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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 3 (AMIT, Cruel Summer, Reverie)
LOWEST SCORE: 5.5 x 1 (Ewan Chaos)
MY SCORE: 8

 

If there was any doubt about the direction Hikaru was going to take post-Ultra Blue, Fight The Blues is an immediate statement of intent. Introducing more electronic elements into their music had been an overall successful experiment, so why throw it out without giving it a second try? Fight The Blues is a great introduction for Heart Station, but... it probably would've made a great intro track to Ultra Blue too. The albums share a surprising amount of overlap - soft electronica soundtracking tunes about optimism and fighting depression. Not to make the song sound too derivative - it's a lovely track and I even prefer it to some of the opening tracks on the prior album!

 

Fight The Blues's similarities to something like 'This Is Love' don't just end there, either. Just like that track, Fight The Blues was also a digital-only pre-release single. Used in some commercial or other too. Whatever. Those style of releases always bum me out a little bit, no videos or single art, or in this case even a live performance. They're like half singles. These tracks deserved better. How can I fight the blues without a big-budget pretty video to cheer me up, sis?

 


Somebody who likes the doubling down? Curaga! "Love the even more electronic direction compared to ULTRA BLUE."

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4 minutes ago, Ewan Chaos said:

These recent Distance losses, oh HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL no!!!!!!!! I mean I should have given Wait & See a 10 instead of a 9 but clearly that wouldn't have helped much...

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It would've put it in the top forty :snowball:

 

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2 minutes ago, Subomie said:
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It would've put it in the top forty :snowball:

 

YOU'RE SHITTIN ME okay. I guess I'm not surprised given how close these past few averages have been so. OOPS!

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Speaking of Ultra Blue...

 

 

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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 1 (gingguu)
LOWEST SCORE: 5 x 1 (Aria0327)
MY SCORE: 9

 

Nichiyō no Asa, literally meaning 'Sunday Morning' (if you didn't get that just from listening), is one of the biggest growers of their discography in my humble opinion! Though surrounded by heavy hitters on the Ultra Blue tracklisting, this understated number can go toe-to-toe with any of them. It's a blissful little bop for those chilled out weekends - pure escapism. And it's true, isn't it? Are there any feelings quite as good as being wrapped up in the sheets on a weekend morning with no plans and no responsibilities for the rest of the day? Hikki captures that feeling amazingly here, using ethereal sounds to embody that sweet morning. Christmas morning too, if the lyrics are to be believed! I guess J-Pop girlies CAN write good Xmas tunes!

 

What I really like about Nichiyō no Asa is how it feels like a different evolution of older Hikki stuff. I mentioned how the electronic sounds on Ultra Blue were a great fit, but this is one of the best examples actually. Even simple uses of them make for a great song. At it's core, this is an R&B tune that wouldn't be miles apart from the older albums... and yet, it does sound a world apart from them at the same time. At this point in the career, Hikaru was operating on a different level for sure. More confident and aware of their abilities, finding new lanes that they could thrive in.


It took a while for AMIT to get into this Sunday Morning bliss: "this was such a grower, but it's definitely a vibe now." Were you stuck in church, beloved?
A simple "Nice!" is a summation of Curaga's feelings on this one. Nice!

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Any bets on what's missing (or should miss) our top forty?

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45 minutes ago, Subomie said:

I believe it was the great philosopher Katy Perry who said that karma keeps receipts?

 

 

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11 x 1 (AMIT)

 

HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 2 (bestfiction, confide in me)
LOWEST SCORE: 4 x 1 (Curaga)
MY SCORE: 9

 

God damn! That chorus melody is pretty brilliant, eh?

 

While the first two singles from Distance had been made with the help of Jam and Lewis, Time Limit was all Darkchild. Well, not all... It was initially written by Hikki, alongside Takuro of the rock band Glay, and they later took it to Darkchild himself for remixing. And while I can take or leave his vocal contributions on the track, it was ultimately the right move. Catchiest chorus on the album, perhaps? Now this is a sound that could've gotten some play on US radio circa 2000. A stone cold jam.

 

The fact that this was the back side of the double A-side release is crazy to me. This is leagues better than For You! Unfortunately I do think it is one of the more forgotten singles of their career. It was hard enough trying to find the single cover in any decent quality/size!

 

Time Limit initially sounds like another sassy send-off in the same vain as Movin' on without you, just R&B-ified thanks to Darkchild. That said, on further inspection it's more of a tough love teaching moment from Hikki. They warn us that "you can't keep working hard without a time limit." Wisdom icon. I'll keep that in mind for the rate!

