yes, back then lots of other AHSers said Sweetbox's versions were bad except
Pride. I really love B&D cuz it is something you can't find in her discography. Of course my love was slightly altered when the single wasn't praised and there wasn't any hype at all in Japan, plus the eventual low sales of (m)u. After ignoring these facts I re-loved the song again. I just feel bad for ayu actually, and I guess B&D is a reason she doesn't dare to try new stuff. Otherwise we wouldn't hear fairyland episode II and III for the last 2 years
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With the above example, it's easy to see that my love towards a song or an album could be altered by the sales. I guess I didn't really like UB in the first place because it didn't come to my expectation. But then HS didn't get to my expectation as well (I was hoping for over 500K on the first week). Also, even tho I gave the album a few try, I still couldn't get into most of the album songs. I dun like This Is Love, I hate Making Love, and I dun really like Kairo. Admittedly her UB singles are stronger in terms of music variety (compared to HS), but in overall I love the flowing of HS, and the album songs are better (even it sounds more simple compared to UB's album songs).