Bleumag.com made an article bout Utada new Album "This is the One"
This is his review
Check it out
http://www.thebleumag.com/2009/03/bleu_critic_utada_this_is_the.html

So... looks like the critics are likeing this album alot, and i agree on the album cover,"My only major complaint about it is the hideous album cover. Island/Def Jam should know that in the US image is everything." lol. The guy described some of her songs as," Ooze sex and sensuality," on the tracks Dirty Desires and Poppin', lol on that note again

i agree with him on that part also america's is all about the looks.....

anyways, the reiveiw was great, seems like he really like the album but the part that ticks me off is that there comparing her to holy spears and mariah.... omg stop comparing her to them, utada hikaru is utada hikaru! no one else!!!!

she is the best!!!!

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You got that right!!!

yay another great review and its nice to see a reviewer take you through all the tracks!

I quite hope that nickname doesnt catch on though...


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sounds a bit like when your about to be sick... lol.

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Yeah, who the heck will call her Uts, us fans will stick to Hikki..

Aww, and here I was thinking that "Uts" is a pretty spiffy nickname.
I mean, it's a terrible nickname! What was that critic thinking? D<
Lawl. But, really, that was a good review. Although he did misspell the album title once, calling it "This in the One." Darn lengthy titles. Reviewers never care enough to get past two words before messing up.
Again, that DARN album cover comes up as the one flaw. Is it just me, or does it seem like IDJ is purposefully trying to kill Utada's success? Timbaland didn't promote her, and now she's getting some promotion, but no one will look at her album twice because it looks fake. Get your act together, IDJ! Critics agree, Utada rocks! Now her record company just needs to do its part.

Shuri/Eli ♥

What is with those comparing her to britney spears???? O___o No comparison at all..I hate it!

Utada sings live...britney doesn't
Utada dresses very sophisticated and smart, britney doesn't
Utada writes her own music, britney doesn't
Utada has a great voice, britney doesn't...

must I go on

at least they admit she didn't break in the first time not because of her experimental or her work but because they didn't give a flying cahoot to promote her. actually the funny thing is that they say her album cover is bad LOL. and they need to take out some money to give her a new photoshoot. lol
I remember the exodus cover the US not UK one. It was like they used a digital camera and just told her look confused. they took two pictures for that album. the good ones like the exodus 04' single cover they didn't use for the actual album. Obviously they need a needed a creative director.
The uk album was awesome for exodus it actually looked and represented the word, Exodus.
anyway she needs to be promoted and if that means making more posters I'm all for it. Look at how much a difference her promotion made for her album this time around she's actually in stations that are very popular and on a show doing an interview and her websites documenting her events. She's not doing some bad interview on CNN.
Sigh I wish they did the same the first time around.

I'm hoping, based on the level of interest in her new album, her record label (Island Records) will promote her more and maybe even get her on stage for some gigs, a real tour has to be planned many months ahead.