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Originally Posted by LacusClyne
i know about this last week...CDJapan had e-mailed me about it. i think i might get this, but maybe i will wait for the oversea version. i need the translation....
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I will recommend this to everyone who like j-pop/idol-pop. Her albums have a lot of bland and boring filler tracks which sadly aren't saved by vocal abilities or interesting arrangements. But most of her A-sides have been very pleasant, catchy and good pop songs. It's a bit more mellow and relaxing than the usual avex idol stuff and not as overly happy as H!P. Also there are a lot of tracks for one CD. This album and Re. are the only two albums by her worth getting IMO.
HEr sales have never been really great, as she is mostly a famed actress/model/CM-girl. She definetly is a well know idol, but not because of music like f.ex aya matsuura and ayumi hamasaki. She has won many of the same type of awards that ayu won, best skin, best hair plus turning out high in many oricon polls. I think she's considered one of the most beautiful girls of the country and she was voted the "girl who most boys want for girlfriend".
She never had any number one hits, but in 2004 ai no tame ni reached #94 in the yearly oricon chart. Most of her singles debuts around 10th position, most in the top ten. Her Album sales plunged after Re., but have been mostly the same as singles.