Will "ULTRA BLUE" be better in your opinion than "(miss)understood"?

[Zeke.]

I can't even believe this thread I created is still alive! WOW! The results are unbelievably close with (m)u in the lead by ONE VOTE!

Originally Posted by shadow*puppet

after all these years... it's still ayu versus hikki? really, grow up, people!

I love them both, and ultra blue is just as good as (miss)understood... but seriously... this ayu vs. hikki, ayu vs. kuu, ayu vs. the twenty-third member of morning musume blah blah is just really childish. can't we love all of them?

This isn't really a question of who is the better arist, but which piece of work you enjoy better. I love Ayu to death and will stick by her forever. If I could listen to one arist the rest of my life, it would be Ayu... However, I when I created this thread I voted that ULTRA BLUE would be better and after finally listening to it, I think that it is better! That is not saying "HIKKI IS BETTER THAN AYU," because in my opinion, it is the other way around - but in this case, Hikki gets it hands down for an amazing album that had no dissapointing feelings left inside me and didn't leave me expecting more, where as Ayu's (m)u left me thinking "Is this really the final product?"... It didn't feel as complete as MY STORY...

[Mad_Cactuar]

Originally Posted by anime fanatic 21

Hikki gets it hands down for an amazing album that had no dissapointing feelings left inside me and didn't leave me expecting more, where as Ayu's (m)u left me thinking "Is this really the final product?"... It didn't feel as complete as MY STORY...

That is true!

I'm also shocked and happy that ULTRA BLUE is just a few votes short of beating (m)u on an AYU forum!

Quality over quantity? Not that Ayu's songs are poor in quality or Utada's albums lack content, not really..

[AlphaBlaze]

Is there such a thing as someone being better than another?

[Flyhigher]

I'm not going to say any entertainer is better than another, because they all have their own styles. As far as these two albums are concerned though, my vote goes to Hikki. Ultra Blue is just an amazing album, from begginning to end. While I liked (miss)understood, it wasn't my favorite Ayumi album and I had a hard time getting into some of the songs. With Ultra Blue, I love every song and it has a certain feel to it that I didn't experience while listening to (miss)understdood. So my vote goes with Hikki.

[kirika]

I vote for Utada Hikaru ... I just don't really like (m)u

[Mad_Cactuar]

Originally Posted by AlphaBlaze

Is there such a thing as someone being better than another?

Hamasaki Ayumi is always better than all of us put together..

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by AlphaBlaze

Is there such a thing as someone being better than another?

That is not the question here

See my previous post please

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=122

Like I said, it is about the album and which one you enjoy more or the one you think feels more overall "complete"

[Dustie]

I actually think both releases are compareable. They went through the same cycle for their albums - first releasing a row of singles (COLORS and Dare ka no negai ga kanau koro were released back in...2004? right?), then putting them together with few new songs and giving the whole thing out for sale. Only halfs of the albums are new that way and half of these halfs are as good as the other single songs... That makes up my impression on both ULTRA BLUE and (miss)understood.

Sometimes I think they could do it like Western performers do - two or three singles before an album so then you have like 10 new songs...

[emi♡]

^^I don't think their comparable because the styles are just too different.

However, if we compare how each album did the best with its artist, then I say ULTRA BLUE. I can't get enough of this album right now, and I think that there's just enough people that dislike (m)u that I'd say that it didn't do as well as ULTRA BLUE.

[ayu_ready?]

okay, let's be a little bit realistic...
ULTRA BLUE

[水銀燈 Suigintou]

Ayu, cuz Utada makes me fall asleep...

(miss) understood is way better than ULTRA BLUE

[elepop]

Reading back, someone said that he thought it was going to sale "1.5 million copies" compared to Ayu's "struggling million". Let's see what I wrote...

Originally Posted by asongforXX

To be honnest, I'd be very suprised if Hikki sale more than a million.

I was right. And Hikki haven't surpassed Ayu's "(m)u" yet. (I think...)

[criminal]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

And Hikki haven't surpassed Ayu's "(m)u" yet. (I think...)

You're right again. ULTRA BLUE has still 10k to go until it's equal with (miss)understood. It sold a little over 1k last week.

EDIT: SILLY ME. It sold just over 2k last week.

[HannahMntnaFan89]

I love that ULTRA BLUE came out just over 6 months after (miss)understood and is going to pass it soon. It didn't even have a lot of excess promotion or photobook/CD+DVD gimmicks to go with it.

[alt.total-loser]

ULTRA BLUE is fine and dandy, but it gets tiring to me after a short while. So therefore, I say (miss)understood is better; I've been listening to its tracks every day and am still not tired of it.

[Ayashi]

Ultra blue hands down. But I loved (miss)understood too.

[slashess]

i kinda think Ayu's album sounds a bit more plain than ultra blue

[BabyUtada]

Ultra Blue of course. I like some of the tracks on (miss)understood but it sound like the same tracks from Ayu's previous albums. At least Hikki changes her style of music up a bit.

[Jayee19]

Well, I voted for Ultra Blue before hearing the whole album, since the tracks I did hear were way beyond most of the (m)u tracks (imo of course). Now that I have heard both albums fully, there is still no contest. Ultra Blue all the way.