Will "ULTRA BLUE" be better in your opinion than "(miss)understood"?

[Hachimitsu]

I can't decide till the album is released. I like the singles and This Is Love, but if the rest of the album is no good, I won't like it better than (m)u.

Well I really like Utada's new song!

[norain]

I think it'll sell 1.5 million, compared to ayumis struggling million.

[truehappiness]

...has anyone sold 1mil+ since the year started?

...that wasn't a BEST. [pleast do not say Koda Kumi. /GAG]

[URANUS]

I think ULTRA BLUE will sell approximately 600k on the first week and end up with barely a million copies for the year. But it might turn out to sell 1.5 + considering THIS IS LOVE is amazing. It's not just me but everyone i have talked to are addicted to that song.

I hope Utada keeps making songs with this style, it's great!

[Dark Eiri]

(miss) absolutely.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by URANUS

I think ULTRA BLUE will sell approximately 600k on the first week and end up with barely a million copies for the year. But it might turn out to sell 1.5 + considering THIS IS LOVE is amazing. It's not just me but everyone i have talked to are addicted to that song.

I think its due to a lack of new material to get obsessed over.. :/

I mean, she's had what 5 new songs released in the past year..

of course people are excited/addicted. xD

[andre2907]

I voted for ULTRA BLUE just because I love Keep Tryin' but that's not a fair poll because nobody is interested in (miss)understood anymore, everyone is already tired of it and are waiting for ULTRA BLUE. If both albums were released at the same month, but that's a big difference and by now most people realized the album is not very good (I'm one of the fews that liked the album).

I don't think there was anything very new or fresh about (miss)understood. I liked the album, but after a while, it got kind of "eh" . there wasn't anything special about it to me. utada's recent songs are of a really different style, they have creative sounds, and melodies. and I think people are just longing for something different by now. i guess i could say that some people just aren't impressed by a lot of Ayu's recent songs anymore. if utada is consistent with this style in her new album, i think its sales could be a lot better.

[truehappiness]

Perhaps it depends on the downloader - buyer ratio as well..

If the previous single were so fantastic, why were more not purchased? Many people just downloaded her stuff.. :/

[miracleofsuzaku]

Will I like it better? I'm not sure yet. But will this album perform better than (miss)understood? Probably.
It takes Hikki ages to pull an album and I bet her fans are pretty eager by now. Although her previous singles weren't too impressive, in my opinion, This Is Love is definitely a great track. I just hope that this album will contain more of that sort of material.

[Cyria]

I'll probably still prefer Ayu (miss did have some highs), but this seems like it will be a good Utada album.

[OtakuHime]

personally I thought (miss)understood was her worst album and ultra blue has some real promise, so I can say that I'm 95% sure that ultra blue will be better.
ps sweetbox blows!

[LacusClyne]

well, i'm biased. i don't really like Utada music style, so i'll say (m)u.

[sora-kara]

I'm biased too!
But in the other direction.

I like Hikki a hellavu lot more than Ayu.
And while (miss)understood was alright, I hardly ever listen to it. It's kinda boring after a while.

I am eagerly awaiting Ultra Blue though. The singles have all been absolutely fantastic! Colours is my absolute favourite Hikki song, so I'm not concerned about 'older material' on the album.
Already, it is more original, and just generally more fresh sounding than (miss)understood.

*can't wait can't wait can't wait I've had it pre-ordered for the longest time now! can't wait can't wait can't wait*

[Devil Ayu]

I never liked any Songs of Hikaru Utada.
So that's Point two for voting not for her.
Second Point: I don't know why a lot of fans are so disapointed of Missunderstood. I like it the same as other Albums.^^
In some sides I like it more than My Story. I think Replace and Winding Road are a kind of place-filler songs at all and very similar.
Missunderstood has also a place-filler in my opinion:Beautiful Day.
It's so slow and without fun.
The Mean-Ballads at Missunderstood (Heaven, Pride) are much better than the My Story Ballads....

[truehappiness]

I think it's more of a '...we've gotten too much of a taste' for some fans with Ayu.

With Hikki.. there was a long drought~:p Compared to Ayu's consistent releases back when Hikki wasn't doing anything in Japan... I think that anything new that Hikki releases can be deemed as 'fresh', you know? :p For Ayu, not so much since you can always expect a song~ Plus Ayu songs are the kind that you need to endure for a while and then you start to love it. Dunno why. O_O XD

The downloads for this album will be uber high~ But not so sure about sales.. since they were so disappointing in comparison with her older singles' physical sales :x

[sora-kara]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

With Hikki.. there was a long drought~:p Compared to Ayu's consistent releases back when Hikki wasn't doing anything in Japan... I think that anything new that Hikki releases can be deemed as 'fresh', you know?

I don't know about others, but that's not what I meant by 'fresh'.
I'm not refering to the new material itself, I'm refering to the overal vibe and style of her new material. It feels very light, and refreshing. The kind of sounds, and the style of production and instrumentation that would perfectly suit a fresh, green, spring day. And not to mention.....the music is just completely differnt, and new, for anyone, not just Hikki or Ayu.

hm....I don't know if that is coming through as well as I'd like it to....
I can't explain myself!

Try listening to WINGS and thinking of a cool, bright spring day with a soft breeze....maybe you'll see what I'm getting at........

[/weirdness from me]

I love how they're too totally different styles of music.

Utada's = fresh, new, original
Ayumi's = sounds generic, has been, nothing stands out