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Originally Posted by bluegie

According to my memory, both albums received some sort of negative comments when they released. IMO, Exodus was too experimental at the time of the release. She used her Japanese side to write the English lyrics, and probly she just tried too hard in certain degrees.

I feel like this too; dare I say the American market wasn't ready for this kind of music? Ahaha. No, I loved Exodus a lot when I first heard it...but I'm used to different kinds of music. This Is The One doesn't sound lazy to me, it still has Utada's style to it. But it does seem more rushed than other albums, but maybe that's because we're used to Utada releasing masterpieces, and TITO doesn't really have any stand-out tracks like Exodus or her other albums did. They're all pretty mellow RnB.