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[Irrelevant 20,280]

title track is cute but the b-side POSE!? haven't heard the rest of the mini yet 

 

[PoshLife 16,915]

PoshLife's Utada English Song Rankings

S-Tier

Spoiler

 

1. Simple and Clean (PlanitB remix short edit)
2. Simple and Clean
3. Face My Fears
4. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
5. This One (Crying Like a Child)
6. Exodus '04 

 

A-Tier

Spoiler

 

7. Simple and Clean (PlanitB remix)
8. Hotel Lobby
9. Kremlin Dusk
10. *Blow My Whistle (with Foxy Brown)
11. *Animato
12. *Me Muero
13. On and On
14. Come Back to Me

 

B-Tier

Spoiler

 

15. *Tippy Toe
16. Sanctuary - Opening
17. Easy Breezy
18. Devil Inside
19. *You Make Me Want to Be a Man
20. About Me
21. Don't Think Twice

 

C-Tier

Spoiler

 

22. By Your Side (with Timbaland and Kiley Dean)
23. Taking My Money Back
24. Do You (with Neyo)
25. Dirty Desire
26. Opening (Exodus album)

 

D-Tier

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27. Wonder 'Bout
28. Apple and Cinnamon
29. Sanctuary - Ending
30. Poppin'
31. Automatic Part II
32. Crossover Interlude
33. Let Me Give You My Love
34. The Workout

 

 

*=charted higher than I thought it would when I started doing this

I included the short edit of the PlanitB remix cuz it's really my favorite thing Utada's ever done, and the original version of the remix is just way too long/has too much of that "remix filler." I wish we had studio versions of Devil Inside, Kremlin Dusk, and You Make Me Want to Be a Man that sounded like the live versions from Utada United, cuz those were amazing and definitely made me like the songs more. Also, "On and On" with a better production (and without the guy screaming) would be legendary.

[BUtterfield 8 40,963]

Wtf

 

[YCHofficial 5,293]

14 minutes ago, BUtterfield 8 said:

Wtf

 

 

Hope this is true 

[Irrelevant 20,280]

not txt saying ****ing 

Edited August 17, 2021 by Irrelevant

[PopReaper 2,229]

18 hours ago, PoshLife said:

PoshLife's Utada English Song Rankings

S-Tier

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1. Simple and Clean (PlanitB remix short edit)
2. Simple and Clean
3. Face My Fears
4. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
5. This One (Crying Like a Child)
6. Exodus '04 

 

A-Tier

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7. Simple and Clean (PlanitB remix)
8. Hotel Lobby
9. Kremlin Dusk
10. *Blow My Whistle (with Foxy Brown)
11. *Animato
12. *Me Muero
13. On and On
14. Come Back to Me

 

B-Tier

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15. *Tippy Toe
16. Sanctuary - Opening
17. Easy Breezy
18. Devil Inside
19. *You Make Me Want to Be a Man
20. About Me
21. Don't Think Twice

 

C-Tier

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22. By Your Side (with Timbaland and Kiley Dean)
23. Taking My Money Back
24. Do You (with Neyo)
25. Dirty Desire
26. Opening (Exodus album)

 

D-Tier

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27. Wonder 'Bout
28. Apple and Cinnamon
29. Sanctuary - Ending
30. Poppin'
31. Automatic Part II
32. Crossover Interlude
33. Let Me Give You My Love
34. The Workout

 

 

*=charted higher than I thought it would when I started doing this

I included the short edit of the PlanitB remix cuz it's really my favorite thing Utada's ever done, and the original version of the remix is just way too long/has too much of that "remix filler." I wish we had studio versions of Devil Inside, Kremlin Dusk, and You Make Me Want to Be a Man that sounded like the live versions from Utada United, cuz those were amazing and definitely made me like the songs more. Also, "On and On" with a better production (and without the guy screaming) would be legendary.

