[orangeakira]

^One of the problems with releasing singles before albums is that you have no sense of direction. Unless you come up with the album concept over a year or two ahead of the release for it, nothing really flows. It's how Ayu can release 3 ballads and a summer pop song as singles and then announce her new album is called "Rock 'n Roll Circus". Most of the time it's more than obvious that they don't come up with the album's concept or theme until all the singles are out and they're recording album track songs.

The album tracks fit the theme of the album along with music videos for the album tracks, but then all the single tracks have their own concept and theme and you generally need interludes to get the songs to flow.