 


Just gonna give the floor to AMIT for this one! Take it away, bae! "This song is basically nonstop melodic bliss for almost 5 minutes. one of her most catchy songs if not THEE most. it has a bit of a melancholic vibe as well that always gets me, I feel like it's underrated but I just love it so much." Testify.

 

 

I'm surprised this went as far as it did, actually. :clap3:

 

I can never grow tired of this song, it Dynamic Punches me every single time and leaves me DIZZY with excitement. :jonny5:

 

Btw, @Curaga definitely wins as bigger hater than me. I gave Ore no Kanojo, Michi and Sakura Nagashi all 10s. :coffee2:

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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 2 (confide in me, Hey Dude)
LOWEST SCORE: 5.5 x 1 (Aria0327)
MY SCORE: 8.5

 

The big city is so full of people that it feels like finding love should be a lot easier, right? Sigh. Therein lies the problem. Tokyo Nights is that search for a partner in the bustle of metropolitan life. Being told that it'll come in time, to just wait for it to find you... that's hardly a satisfying rebuttal, is it? After all, despite the huge population, the big city can be the loneliest place of all. That's what Tokyo Nights is about. The longing. The dissatisfaction. Sure, life goes on just fine for now, but that feeling of something missing can't be so easily filled. We have all this love to give and no outlet for it.

 

Although Hikaru was already engaged when she released this one... They really made this song for the lonely girls, and then went back to bed with the husband while the rest of us single fools danced in a circle...

 

One of my early Deep River favourites! This one was instant for me. A catchy and memorable chorus in an album that sometimes leans a little subtle. At least on the first listens! To me, this one just sounds like 2AM on a bright city street, bouncing from one club to another. I've never been to Tokyo, but I can certainly picture the inspiration that Hikki got from the city. Plus it has harpischord! Can any song that uses the harpischord truly be bad? I think not...

 

What does Curaga, the rate's oracle, think? "Hard to score. Love it, but I tend to skip on shuffle." Interesting...

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Subomie said:

Any bets on what's missing (or should miss) our top forty?

The way I'm giving Normani concert in here nn

 

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We'll need to pick a time that works for most people for the finales.

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ATRL'S TOP 40 HIKARU UTADA SONGS!

 

First Love

Automatic

Movin' on without you

 

Distance
Can You Keep A Secret?
DISTANCE
Addicted To You

 

Deep River

Sakura Drops
traveling
Deep River
Letters
A.S.A.P.
FINAL DISTANCE
光 / Simple & Clean

 

Exodus

Kremlin Dusk

 

Ultra Blue

This Is Love
Keep Tryin'
BLUE
Making Love

COLORS
Passion / Sanctuary

 

Heart Station
Heart Station
Beautiful World
Kiss & Cry
Celebrate
Take 5

 

This Is The One

 

Single Collection Vol. 2
Goodbye Happiness

 

Fantome

Michi
Ore no Kanojo
Nijikan Dake no Vacance
Sakura Nagashi

 

Hatsukoi

Anata
Shittosarerubeki Jinsei

 

Bad Mode

Bad Mode
Kimi ni Muchū
One Last Kiss
Time
気分じゃないの (Not In The Mood)
Darenimo Iwanai
Find Love
Somewhere Near Marseilles ーマルセイユ辺りー

 

Gold ~また逢う日まで~

 

 

 

 

Thoughts? Criticisms? Who are we rooting for? Who should've left already?

Who has more low scores left to dole out between Curaga, AMIT and Mx. Aria?

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wait, I missed the Show Me Love elimination I think. s:wan:

 

I still have plenty of 10s left, but these last few rounds definitely felt bittersweet anyway. :chick3:

 

Still plenty of good stuff left, though, I'm not mad. :beatfreak:

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1 minute ago, AMIT said:

wait, I missed the Show Me Love elimination I think. s:wan:

 

I still have plenty of 10s left, but these last few rounds definitely felt bittersweet anyway. :chick3:

 

Still plenty of good stuff left, though, I'm not mad. :beatfreak:

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14 minutes ago, Subomie said:

Any bets on what's missing (or should miss) our top forty?

I think it's time for Kremlin to bite the dusk :suburban: love the first half but then *that part* kicks in and I need a nurtec. I usually love the rock elements but that was a little too much even for me.

