^that probably is the reason, that and it had little to no publicity state side. I didn't even know she had released it until a year after it released.

interesting to see how everything ended up. :(

For the bad sales, I blame the label and producers - and Hikki too. It wasn't promoted (very much), and the music, as much as I love Hikki, isn't very good. I like some tracks, but some of the lyrics leave a lot to be desired (which is too bad because her Japanese songs have really good lyrics), and a couple of the tracks were just laughable. (Let Me Give You My Love, anyone?) I heard Hikki say in an interview that it seemed to her Japanese fans were really big on lyrics but they're not so much over here. (A misconception on her part IMO.)

lol... i thought this was a new thread... wehehehe.

I think Exodus is a very original piece of music.

Just compare 2004's Exodus with 2006's Loose by Nelly Furtado. Both Exodus and Loose sound like full of demo songs, like demo tapes - raw and unfinished, random samples, messy sounding. But it works today for Nelly thanks to promotion and she's-already-known factor.

The lyrics aren't really that important, since you can pull really stupid stuff as long as it's catchy. Besides she had no flaws in Exodus, Hotel Lobby, Kremlin Dusk. The rest is just... non-conformist, I'd say.

That album should be re-issued and re-promoted - everything all over again, IMO. It could have been done better and I'm sure it would have worked.

^agree.

And I thought she's going to have something English on 2006 >.<

Yeah. Now we'll be confusing people, lol :P

Oh well.

To me, The Workout is kinda stupid, but still ends up being really catchy, so I like it anyway. But Let Me Give You My Love doesn't have good lyrics OR music. The lyrics are brutal and it's not catchy or interesting. Sometimes you can't get away with it no matter how catchy or weird it may be.

arrgh got my hopes up thinking this was a new topic!

I love Exodus, the songs are just so different from the normal. I think the album had the potential to do really good, with the right promotion and image. Such a shame...