will be succesful in the US, for sure. I have faith in her now, the americans will buy her dirty lyrics and strong beats

Hopefully.

Just because the lyrics are dirty doesn't mean Americans will automatically like them.

A lot of the lyrics have some awkward english and sound weird when being sung, probably because they aren't really your average lyrics and her voice is so different from those in the US.

Let's hope the music outshines them.

About the low sales in Japan...I think...maybe they chose a really aweful release date. Why couldn't they be like Avex and be munny hungry lol

I would have liked to see her go up against Ayu That, would have been interesting.

And it would have given her at least SOME time for promotion in Japan.

[Beauty4123]

she has big competition on the charts right now, so it's only reasonable. but i think it'll pick up later this week.

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

she has big competition on the charts right now, so it's only reasonable. but i think it'll pick up later this week.

are those even BIGGER than Utada Hikaru!?

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

are those even BIGGER than Utada Hikaru!?

Nah, more of equal.

[FuNsTyLe]

Album is above average and would do really well in the US...
It all lies in the promotion now, and if there is little promotion, it won't even be noticed by average Joe.

[FuNsTyLe]

Album is above average and would do really well in the US...
It all lies in the promotion now, and if there is little promotion, it won't even be noticed by average Joe.

[~Inori~]

^They already did that and Hikki won.

[TakaSama]

The release date of the album was awful (there are a lot of people who buy physical copies of thing that go to stores on Tuesday nights just to browse the new releases). It won't affect her number 1 streak if she doesn't get number 1 for the week though, because in Japan UTADA and Utada Hikaru are still separate entities in terms of albums and sales.

I also think that many Japanese people bought EXODUS out of curiosity, but were unimpressed by the lyrics and style. That might turn people off of buying her future English efforts, especially since they can't understand the lyrics in one go by just listening to the songs at a store.

[Rogue]

@emiko; I know, no one can predict the future ^^;
Btw when I said that the americans would buy her dirty lyrics I didn't mean it litturally XD
I meant it in the.. meaning that they will accept them. I have heard really ridiculous lyrics on good melodies and most of times, it's the melody and playability (I just invented a new word I think) that make songs catchy for most people.
For the R&B genre, her songs are very strong on this album. Dirty desire and On And On (I really think one of the two will be released as singles) are the kind of songs you can sing with after hearing two or three times.
To cut it short, not everybody feels the same about this album, but I'm at peace now concerning her sales in the VS.

PS; I'm afraid I'm with you, Keiichi JPU.. Promotion after an album has released ^^;
Btw I don't really know about how Exodus got to the Japanese people. It did sell really well, but I wonder if actually everybody liked the songs on the album.

[Evolution7/4]

Anyone else going to the NY sephora event?

[Andrenekoi]

too bad for the first time, her most recent album is not my favorite one
still competing for the 2nd place! xD

LOVING IT!

[Kingdom]

wow, i thought the album would sale quite decently in japan, especially with that ninki we saw last week.

this album will probably flop in the states as well which is a shame because it's not all that bad!

[~Inori~]

Originally Posted by juicy

wow, i thought the album would sale quite decently in japan, especially with that ninki we saw last week.

this album will probably flop in the states as well which is a shame because it's not all that bad!

It flopping in America is solely based the people. I mean if the people don't like the sound of the album it will flop, no matter how much promotion is put into it.

Not being bias here. Same thing applies to BoA.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by juicy

wow, i thought the album would sale quite decently in japan, especially with that ninki we saw last week.

this album will probably flop in the states as well which is a shame because it's not all that bad!

That's why Ninki's more often than not, can't be trusted... I wonder if NEXT LEVEL will suffer a similar fate?

[FuNsTyLe]

what does IDEC mean?

[~Inori~]

^I don't even care

[CoriKaru]

Interesting thing I heard on the radio this morning about Album Song Count. There was this artist by the name of.......hmmm....what's his name.........I know it too.................on the tip of my tongue......................*Goes to google*..............*Didn't Help*....................Hmmmm..........EUREKA!.

Bobby Valentino. That would have been bothering me all night.

So anyways, could've continued without knowing his name but as I was saying. He was going on and on in a radio interview about how his new Album has 16 songs on it. Said how much he put into the Album and how it had a nice variety with his 16 songs. He commented on how other artists like to do the minimum of just 10 songs because you have to have at least that to get paid and then they're done, but he cares about his fans and wanted to give them a full length Album and not some mini Album.

Anyway, I paraphrased some of it, but you get the picture. I just found that interesting. Didn't know about Song quota in relation to payment. Anyway, do with it what you will/must.