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2 hours ago, Subomie said:

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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 3 (AMIT, Cruel Summer, Reverie)
LOWEST SCORE: 5.5 x 1 (Ewan Chaos)
MY SCORE: 8

 

If there was any doubt about the direction Hikaru was going to take post-Ultra Blue, Fight The Blues is an immediate statement of intent. Introducing more electronic elements into their music had been an overall successful experiment, so why throw it out without giving it a second try? Fight The Blues is a great introduction for Heart Station, but... it probably would've made a great intro track to Ultra Blue too. The albums share a surprising amount of overlap - soft electronica soundtracking tunes about optimism and fighting depression. Not to make the song sound too derivative - it's a lovely track and I even prefer it to some of the opening tracks on the prior album!

 

Fight The Blues's similarities to something like 'This Is Love' don't just end there, either. Just like that track, Fight The Blues was also a digital-only pre-release single. Used in some commercial or other too. Whatever. Those style of releases always bum me out a little bit, no videos or single art, or in this case even a live performance. They're like half singles. These tracks deserved better. How can I fight the blues without a big-budget pretty video to cheer me up, sis?

 


Somebody who likes the doubling down? Curaga! "Love the even more electronic direction compared to ULTRA BLUE."

The way I took so many Ls today but this was the biggest one :deadbanana:

 

Literally my favorite song on the album and one of my favorites in her discography. I love it so much. I can put this song on at any time and ground myself a little, boost my mood, exit reality for a moment. What a song.

 

2 hours ago, Subomie said:

The way I'm giving Normani concert in here nn

 

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We'll need to pick a time that works for most people for the finales.

I had a nightmare of a day today at work to be quite honest, and I was so salty at them about missing so much of the reveal because it was all for nothing when my boss said “cute idea but actually we’re doing something else now”

 

 

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I was here in time for the reveals and then the servers kicked me out 

 

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6 hours ago, Subomie said:

The way I'm giving Normani concert in here nn

 

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We'll need to pick a time that works for most people for the finales.

Sorry, king, I was here at the start, but then I had to go to the dentist, decided to skip taking my car in for inspection, and got home just in time for the servers to crash :gaycat7:(“Servers” as if ATRL has more than one asdhkfasiujfawkef)

 

6 hours ago, Subomie said:

ATRL'S TOP 40 HIKARU UTADA SONGS!

 

First Love

Automatic

Movin' on without you

 

Distance
Can You Keep A Secret?
DISTANCE
Addicted To You

 

Deep River

Sakura Drops
traveling
Deep River
Letters
A.S.A.P.
FINAL DISTANCE
光 / Simple & Clean

 

Exodus

Kremlin Dusk

 

Ultra Blue

This Is Love
Keep Tryin'
BLUE
Making Love

COLORS
Passion / Sanctuary

 

Heart Station
Heart Station
Beautiful World
Kiss & Cry
Celebrate
Take 5

 

This Is The One

 

Single Collection Vol. 2
Goodbye Happiness

 

Fantome

Michi
Ore no Kanojo
Nijikan Dake no Vacance
Sakura Nagashi

 

Hatsukoi

Anata
Shittosarerubeki Jinsei

 

Bad Mode

Bad Mode
Kimi ni Muchū
One Last Kiss
Time
気分じゃないの (Not In The Mood)
Darenimo Iwanai
Find Love
Somewhere Near Marseilles ーマルセイユ辺りー

 

Gold ~また逢う日まで~

 

 

 

 

Thoughts? Criticisms? Who are we rooting for? Who should've left already?

Who has more low scores left to dole out between Curaga, AMIT and Mx. Aria?

Mostly high scores left from me, but I probably still have the most low scores left out of us 3 because there are still First Love and Distance tracks left :nicole2:

I’m betting Kremlin Dusk, Automatic, or Find Love is next. Find Love is a cute moment on Bad Mode, but a little weak compared to the rest ngl. (Although I wasn’t mad to see Pink Blood go; I usually skip her — oops!)  OK WAIT and I’m really surprised to see Ore no Kanojo still in the running because that is probably my 2nd least favorite song on Fantome. 

 

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3 hours ago, Subomie said:

I believe it was the great philosopher Katy Perry who said that karma keeps receipts?

 

 

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11 x 1 (AMIT)

 

HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 2 (bestfiction, confide in me)
LOWEST SCORE: 4 x 1 (Curaga)
MY SCORE: 9

 

God damn! That chorus melody is pretty brilliant, eh?