PopReaper's Utada English Songs Rankings:

Spoiler

 

Tier 1 - Best of the best: 
1. Simple & Clean
2. Kremlin Dusk
3. Sanctuary (Opening) + (Ending)
4. Devil Inside

Tier 2 - Really great:
5. By Your Side (feat. Timbaland & Kiley Dean)
6. Automatic Part II
7. Do You (feat. Ne Yo)
8. Blow My Whistle (feat. Foxy Brown)
9. This One (Crying Like A Child)
10. Me Muero

Tier 3 - Not as great as the previous tiers but still pretty good:
11. Apple and Cinnamon
12. Exodus '04
13. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
14. Taking My Money Back
15. Face My Fears
16. Dirty Desire

Tier 4 - Nice enough:
17. Let Me Give You My Love
18. Animato
19. Easy Breezy
20. Don't Think Twice
21. Come Back to Me
22. You Make Me Want to Be a Man
23. On And On

Tier 6 - It's getting weird... not terrible though:
24. Poppin'
25. Tippy Toe
26. Crossover (Interlude)
27. Opening (Intro)
28. About Me

Tier 7 - [Alyssa Edwards voice] Wtf is going on in here on this day:
29. Wonder 'Bout
30. Hotel Lobby
31. The Workout

 

General thoughts: This Is The One is my favorite out of her two English albums as I find it consistently good. On the other hand, Exodus is much more daring, so even though it has some real stinkers, when it lands it really lands, meanwhile This Is The One, even at it's best, is still kinda basic (my kind of basic though). Also, some of those lyrics really are something else..  The way Utada goes from "My neighbor just died" to "I wanna have sex right now" within the first six lines on Let Me Give You My Love nnnn  And the "[Countess LuAnn voice] Girls, you know we have it better than the boys..." + "Honeys if you're gay burn it up like a gay parade" moments on Poppin' and On and On respectively are both camp classics imo... 

[PopReaper 2,229]

Queendom almost feels too low-key to be a title track but it's cute, I enjoy it. Knock On Wood and Better Be are great

[PoshLife 16,915]

1 hour ago, PopReaper said:

PopReaper's Utada English Songs Rankings:

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Tier 1 - Best of the best: 
1. Simple & Clean
2. Kremlin Dusk
3. Sanctuary (Opening) + (Ending)
4. Devil Inside

Tier 2 - Really great:
5. By Your Side (feat. Timbaland & Kiley Dean)
6. Automatic Part II
7. Do You (feat. Ne Yo)
8. Blow My Whistle (feat. Foxy Brown)
9. This One (Crying Like A Child)
10. Me Muero

Tier 3 - Not as great as the previous tiers but still pretty good:
11. Apple and Cinnamon
12. Exodus '04
13. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
14. Taking My Money Back
15. Face My Fears
16. Dirty Desire

Tier 4 - Nice enough:
17. Let Me Give You My Love
18. Animato
19. Easy Breezy
20. Don't Think Twice
21. Come Back to Me
22. You Make Me Want to Be a Man
23. On And On

Tier 6 - It's getting weird... not terrible though:
24. Poppin'
25. Tippy Toe
26. Crossover (Interlude)
27. Opening (Intro)
28. About Me

Tier 7 - [Alyssa Edwards voice] Wtf is going on in here on this day:
29. Wonder 'Bout
30. Hotel Lobby
31. The Workout

 

General thoughts: This Is The One is my favorite out of her two English albums as I find it consistently good. On the other hand, Exodus is much more daring, so even though it has some real stinkers, when it lands it really lands, meanwhile This Is The One, even at it's best, is still kinda basic (my kind of basic though). Also, some of those lyrics really are something else..  The way Utada goes from "My neighbor just died" to "I wanna have sex right now" within the first six lines on Let Me Give You My Love nnnn  And the "[Countess LuAnn voice] Girls, you know we have it better than the boys..." + "Honeys if you're gay burn it up like a gay parade" moments on Poppin' and On and On respectively are both camp classics imo... 

lmaoooo yeah a lot of her English lyrics are questionable

We both agree The Workout is the worst thing she's ever done haha

I really like Hotel Lobby, the lyrics are way too on-the-nose and the intro lasts forever, but the chorus makes up for it imo

I did not expect to see all her early-2000s collabs rank so highly, you must really like that r&b sound. Automatic Part II though... choices

tbh I used to think I liked This Is The One more, but when I was doing this ranking I was struck by how basic it all was. I really like MCML-FYI  and This One (Crying Like a Child), but most of it is so skippable especially the second half. Exodus has some absolutely dreadful songs (Wonder Bout nnnn) but just like you said, when it lands it really lands. 

