[2006] what's better? ULTRA BLUE Vs (miss)understood

[PSYCHEDELICOdust]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Well, yeah, but it's still SUPER LOW compared to her other albums..

Like everyone elses sales?~

[truehappiness]

...

Well, except maybe that KK-thing..thing..

[PSYCHEDELICOdust]

And we'll see how that keeps up her next original album.

[Mad_Cactuar]

You cant skip the fact that (m)u's sales are also horrid in comparison to her other albums. Sad. Rainbow outsold this in a week, remember? xD

[truehappiness]

4 years ago. Doesn't really count since the market is different. More female/male/shemale competition. ;D

[Mad_Cactuar]

Well, Memorial Address also managed a million and it was a mini album. So yeah, Ayu's sales are getting suckier and suckier. So is Utada. *sigh* When is anything going to recover?

At least Koda has our love. Her stuff are getting better. I wonder how Otsuka will do. We should make a poll comparing Love Cook, Home, UB, (M)U and Second Shashin.

[PSYCHEDELICOdust]

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Well, Memorial Address also managed a million and it was a mini album. So yeah, Ayu's sales are getting suckier and suckier. So is Utada. *sigh* When is anything going to recover?

At least Koda has anyone but Anthony's love. Her stuff are getting better. I wonder how Otsuka will do. We should make a poll comparing Love Cook, Home, UB, (M)U and Second Session.

Fixed?~

[truehappiness]

I think Memorial Address / MY STORY were released at good dates ;D

New years isn't too much of a good day for sales anymore.. D:

[Mad_Cactuar]

Come on... Shashin sounds nicer than Session anyway. And we're keep on spelling Koda's stuff correctly here, even the downright outrageous/tongue-twisting Koi no Tsubomi.

[Devil Ayu]

I've listened to most of the songs on Ultra Blue and have to say that I really don't like it a lot...
Missunderstood is a great Album to me!
It includes some of my favorite songs and is just great^^
I wonder how people can dislike MU....

[Kikaru]

(M)U hands down. I'm not really fond of ultra blue. I don't know, Hikki's vocals sound really really odd, as no_doubt puts it, she's trying to sing out of her range and her vocals just slip off from under her control.

UB sounds like she's trying too hard to be original, and end up with this result which is...not that great IMO

[realize_!]

they both have it's own style, so I like both.

[darkswordz]

UB, just change my mind
the flow is better in UB, while (m)u is superior in its track

[sxesven]

UB is God.

[Ayashi]

Although (miss)understood is my fav Ayu album, I prefer Ultra blue, hands down. Songs like Be my last, Kairo... They are just too good.

[hikki4ever]

Ultra Blue. I liked (miss)understood too,but I prefer the old Ayu.

[kyuusei]

It's really hard to say.. the songs on m(u) are pretty even for me, in that I like most of them, some a lot. I don't dislike any, but I tend to skip In The Corner and sometimes Pride.

With UB, there's about.. one song I can't stand. But it has so many songs that I am absolutely in love with, like Be My Last, Passion and COLORS. I don't think it's out of her range, because she's sung in that range many times before UB. Actually I like her voice and vocal arrangements a lot, and over Ayu's too.

[evolution7931]

I HAVE listened to both albums and I can honestly say I prefer (miss)understood.

Although I loved ULTRA BLUE, I think it's more of a "relax by the fireplace with some hot cocoa and go to sleep" album instead of an all-around fun album that can suit any situation... ULTRA BLUE is too ballady - I kept sitting there going "OK, I really really hope the next song is a FUN one" ... but my wish was not granted x_x Also, on ULTRA BLUE I think that too many of the tracks sounded alike... on (miss)understood, almost every track is unique and stands out...

[Super Ichiban]

I really like (miss)understood. When I listen to a CD, I like to listen straight through, from beginning to the end. When I finish listening to (miss)understood, I feel like I've finished watching a movie or finished reading a novel. There's a better structure to this CD. I like this quality about a CD. ULTRA BLUE has some great songs, but it sounds too much like a greatest hits CD. There isn't too much variation in the songs. You can put the songs in any order and it wouldn't make a difference.

ULTRA BLUE, for sure. As individual tracks, (m)u has some good stuff. But as an album, Hikki's takes the cake. It is well put-together.