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

I know alot of people either LOVE (miss)understood, or are highly dissapointed in it... I was one of those people who LOVED it for the first day and then I realized how dissapointed I was... I love Ayu and I do like the (miss)understood album, but I like MY STORY better... (miss)understood didn't have many memorable songs other than a few of the single tracks (the only songs I TRULY LOVE are Step YOU and is this LOVE?). Anyways, Hikki's new album is looking to be GREAT! I have loved every one of her singles and I have "This is Love" on repeat now because it is so amazing - her new music style is awesome... I think I may like this album better than Ayu's even though I love Ayu 100+ more - so what do you think?

I think I'm gonna wait until ULTRA BLUE is released before deciding :P

I know there are plenty of tracks from ULTRA BLUE already out as singles , but I have to hear them all. I think album-only tracks mean a lot when deciding whether an album is good or not. I feel cheated if the single-cuts are the only good songs on any album.

I see what you are saying. Like I said with (miss)understood... I didn't like many of the album tracks. Actually, I LOVED a few for about a month or so (Ladie's Night, rainy day, beautiful day), but then I got sick of them - they aren't like STEP you and is this LOVE? which you (I) can't get sick of!

(miss)understood for the following reasons -

1. It has alot of my faveie songs
2. Utada sux

I'm going to listen to "ULTRA BLUE" album before I can say it's better.

Though, I hated "THIS IS LOVE"'s preview and from singles like "Passion" and "Keep Tryin'", "Passion" got boring as well as "Keep Tryin'".

I might not like "ULTRA BLUE" =/
I did like (miss)understood.

This is just my opinion, so just don't go berserk on me -__-

It's a long shot, but I think I'll like (m)u more. I still listen to it and love it. Hikki, on the other hand, even though I've become a bigger fan since last September and Be My Last, I can only take once in a while.

But if her singles are any indication, I'm really excited about ULTRA BLUE.

I went with "(m)u" because I don't like Hikki's music style. :shrug

I like Hikki's newer stuff better than her older stuff. The only songs I really like from then are "Simple and Clean" and "First Love" - plus the remixes!

I wouldn't go berserk on you, lol, (unless you bash Hilary Duff but that is another story - read my posts in artists you wish would just stop...) because I know how it feels to be bashed for stating your opinion...

Um maybe we should wait til Hikki's album comes out.

in sales i'm pretty sure Hikki will be better

but in music i need to hear the complete album xD!, but so far with the singles and the preview i LOVE both but i think (miss)understood is better

oh my god, YES. Utada's albums have all been golden little gates of heaven, except Distance.

This Is Love is bloody awesome too, I heard the radio rip and its so damn good. Best album in Japanese history perhaps?

There's one thing I noticed, Utada's albums hold up together better than Ayu's.. Ayu's ones have kinda medium shelf life too. The only problem I have with Utada is her emotional songs which are her best but really heavy and hard to listen(Sakura Drops, Letters, Final Distance).

Probably the only reason I like Ayu more is because she releases stuff more often, unlike Utada who vanishes for some time and returns again. *officially loves Utada more now*

I'm gonna have to wait until Utada's album comes out, but from the singles && the previes I heard, it looks to be a very promising album

I really like (m)u, alot. I liked 12 out of 16 songs on that album, so naturally, I voted (miss)understood

Currently I'd say Yes.
If the new song suck on this album, then tied.

ULTRA BLUE will surely be better, (miss)understood disappointed me.

I say Ayu's album -- Though her past two albums have been HUGE disappointments for me, I love the singles off of M.U. and about half of the album is tolerable for me to vote for her. I wish Ayu will have more Dance Pop tracks instead of her generic Rock/Pop that's been disposable over the past 2 years. I would love a Connected part II (Will never happen though).

As for Utada, her only good songs I've herd so far are the now tired & way old: Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro & Colors.
Be My Last is OK -- Just because I overplayed the track because I enjoyed the weird lyrics and tone squeaks.
I bought Keep Tryin' for the cover art, but the single wasn't great at all. Passion is so-so, but the promo on US TV is working 'cause I'm brainwashed by the melody.

Hikki's newer stuff really disappoints me. I hadn't truly liked anything (music-wise, PV's another story) since the release of COLORS. I'm not too fond of This is Love from the preview, Be my last just was bad, passions was boring, and Keep Tryin' was meh. Maybe some album songs will be better than her singles songs.

I like her older stuff better. But I'll wait for the album to decide.

i really don't know...seeing as ..(m)u is substantially a bust album..(but only from comparison from the others she's done, otherwise i'd say it was quite a good albun) and ULTRA BLUE is hikki's first jp album for what? 4 years? plus the fact that, even though we mostly like most of the her singles, we agree that she's reached her climax (at least from what i can see...but i don't know :) she's still pretty young! <3) pluuus, we haven't heard all the song on her new album yet ^^;; hehee

or i could be extremely off as well :X...oh well...anyway..i really don't know ^^;;...there should be an 'I don't know' option :yes

absolutely not. Ive always sorta been a bigger fan of Hikaru, until recently. Any album that has Keep Tryin' will be pulled down so badly that it wont be better than anything XDD

and aside from that, (miss)understood is a great album, which means ULTRA BLUE would have to be a great album to do so. In my opinion, ive already heard a few songs from ULTRA BLUE (the singles) that i found to be lacking strongly (COLORS, Keep Tryin', WINGS) and the new preview "This Is Love" was nice and all, but it shows a certain style which i dont like at all. I think ULTRA BLUE will be good if it isnt all trance-ish like "This Is Love". If This Is Love is the only trance-y song, then not only will the album be pretty good, but This Is Love will be kinda special XD

regardless of that, if the album had good songs instead of Keep Tryin', WINGS, and COLORS, it would have more of a chance, whereas (miss)understood had great songs all around (i mean, "alterna" c'mon!)

I'm not gonna vote until I've heard Hikki's album, but based on the tracks that have been heard thus far, (m)U is the better album for me.