[PopReaper 2,229]

42 minutes ago, PoshLife said:

lmaoooo yeah a lot of her English lyrics are questionable

We both agree The Workout is the worst thing she's ever done haha

I really like Hotel Lobby, the lyrics are way too on-the-nose and the intro lasts forever, but the chorus makes up for it imo

I did not expect to see all her early-2000s collabs rank so highly, you must really like that r&b sound. Automatic Part II though... choices

tbh I used to think I liked This Is The One more, but when I was doing this ranking I was struck by how basic it all was. I really like MCML-FYI  and This One (Crying Like a Child), but most of it is so skippable especially the second half. Exodus has some absolutely dreadful songs (Wonder Bout nnnn) but just like you said, when it lands it really lands. 

dddd yeah I'm here for anything with that early/mid-2000's Timbaland sound. I don't think Hotel Lobby is terrible (the only truly terrible one is The Workout ), it has interesting parts and I appreciate the quirks in the production but it veers into being a bit obnoxious because of how heavyhanded it feels (which is the same problem I have with the other Exodus songs that ranked low). Some Exodus tracks also kinda remind me of early 2000's Madonna for whatever reason (specially Exodus 04's second verse) 

In other (J-Pop) news: Chanmina just announced her third full album, dropping October 13th The teaser video she posted on her IG features scenes from a few of her most recent MVs tho, so I guess we're getting an EP-sized amount of new tracks + some old ones, repackaged

[PoshLife 16,915]

30 minutes ago, PopReaper said:

dddd yeah I'm here for anything with that early/mid-2000's Timbaland sound. I don't think Hotel Lobby is terrible (the only truly terrible one is The Workout ), it has interesting parts and I appreciate the quirks in the production but it veers into being a bit obnoxious because of how heavyhanded it feels (which is the same problem I have with the other Exodus songs that ranked low). Some Exodus tracks also kinda remind me of early 2000's Madonna for whatever reason (specially Exodus 04's second verse) 

In other (J-Pop) news: Chanmina just announced her third full album, dropping October 13th The teaser video she posted on her IG features scenes from a few of her most recent MVs tho, so I guess we're getting an EP-sized amount of new tracks + some old ones, repackaged

nnnn if she puts "Never Grow Up (acoustic version)" on the new album girl that was already on an album, you named the album after it.

But that would also make it three years in a row that song makes my JPop top 10

[YCHofficial 5,293]

@PoshLife Remember the legendary icon: 

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2021/08/former-black-swan-member-hyeme-reported-to-have-been-married-during-group-promotions-currently-undergoing-divorce

 

 

[PoshLife 16,915]

12 hours ago, YCHofficial said:

@PoshLife Remember the legendary icon: 

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2021/08/former-black-swan-member-hyeme-reported-to-have-been-married-during-group-promotions-currently-undergoing-divorce

 

 

oof. She seems like kind of a mess tbh

[giskardsb 12,565]

It's like Blackpink Lite.  Song even sounds like parts of Kill this Love.

 

Edited August 18, 2021 by giskardsb

[Irrelevant 20,280]

32 minutes ago, giskardsb said:

It's like Blackpink Lite.  Song even sounds like parts of Kill this Love.

 

the second verse sounds like HYLT too 

[PoshLife 16,915]

God damn my 2015 kpop playlist was LIT. Nine Muses "Hurt Locker" into Stellar's "Vibrato" into Wonder Girls' "I Feel You" into Ailee's "Mind Your Own Business" into f(x)'s "4 Walls" album