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(miss)understood 155 64.32%
ULTRA BLUE 86 35.68%
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Old 11th August 2006, 02:23 AM
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hard, but I think I will have to choose ultra blue
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Old 11th August 2006, 02:52 AM
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ULTRA BLUE

I have listened to this album so much....I absolutely love every single track. Utada's talent in making music is just awesome. I wish that she'd release more, because everything she releases is top-notch, and the fact that her music is absolutely excellent, just makes me respect her more as a musician, instead of as a popstar.

And even though I love m(u), and would always support Ayu, ULTRA BLUE, blew everything out of the water.

No Doubt, I do have to agree with you though. When I first heard ULTRA BLUE, I felt like some of the songs had been put together in a week or less....like they just hurried to put out the album...but I can't deny...even with all the facts against it, that I just really love this album.

I think part of the reason is that, this album reminds me of the kind of music I would make if I were a musician.
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Old 11th August 2006, 03:48 AM
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Old 11th August 2006, 04:13 AM
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I'll give points for ULTRA BLUE for the creative aspect, since she did try something new with this. But I enjoyed (miss) understood more.
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Old 11th August 2006, 04:14 AM
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hmm.. I go for Ultra Blue... I dont really like miss understood that much.. >_>
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Old 11th August 2006, 04:30 AM
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I made a thread like this except it was "Will Ultra Blue be better than (m)u" - It is still pretty active in the asian music chat. Ayu was ahead by a short amount.
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Old 11th August 2006, 11:02 AM
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Uhh, this is almost 100% the same thing http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...s%29understood

oh my...I swear I didn't know...
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Old 11th August 2006, 02:43 PM
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Old 11th August 2006, 02:46 PM
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Utada has a lovely voice, but she seems very uncomfortable in her upper register. Unfortunately, I found that on most tracks Utada was trying to sing much higher than she is capable of and was noticeably straining. As a result, very often in the album her vocals either sounded hoarse and raspy or shrill and piercing, and she showed little control over her vibrato. Overall, the consistent ethereal feel and excellent song writing really shine, but at the same time the cheaply done arrangements and technically poor vocals detracted hugely from what could have been an incredible album.
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Old 11th August 2006, 05:42 PM
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Old 11th August 2006, 08:06 PM
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(miss)undersold was an absolute mess of an album. Ayumi Hamasaki lost her special touch with this one.

ULTRA BLUE was by far better. Utada Hikaru has a better way of putting album songs with singles and making them work together.
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Old 12th August 2006, 02:57 AM
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Also, This Is Love. One heck of an amazing song but her vocals just pierce when the volume is a little high. But overall, the album is quite cohesive if you leave Colors out. (miss)understood works better as a collection of singles than an album. Such a shame, great songs, poor setlist.
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There's a reason why ULTRA BLUE is probably going to be Hikki's first non-million-selling-album. Even after the disaster that was EXODUS.. D: I wonder if she'll be able to recover.

[Ayu on the other hand has stayed strong consistently in terms of physical sales even with the increased competition~]
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Old 12th August 2006, 03:32 AM
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I never actually listened to (miss)understood straight, but I do own 3 of the 4 singles that made the album. I also downloaded Bold & Delicious/Pride and the other songs available only on (miss)understood. Regardless of arrangement, I have to say that ULTRA BLUE is much better than (miss)understood. It just had me listening to it more often than (miss)understood had.
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Old 12th August 2006, 06:36 AM
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ULTRA BLUE vs (miss)understood

Round 1

ULTRA BLUE: I'm from the future
(miss)understood: I'm done

THE END
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Old 12th August 2006, 06:41 AM
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Old 12th August 2006, 06:58 AM
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Also, This Is Love. One heck of an amazing song but her vocals just pierce when the volume is a little high. But overall, the album is quite cohesive if you leave Colors out. (miss)understood works better as a collection of singles than an album. Such a shame, great songs, poor setlist.
thank you for saying this....i was beginning to think I was the only one who thought it didn't go...

I mean, I love the individual song....but I still dont think it goes well...
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Old 12th August 2006, 08:53 AM
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There's a reason why ULTRA BLUE is probably going to be Hikki's first non-million-selling-album. Even after the disaster that was EXODUS.. D: I wonder if she'll be able to recover.

[Ayu on the other hand has stayed strong consistently in terms of physical sales even with the increased competition~]
And even then, it still looks like UB can over take (m)u. Difference of like 8k in Hikki's favor? <3

I'm biased, I go with ULTRA BLUE.
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Old 12th August 2006, 08:59 AM
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Well, yeah, but it's still SUPER LOW compared to her other albums..
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