^I really feel like there's a reason that HEART STATION has outsold ULTRA BLUE. The quality of the music is so much higher on HS and it's a very consistent disc.

ULTRA BLUE was too all over the place for me and a lot of the music was kind of a mess (sorry, but "Passion" was a nice try, but poorly executed). I'm glad Hikki didn't keep going with the self-indulgence, because if she continued that super artistic thing she had with UB I probably wouldn't been able to really get into her next album.

HEART STATION doesn't require any skipping around for me, the only song I don't really like that much is "Celebrate." It's a return to form after UB, IMO, and I think Japan agrees