 

While the first two singles from Distance had been made with the help of Jam and Lewis, Time Limit was all Darkchild. Well, not all... It was initially written by Hikki, alongside Takuro of the rock band Glay, and they later took it to Darkchild himself for remixing. And while I can take or leave his vocal contributions on the track, it was ultimately the right move. Catchiest chorus on the album, perhaps? Now this is a sound that could've gotten some play on US radio circa 2000. A stone cold jam.

 

The fact that this was the back side of the double A-side release is crazy to me. This is leagues better than For You! Unfortunately I do think it is one of the more forgotten singles of their career. It was hard enough trying to find the single cover in any decent quality/size!

 

Time Limit initially sounds like another sassy send-off in the same vain as Movin' on without you, just R&B-ified thanks to Darkchild. That said, on further inspection it's more of a tough love teaching moment from Hikki. They warn us that "you can't keep working hard without a time limit." Wisdom icon. I'll keep that in mind for the rate!

 


Just gonna give the floor to AMIT for this one! Take it away, bae! "This song is basically nonstop melodic bliss for almost 5 minutes. one of her most catchy songs if not THEE most. it has a bit of a melancholic vibe as well that always gets me, I feel like it's underrated but I just love it so much." Testify.

 

 

Yeah would be a 10 with the chorus but something about it is not as luscious sounding as I need it to be 

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3 hours ago, Subomie said:

Is it all for you?

 

Give it all for you...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

 

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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 5 (Subomie, scenekiller, gingguu, AMIT, confide in me)
LOWEST SCORE: 4 x 1 (Curaga) girl...
MY SCORE: 10

 

Coming out in early 2000, Utada's first single of the new milennium was also their second time working with famed Janet Jackson collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Unlike the earlier R&B work she'd done on First Love and Addicted To You, Wait & See is a genre bending mishmash... R&B, rock, dance... it's an onslaught of music right from the opening with that primal scream. Well, Hikki's take on a primal scream, perhaps hehe.

 

Lyrically, this one is self-explanatory. Utada is a risk-taker, and will continue to be so. They make it clear that whatever slight pain comes with unfamiliar territory is only temporary and the growth you undergo in the process makes it worthwhile anyway. Sonically and lyrically, Wait & See is indicative of a more confident and assertive Utada than that of First Love. This makes a great first impression - I love it! So frantic and desperate! Dramatic in ways that First Love wasn't capable of! What a rush!

 

Just like every other single from Distance, this was an instant #1 on Oricon. Over eight hundred thousand sold in one week, selling over one and a half million in total. Everything about this era was a commercial behemoth, and Wait & See holds up to this day. A 2015 poll of Japanese fans put it as the tenth most popular Utada song! ...Which is a bit of a far cry from where we've thrown it.

 

Ah! And we can't forget that video. Early '00s spectacle in all of the right ways. Huge budget, low taste level. I mean that in a (mostly) good way. It's a cute video that sees Hikaru dancing in a warehouse with several clones of themself, as well as hopping on some futuristic hovercraft for a thrilling ride through Tokyo. Dated as all hell, but a treat nonetheless!

 


Curaga tries to justify that janky ass score with some reason: "I can start to hear elements of what I like on the next album, but right from the get go with this song, the instrumentals on this album just don’t do it for me — something about the guitars. There’s so much going on that it sounds messy; every instrument is in the foreground."
AMIT, on the other hand, gives a glowing review: "it's not easy to follow up such a huge album opener like Automatic, and it does not reach the former's highs but still this song does not disappoint! a great mood setter for one of her best albums. I think it had to grow on me at first, but I saw the light eventually and now its one of my top faves."
And finally, Ewan Chaos hails Hikaru as an inspiration to flop girls everywhere: "This literally invented Rina."

The YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH is iconic but I don't love the rest of the song! Well I love the track but I don't love the vocals I'm afraid 

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2 hours ago, Subomie said:

 

 

What does Curaga, the rate's oracle, think? "Hard to score. Love it, but I tend to skip on shuffle." Interesting...

 

 

The harpsichord definitely carries Tokyo Nights for me so I have to agree with our oracle, if I don't wanna hear the harpsichord then I don't really wanna hear the song! But it's still nice

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Wait & See went out wayyy earlier than i expected :chick1:

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Yeah, that was definitely too late for me, sorry

 

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I see the remaining Hatsukoi songs are the ones I gave the lowest and the highest scores to. Inchresting... (I hope that the latter prevails but everything is unpredictable from this point on).

