[thinkingoutloud89]

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

I certainly can and will, especially if it's her last two albums. For me, it's hard to nail a go-back album for Koda. I've never considered any of her albums to be particularly strong from start to finish, but they've mostly been dotted with really memorable songs:

Black Cherry had JUICY, Cherry Girl, and tracks like Puppy.

Kingdom had Under, BUT, and FREAKY.

TRICK probably took the cake with TABOO, stay with me, This is not a love song, Driving, and That Ain't Cool.

UNIVERSE again with No way, Stay, ECSTACY, UNIVERSE, Physical thing, and my favorite Kuu ballad of all time -- Alive.

Dejavu had Lollipop, Passing by (even with that faux Michael Jackson nuisance), Anata Dake ga, and of course what is now Koda's Gangnam Style -- BE MY BABY.

JAPONESQUE takes the cake again with So Nice, VIP, IN THE AIR, ESCALATE, No Man's Land, Love Me Back, Love Technique, and Lay Down.

Bon Voyage had SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA, LOADED, my second favorite ballad by Kuu -- Koishikute --, LALALALALA, LOL, Go to the top, and my favorite interludes from any of her albums.

WALK OF MY LIFE had its title track, House Party, HOTEL, MONEY IN MY BAG, PIECE IN THE PUZZLE, and Fake Tongue.

So far, W FACE has W FACE, Ultraviolet, Shh!, Kimi Omoi, and Promise you.

I never said you can't, I just said it is unfair for the songs to live up to that a few days after the release - more over, most of the songs you named were longtime promo-songs with videos she performed live a dozen of times. You just have a different feeling to those tracks and I think that this will probably change for some tracks on this album too over the years.

For myself I also noticed that it is harder for me to like individual songs when I get a full album instead of me knowing 1/2 of the album already through singles - but it usually also makes me listen the whole album more rather than stand alone songs.