Glad I'm not the only one... :laugh

So the tracks aren't in chronological order anymore? I wonder why.
Someone should tweet her asking to include Fight the Blues lol

^It is still in the reversal chronological order. The only exception is BW remix. I guess it serves as a bonus track? :P.

MY EARS DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM!!!! I HATE YOU :wtf
(just joking just joking hahahaaha :hi5)

That is why I put question marks on Letters and DEEP RIVER. DEEP RIVER sorta sounds like a ballad but the lyrical content is so out of that definition. Letters lyrically is a ballad, but the arrangement doesn't sound like it. It feels like she wanna be a bird, flying up high, and humming "ahh la la la". SAKURA doroppusu is a ballad to me, even tho in a traditional Japanese arrangement.

If using the really strict view ballads (arrangement and lyrical content wise), then I guess hikki ballads are: First Love, Eternally, FINAL DISTANCE, Dareka, Be My Last, and FOL -Ballad Version-. For me, Sakura should be included. :)

To be technical, a ballad is any song or poem whose lyrics depict a storyline or narrative about an event. So, to be technical, I don't think any of hikki's ballads tell the story of any events. lol

I kind of consider pol a ballad, but I think the quiet version is more ballad like.

That means everyone can stop complaining about all of Ayu's "ballads" then cause she doesn't have any.

With the more loose term, I kinda feel like so many of Hikki's songs are ballads... it's like, even with her "upbeat" songs like Hikari and Keep Tryin', I still get that darkness from her. It's kind of amazing when you think about it...

hhuuh... Keep Tryin' and Hikari as ballads..? :shakehead. This is new to me... :P

I would consider POL as a ballad if the beats are not that strong.

^He didn't call them ballads.

My thoughts exactly. Even though they're not ballads, I still tend to throw them in the same group.

I love it, but I would from time to time like something a bit more energetic. Like This is Love (< 3), Celebrate or some of her older songs...

I think so too.

Yesterday while I was listening some songs sounded like a ballad but when I searched the lyrics it totally isn't. It's probably because most of her songs are slow to mid-tempo that's why I got a bit confused not to mention I don't exactly understand what she's singing about.

On the other side, Utada tends to tell a lot of stories on her lyrics, tons of them narrates something... so, most of her songs are ballads xD

It's like, even with a song like Keep Tryin', her voice still is sad and dark, like you'd expect with a ballad, but lively at the same time? It's weird and hard to describe, but no one else has it so I really appreciate her music for it.

I think everyone has their own definitions of a ballad.

like mine is like anything soft with soft vocals and cheesy music.
just like hmmmm Eternally (I don't hate this song nor love it).

Yeah Eternally and Dareka are two of her more obvious ballads. With songs like COLORS and Passion is where it starts to get a little fuzzy.

Don't worry, I hate it for you xD

^LOL... hate it for me as well please. It's not that bad... its history is sad because it was the only ballad after First Love.

Eternally is a let down for me (gotta be honest). Everyone was so crazy for another hikki ballad since First Love was HUGE. Well.. when I got Distance... Eternally was nothing compared to First Love. I dun mean I want it sounded like First Love, but the power and emotion level had less impact. If I didn't compare it to First Love in the first place, probly I would love it more.

The sadness in Keep Tryin'...? I guess I can sense that in the verses, but then the song is too energetic so it's hard to hear the sadness and darkness :P.


No no no, we're just having fun defining ballads. Or else this thread will stop in the middle again lol :). I'm curious tho, which songs you thought they were ballads in the first place?

:laugh

omg I love First Love.
Eternally is like a song that's just there meh I wont listen to it more than once.
great now is stuck in my head >.<

yeah exactly I don't consider them ballads.

^Hikki sings inside your head... "I wanna be here eternally... I can see you're all I need... eien ni..." :mischief :laugh

OMG that part is exactly in my head

yeah thanks uuuuuuuuugh