 

4 hours ago, Subomie said:

The cretins who sabotaged this aren't even here to gloat.

 

 

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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 3 (Subomie, Riverbank, Hey Dude)
LOWEST SCORE: 3 x 1 (Suilen)
MY SCORE: 10

 

Undoubtedly one of the highest moments on Fantome for me is Tomodachi, a brassy tale of unfulfilled yearning. I adore the instrumentation on this one, with the way it starts all sparse and quiet and blooms into something noisy and funky. The horns are amazing, especially with how they come in bit by bit - first just as punctuation on the pre-chorus, but then with some real purpose once the chorus proper kicks in, and finally they take over from Hikki herself once she starts crooning out those "ohhh"s. The backing vocalists are courtesy of Obukuro Nariaki, an R&B singer who would collaborate with Hikaru again on his debut 2018 album (she executive produced it!).

 

This is definitely one for the gays, and not in the pandering "burn it up like a parade" way. It speaks to a pretty universal experience of gay youth - unrequited love. Or not even, since you'd have to confess it for it to be unrequited. There's a deftness in this song that I find especially impressive. At first it could read as a rather general fear of rejection, but particular lines make it specifically gay-coded... Deciding that the character of the song can't confess because they wouldn't be able to live with it if their crush hated them for coming clean, or deciding to "take these embarrassing delusions and impossible dreams to my grave". Oof. Is that just the crush they refer to, or do they mean their sexuality in general? Hitting us in the sore spots there, sis.

 

And also we know as much because Hikaru has outright said so in some tweets, hehe.

 

 

Starting positive, Curaga is a fan! "Love the horns. This one’s fun."
Now the negatives... AMIT, sis... "yeah it's fine, but a bit of a filler I fear, I don't skip it when I play the full album." You and that musty 4...
And the worst insult of all? Courtesy of Ewan Chaos: "The chorus of this reminds me of a HAIM song but idk which..." Eek!

 

Well, FINALLY. I know that the gays love it (though not to this extent), and I tried to be a bit generous because 3 is better than 1, but ultimately I don't get it, and the man doesn't help it. Should've gone the Mai Kuraki route when a man stays uncredited and actually contributes something. And should've made something like TABOO for that universal appeal. Sorry.

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3 hours ago, Subomie said:

I believe it was the great philosopher Katy Perry who said that karma keeps receipts?

 

 

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11 x 1 (AMIT)

 

HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 2 (bestfiction, confide in me)
LOWEST SCORE: 4 x 1 (Curaga)
MY SCORE: 9

 

God damn! That chorus melody is pretty brilliant, eh?

 

While the first two singles from Distance had been made with the help of Jam and Lewis, Time Limit was all Darkchild. Well, not all... It was initially written by Hikki, alongside Takuro of the rock band Glay, and they later took it to Darkchild himself for remixing. And while I can take or leave his vocal contributions on the track, it was ultimately the right move. Catchiest chorus on the album, perhaps? Now this is a sound that could've gotten some play on US radio circa 2000. A stone cold jam.

 

The fact that this was the back side of the double A-side release is crazy to me. This is leagues better than For You! Unfortunately I do think it is one of the more forgotten singles of their career. It was hard enough trying to find the single cover in any decent quality/size!

 

Time Limit initially sounds like another sassy send-off in the same vain as Movin' on without you, just R&B-ified thanks to Darkchild. That said, on further inspection it's more of a tough love teaching moment from Hikki. They warn us that "you can't keep working hard without a time limit." Wisdom icon. I'll keep that in mind for the rate!

 


Just gonna give the floor to AMIT for this one! Take it away, bae! "This song is basically nonstop melodic bliss for almost 5 minutes. one of her most catchy songs if not THEE most. it has a bit of a melancholic vibe as well that always gets me, I feel like it's underrated but I just love it so much." Testify.

 

 

Wow, we really lost today, huh @AMIT Curaga is trying it, and my previous threat remains. God, we're really ending up with Bad Mode occupying the whole top 10 if this continues.

