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Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89
I agree with you on LIBERTY, but there are times that I need a coohesive album in another sense - and that could be a fully ballady album or a fully upbeat album some artists have. I'm at work now and can't wrap my mind on examples, but there certainly are a few album that benifit from such an effort.
Yet I see what you want to tell, and I as said, it depends. Fantome for me feels very complete as it is...I only still think Sakura feels kinda "added" (something I can't shake off when I know that the last song is an old single title like "oh I just plaster it on")
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I have to agree that Fantôme is pretty cohesive. And now the more I listen, the more I'm getting into it, maybe except Ore no Kanojo and Kouya no Ookami. Ore sounds like a snoozefest to me and I don't know why.
The problem with Sakura Negashi as the end track is that Jinsei Saikou no Hi sounds too joyful. I can accept that Jinsei is placed after two depressing songs (Manatsu and Boukyaku). Sakura should place before Jinsei. This will make the flow smoother. (Unless, it has to do with the lyrical contents, that's why I wanna read the lyrics asap).
I would place this album above UB, First Love, and Distance for sure. I never really like UB as much as the others do. And actually I love HEART STATION more than UB (when both used synth instrumentals majorly). I love First Love, but I must admit that it's more like a teenage girl album. Distance is always at the bottom of my list.
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Originally Posted by Baco__
EDIT: and I have the feeling that the lyrics play the most important part in this album, like they never did before, so let's see how the average Japanese will react to it.
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That's what I think too. And after reading your message. I have a sudden thought about hikki placing Sakura after Jinsei. I haven't read the lyrics of Jinsei, so I don't really know what it is about. But based on the name of the song, lemme make a wild guess. After talking about the best day of her life as the "end" of the new album and the curtain went down (to isolate herself from the public), she went back to the place (Sakura Negashi) to think about her mom... Okay I'm not really good at guessing, but this is how I see why she put Sakura at the end.