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[sitara]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Well there's a reason why GREEN was in NEXT LEVEL. I mean sometimes she releases the singles, and then comes up with the album concept a while later.

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that is exactly the reason. western artists usually release the album first, and then they pop out singles. so all the material is new, and then they release singles with remixes and what not. thus it is much easier to have a theme. japanese artists are more single oriented, and release the album later. so you already know all the singles, and there are only a few new tracks.

i'm sure ayu didn't know the direction of her new album when she had to create a summer single, which was "sunrise/sunset". she just created a single that fitted her mood last summer imo.

[yelmizuno]

Originally Posted by sitara

^THIS !!
that is exactly the reason. western artists usually release the album first, and then they pop out singles. so all the material is new, and then they release singles with remixes and what not. thus it is much easier to have a theme. japanese artists are more single oriented, and release the album later. so you already know all the singles, and there are only a few new tracks.

i'm sure ayu didn't know the direction of her new album when she had to create a summer single, which was "sunrise/sunset". she just created a single that fitted her mood last summer imo.

I like more the japanese single oriented... because it makes the album a mix of rhythm... some western artists are just the same kind of rhythm from the beggin from tha last of the album (some, not all). And let's remmember GUILTY, the atmosfere but glitter is there, and ayumi fix it in a great way on the album, it's doesn't looks that glitter is out of the album context!!