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Fight the Blues feels like it was made to listen to on headphones, not on speakers. Hikki is the only singer I listen too who really takes advantage of 2 speakers. Certain notes only play on one side, and then move to the other, it's really a nice affect. Sort of like Amai Wana~Paint it Black~ with the line in the end that moves from speaker to speaker.
Prisoner of Love is STILL headache inducing for me. Maybe it'll grow on me eventually, but I just don't like it. And what's up with all the Kairo hate? Kairo would be my favorite song off UB if Be My Last wasn't on it. To each his own I guess =P
Also, responding to an earlier post, about the double A-side thing. 2 out of 4 singles being double A-side is the same as one half of the singles for this album being double A-sided. Personally, if an artist has to release a multiple A-side at all, it should only be one per album. More than one, and you've already made the equivalent of four singles. So if you look at it like that, Heart Station had SEVEN single songs to FIVE new songs plus one interlude.
It's not balanced, it leans too much towards single tracks, not album tracks. Up until the Interlude it feels like a best album. Granted, I don't hate the album. It'd be an exceptional album, from anyone OTHER THAN someone of the musical status of Utada Hikaru. My expectations of her are higher, and they weren't met this time, so I don't care for the album as much as I cared for Ultra Blue, or Deep River. Had Exodus not had trash like Easy Breezy, THE WORKOUT and Tippy Toe, I'd like it more than Heart Station to be honest.
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