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Interesting; for me Deep River and ULTRA BLUE are pretty much on the same level. For a while I preferred ULTRA BLUE, slightly, now I prefer Deep River. Both are genius. I seriously couldn't point out any filler material on ULTRA BLUE. I love the dream-poppy quality of it, it's like a pop version of shoegaze at times. So good. Heart Station though... such a love/hate album for me. I felt it carried on in the same direction ULTRA BLUE had taken, but that it took it too far. It's too clean, too polished. Mind, great material on it (Stay Gold is one of my fav Hikki songs ever; Fight the Blues plus everything from Gentle Beast interlude onward is also good) but the bad is SO bad. If Beautiful World were a person I'd punch it in the face.
How I'd rank Hikki's albums:
1. Deep River
2. ULTRA BLUE
3. Exodus
4. Distance
5. This Is the One
6. Heart Station
7. First Love
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