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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker
But she succeed with her american album!  It sold a lot in Japan, to start with.  I don't think EXODUS was crap, the only problem I have with the album was her shaking/trembling voice, as if she were scared/insecure to sing the songs in english. But the rrangements and compositions were rich. However, the remixes of Exodus '04 weren't really that impressive in my opinion. They can't even be compared to the "Richard Vission" fantastic and awasome remixes of devil inside. |
I'll bet a big part of the reason why that album sold well in Japan was because of Hikki's pre existing popularity and fan base, if it weren't for that the album probably wouldn't have sold as well.
That is all moot anyway because the fact it didn't sell well in the states is what proved the album failed since, after all, the whole point of the album was "Hikki's american debut" And since it didn't do well in america the album failed.
Personally, I didn't like the songs on the album mainly because of the disappointing vocals that either had the wrong pitch, weren't on key, or a combination of the two. Which is completely unaccectable from an artist like Hikki who can sing well and has released good albums before, she isn't an artist like britney spears who's career is based off the ignorance and bad taste of others and not say, actual singing ability and talent so she shouldn't be singing like one of those artists.
Also, in many of the songs the music was so poorly composed it almost completely drowned Hikki singing and you had to strain to hear any of the lyrics which made the songs very annoying to listen to.
By the way, all of this is just my opinion and none of this is meant to offend people who did like that album.