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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0
ever free was there to exist, that's all. I don't know why it didn't end up on Duty... perhaps ayu felt it would have interfered with the flow of the album.
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Sometimes they remove songs because of the flow like Delirium-Zer0 wrote. But like in the case of Endless sorrow, which was a major hit, they'll rather make a new version, because fans will be disappointed if it's not on the album. So if a song isen't being promoted, and the artist has more material that they like better and think suits the album better, he won't include a semi-known song fewer fans cared for.
As for the term B-side, I don't think it's all inapropriate. It's true that it's taken from the "vinyl times", and that it described the song on the other side of the single, which usually did not get much promotion, and usually was considered a more or less bad track (or experimental track) "tossed" in to add value and/or content to the record. Many of the "second songs" fits one or more of these descriptions, the only difference is that that it's not one the other side of the CD. Very few artists other than ayu manages to make their second songs known and even small hits (like HANABI and July 1st).
As an example of artists that still releases songs that have virtually all of the B-side "qualities" I could mention Shimatani Hitomi.
I do think the term "second song" is better today, because, and no just in ayu's case, it's often very hard to determine which is what. Many second songs have both A- anb B-side distintions. I think we should all stick to the "second song" term.
