[2007] Koda's Black Cherry vs. Koda's Secret

[MsMiyabi]

Both albums by Koda Kumi which one do u like more? why?

[AyuHamasaki01]

Both

[sora-kara]

i like secret more.

while they both have a lot of material, and a great diveristy of material, i felt that secret handled everything better.
the album tracks are better, the ballads are better, the singles are just as good, and the overall flow of the album is ten times better.

while i do like black cherry, i feel like it proceeds in chunks. the songs dont flow very well into one another, and the tracklist actually takes away from the songs. i mean, ningyo hime followed by yume no uta really takes away from both tracks.

also, black cherry tends to drag a bit. i have the first press of both albums, the bonus tracks on black cherry just keep going and going. that also takes away from the album. but at the same time, if it were to stop right at milk tea, the ending would be so abrupt! there's no better scenario.
the bonus tracks on secret only drag a touch. there was really no need for its a small world, and i dont like that song at all. i loooove hot stuff, so the extra remix of that was nice.

overall, while both albums are comparable in variety and general concept, secret was just much better in execution.

[Weslicious]

I actually much preferred the flow of Black Cherry. Secret loses it at the end and finishes with some really weak songs whilst except for Milk Tea there were 3 singles at the end of BC.
Get Down > Cutie Honey, wth? That's much worse than any fast song to a ballad on Black Cherry, and Shake It seems thrown in between Hearty and kiseki.

Then there's the bonus tracks. OMG how awful is 'It's a small world' That loses Secret so many points.

However, all the album tracks on BC were rather mediocre whereas Secret has LOVE HOLIC, Trust You and Selfish so that gives it a bit of a plus over BC.

I voted BC, but it was a hard choice.

[evolution7931]

secret is way better

[Beauty4123]

Black Cherry.

[fanmail]

"secret" ... I just like the overall "feel" of this album ... I love Koda in this era ... before she got mega famous and it was all about the money...

[Cyria]

Black Cherry. I thought secret was quite bland and Cutie Honey was the only song that really stood out. The Black Cherry songs were much more interesting, IMO, even though the album seems to have disappointed some of her big fans.

[ayumisrael]

Definitly secret.
secret had a larger range of songs and higher quality with a lot of thoughts and dancy styles and some good ballads. It wasn't rushed too (that's why it was better).

[Halla]

I like Secret better. it has all my favorite Kuu songs.

Black Cherry was a bit letdown, all the best songs from the album were already on 4 Hot Wave imo.

[Mirai Noah]

I like Secret way better. I like all the songs, and it flows better.

[Raleigh]

Secret. The stuff in Secret was so much better in terms of J-Urban music and originality. Black Cherry was just a mixture of pop and some urban which didn't flow well imo. Also Kumi trying to be cute annoyed me.

[Echoed_Memories]

secret

[Psychotic_X]

secret!!!

I like both.. but secret had many surprises in it which made me love it heaps..
Black Cherry was pretty good but so many of the songs were released previously I was unable to cherish the album like I did with secret...

[ayu-mix91]

Secret ***** all over black cherry...Secret has more dance and R&B sorta songs rather than the bland ones in BLACK CHERRY, although Black cherry is not all bad but overall Secret is better!

[spookshow]

I prefer Black Cherry!

[Lee_Hamasaki]

black cherry

[thinkingoutloud89]

secret....I love Black Cherry but nothin beats secret^^

[Miku]

both

[MsMiyabi]

I choose both.