 

3 hours ago, Subomie said:

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HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 2 (confide in me, Hey Dude)
LOWEST SCORE: 5.5 x 1 (Aria0327)
MY SCORE: 8.5

 

The big city is so full of people that it feels like finding love should be a lot easier, right? Sigh. Therein lies the problem. Tokyo Nights is that search for a partner in the bustle of metropolitan life. Being told that it'll come in time, to just wait for it to find you... that's hardly a satisfying rebuttal, is it? After all, despite the huge population, the big city can be the loneliest place of all. That's what Tokyo Nights is about. The longing. The dissatisfaction. Sure, life goes on just fine for now, but that feeling of something missing can't be so easily filled. We have all this love to give and no outlet for it.

 

Although Hikaru was already engaged when she released this one... They really made this song for the lonely girls, and then went back to bed with the husband while the rest of us single fools danced in a circle...

 

One of my early Deep River favourites! This one was instant for me. A catchy and memorable chorus in an album that sometimes leans a little subtle. At least on the first listens! To me, this one just sounds like 2AM on a bright city street, bouncing from one club to another. I've never been to Tokyo, but I can certainly picture the inspiration that Hikki got from the city. Plus it has harpischord! Can any song that uses the harpischord truly be bad? I think not...

 

What does Curaga, the rate's oracle, think? "Hard to score. Love it, but I tend to skip on shuffle." Interesting...

 

 

Moscow ended Tokyo? Oops (I actually prefer this over Kremlin Dusk but kinda thought that the girl would be underrated and bumped her up. Well...)

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Fun fact about Play Ball: Baseball is very popular in Japan. That's why it was featured in both Sonic movies. It appeals both to the US and Japan, Sonic's main audiences. 

 

It's like how Fergie, an American artist made Let's Play Some Basketball (National Anthem Remix)

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7 hours ago, AMIT said:

Btw, @Curaga definitely wins as bigger hater than me. I gave Ore no Kanojo, Michi and Sakura Nagashi all 10s. :coffee2:

Well, since Homodachi didn't make Fantome's top 3 according to the plan, Curaga is indeed the bigger villain, but he also gave high scores to some songs I love, so I guess that makes him a lovable villain

 

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Anyway, now that my 11 is gone, lowkey rooting for Darenimo Iwanai. The best of both worlds: the horniness of the English music and the quality of the Japanese music.

 

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9 hours ago, Taste of Honey said:

I love the way the instrumental builds. Going from this very whimsical sound at the start then suddenly shifting into a more somber mood when the harmonies in the bridge hit. Kinda like watching storm clouds roll in on a sunny day. :jonny:

EXACTLY

 

Oozora is too good :jonny: 

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16 hours ago, Curaga said:

Ugh, I love Play Ball :heart: I only gave it a 9 because the chorus doesn’t send me like their other songs, but omg it’s so good still. 

 

@Aria0327 sneaking in some more villanous scores, I see :chick2:

i ranked her songs from first to last and spread out the scores evenly so some songs have to be in the lower range (and i thought i was being generous by not handing any 1s nnn)

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14 hours ago, Subomie said:

ATRL'S TOP 40 HIKARU UTADA SONGS!

 

First Love

Automatic

Movin' on without you

 

Distance
Can You Keep A Secret?
DISTANCE
Addicted To You

 

Deep River

Sakura Drops
traveling
Deep River
Letters
A.S.A.P.
FINAL DISTANCE
光 / Simple & Clean

 

Exodus

Kremlin Dusk

 

Ultra Blue

This Is Love
Keep Tryin'
BLUE
Making Love

COLORS
Passion / Sanctuary

 

Heart Station
Heart Station
Beautiful World
Kiss & Cry
Celebrate
Take 5

 

This Is The One

 

Single Collection Vol. 2
Goodbye Happiness

 

Fantome

Michi
Ore no Kanojo
Nijikan Dake no Vacance
Sakura Nagashi

 

Hatsukoi

Anata
Shittosarerubeki Jinsei

 

Bad Mode

Bad Mode
Kimi ni Muchū
One Last Kiss
Time
気分じゃないの (Not In The Mood)
Darenimo Iwanai
Find Love
Somewhere Near Marseilles ーマルセイユ辺りー

 

Gold ~また逢う日まで~

 

 

 

 

Thoughts? Criticisms? Who are we rooting for? Who should've left already?

Who has more low scores left to dole out between Curaga, AMIT and Mx. Aria?

overall it's nice tbh and for some sneaks let's hope they would be chopped off next update :eli: also wow at her top 40 possibly having an average of at least 8 points :clap3:

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I forgot Sakura Nagashi was still in

 

I gave it my lowest score out of all Fantôme tracks I think

 

 

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