July 1st group shot

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Ring info -
https://boutique.ahkah.jp/categories...g/VC1115010200 - 31,120yen for TOKYO
https://boutique.ahkah.jp/categories...g/LN0049010200 - 43,200yen for arrow

My god, these are amazing but the prices are scary, lol.

Good inspiration though if you can make jewelry. Etsy has some neat alternatives.

I can't believe such jewellary is worth so much. It must be the gold that makes it so expensive, but seriously...

I always thought that I am... was over hyped until I actually bought the cd and listened to it all the way through. I think it deserves to be considered one of her best works. I think it is filled with inspiration and atmosphere and really has some unique sounds going on. It also stands as a strong example of what Ayu is capable of when she applies herself. This may be an unpopular opinion but I actually really like the versions of Daybreak and Endless Sorrow that were used on the album. I also like the regular version of Endless Sorrow and the HALs mix of Daybreak especially, they can easily be obtained by buying the singles anyway.

For me, the most overrated Ayu album is (Miss)understood. I do still love and enjoy that album though. Alterna will always be a top favorite.:luv2 I would say that GUILTY is her most underrated album. That album was so powerful to me. Her best vocal performance as well. The whole 10th anniversary era felt like Ayu was really on top of her game.

I think of her widely praised albums, none of them are really overrated. I think they get their praise for a reason and deserve it.

However, I'd say I am... gets much more of it than any other of her works that get praised, lol. She was really on a roll for her early career. Such gems in her first albums.

:yes :yes oh yes! she looked fabulous all year and singles and album covers were her best ones in her whole discography (Mirrorcle World, A COMPLETE, Days / GREEN) :luv2 + ASIA TOUR was perfection :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

I see truth in that for sure. For me, each album is special in it's own way and for my own reasons. That's why I never get why people argue over what album is better or best.:yes
I do listen to her 1998-2002 stuff more often though. I miss the remix albums from those times as well.

So true!:thumbsup
A Complete was my very 1st Ayu CD that I listened too and the 1st in my collection.:love

I didn't like Ayu's 10th Anniversary celebrations at all and I'm probably the only one but then again, I was in a war against my ayu stan bullies in another forum that year, too, so the anniversary went past me by a mile. I did watch ASIA TOUR tho. I dig that Marionette performance so much even if it was lip synced from start until finish lol.

I agree! I love the ~Gone With the Wind~ version of Endless Sorrow. I love how both versions are so different!

I love that A Complete has a never before released live performances DVD. I really hope 20th Anniversary will have that as well.

It was Dolls from the TA tour that made me all crazy about buying all of Ayu's tour dvds :D

hey guys, don't you want to go to chat room and discuss album there?

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group shot 3 July

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That beachy dress looks so good!

She looks frumpy in the group pics.

I read your message "That bitchy dress looks so good!" at first.

HAHA

Ayu is very Edna Mode in those group shots.

I don't think I'll ever like I am... as an album. I agree with some members that it's more like a collection of best songs thrown into the album. I know that ayu loved making concepts for each album in early days (maybe she's still doing now, but I haven't bought her album since Party Queen), and I know that she did try to incorporate a concept for I am..., but it didn't really work for me at least. She released a bunch of singles during 2001 (and each single was so different), so I guess it's hard to create a unison. And I was sick of ayu's over-exposure back then, so I didn't buy that album until a few years back. I would say there are some of her greatest songs in the album, like M, Dearest, evolution (yes it may sound overrated, but if you were there back then, it was so matching to that shining era. Ayu was on top of the game, she was the trendiest person in Japan, everyone loved her blah blah).
Maybe I am... is better than RAINBOW in terms of songs, but RAINBOW actually gives me a unifying surreal feel to me. I didn't really like both albums back then (but I bought RAINBOW when it was released). I remember one day in 2005, I was working in my room and I decided to play RAINBOW on my cd player (which I never had), and actually I found out how beautiful the album was when I listened from start to end. The sound flowed so well from one song to the next. I don't know why I would group I am... and RAINBOW together, but probably those two albums represented the moment when she was the lead female singers (along with hikki) in Japan during that era.

The more time passes, the more I’m drawn to you
But we don’t say the words
Because we don’t want to ruin things #SummerLove

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Lol I loved the hashtags
Miccie gave her tanning gel and now her butt is red xD