I agree, the chorus (as in the chorus of the song, not the people) is the worst, the rest is AMAZING though!

This song turned out absolutely stunning. The piano and the full chorus really make it powerful. I actually liked the chorus; at least better than the one in Bold & Delicious. It's a very different style for her and I really like it. It has a very "holiday" like feel.

I agree with the holiday feel, that's what I thought too ^^

I LOVE it! I wasn't too impressed with the preview, but the full version is beautiful! The piano, the choir, the lalala's, everything. It definitely exceeded my expectations. :)

I hope it's not on the album, but I'm 90% sure it will be.

More room for album tracks & adds more value to the single.

The preview managed to confuse me and wonder what the hell she was releasing. But the song itself is quite impressive even if it takes a couple of listens to get used to the song constantly moving into flux.

It's so much better than Bold and Delicious though. It has a traditional ballad feel with a new feel to ballads. I like that. I really do hope she does something really good with the pv and not something like Carols or it shall be a real shame for such a song. Also I hope she promotes it somewhere.. some CM or some live performance. Honestly I think she should give her b-sides more attention.

Honestly amazing! The verses are breathtaking :eek

woah. wow. I love it, definitely the best song of the year, along with alterna.

Wow... Pride sounded ok in the preview. Who'd imagined that the part that was present in the preview was the "worst" part of the song?... I'm astonished!

thank god I'm optimistic.
The full song turned out great.

Does anyone think the verses sounds like Alicia Keys?

Pride sounded OK in the preview, but the full version blew me away! I Love it <3.

I just finished listening to the full version, and I love it. I simply love it.

Pride = AMAZING! A ballad better than HEAVEN! OMG!

..........Amazed. Simply amazed.

It kills 'HEAVEN'. Period.

mmmh... I like it! but i can't find the magic!!!!!! but it's superior than B.A.D

What i like the most about this song is that it has a Jazzy feeling to it... and it's something like Voyage... and free & and easy but it's really different!!!.

If you asked me.. I wouldn't know if it's an ayu song or some elses' song... (cause of the magic)

I think Will and Heaven are better.... B.A.D and Pride sound different from the rest of the singles... more mainstream i think.

I'm so buying this single! I wish there will be a remix of Pride with more jazz sound!!!!!! PLEASE!

Wow, so why wasn't this the title song? The verses are absolutely gorgeous.. chorus is okay. Not quite the fan of the background singers, I want to hear a version where it's just Ayu singing and no one else. She sure as heck holds out her "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" long enough o.o; lol.. This song is soooo emotional and beats Heaven to the ground. It really grabs you right from the beginning, unlike Heaven. I like how Ayumi is trying to be very expressive with this song... I can't wait to see the translated lyrics. It reminds me of a broadway musical song hehe... not that that's a bad thing.

I'm really curious to find out who the composer is.. Hm, it doesn't sound like a CREA composition.

I just heard the whole version and wow! I like it even more than the 30 sec. preview!

People said their's a gospel chior in the back lmao... that's NOT gospel! Just chorus singers! Almost sounds like a boys choir 0_o

Hey, I like that PV, it's one of my Top 10 favorites. :P

To each their own. I liked the pv but I found it kind of bland. Probably if there was the scene with the swing it would have been better but I prefer something more Dearest like, with a small plot or some sort of symbolism.

Well, I listened to the whole thing, and that D- went up to a D, but I still don't like it very much. Definetely the 2nd worst of the year after B.A.D.

i think it could be better.

I like the song, but it has "Heaven" syndrome. I love the verses, but I hate the chorus!

Actually apart from the chorus I donno where it could be better. And I loved the chorus of HEAVEN!

I love it!!! I've never heard anything like this from Ayu before!!!. (kinda reminds me of "The Climb" by No Doubt.)

THE SONG IS EFFIN' AMAZING!!!!

it's very nice! i don't think it's as great as 'HEAVEN' or 'Will', but it's still a good ballad.

I expected a lot from this song, I'm a little disappointed. It's kinda boring... and Ayu's voice somehow dosen't fit the song. It's not horrible, but simply not the ballad of the year. Even HEAVEN is better than this. Nothing beats Will :D

Well Will is obviously awesome.. being composed by CREA+DAI and nothing beats that. I must say that this song exceeded my expectations though I must have said this more than once.

Mm. This song makes me feel sort of calm and sad.. A totally perfect song to balance out the insanity from B&D. :] I like it!

Although, perhaps this is just a one time thing for Ayu.. :]

Pride reminds me of the Quantas adverts we get on Australian TV sometimes, where the kids are singing all around the world....I imagine that would be the PV for this song ^^;;;

Still, I quite liked it--I'd give it a B-/B overall. It's a nice song, something I can hum along to :)

:high fives:

I like the chorus, but the rest of it is just...okay.

Wow. Just wow.

I really had no high hopes at all for this song after the preview...luckily it proved me wrong! She sounds so emotional in it...probably the most I've ever heard her.

And I nearly cried as well! The song made me think of somebody dying or something like that, and that always makes me cry: no

I like it slightly more than B&D at this point, but it's still not my favorite song of the year.

That's the imagery I got as well. Like someone falling in battle or something. :tfrown

BEST. VOCALS. EVER.

I don't see how anyone COULDN'T enjoy the sheer EMOTION of this track. I love ayu so much more now.

It sounds like a Cabaret/pop crossover thingy. Effin amazing.

I knew I had fallen in love with it since the beginning!

full version
i like the single =)
this song kinda reminds me of Alicia Keys ~

I really liked this song. The 30 sec. preview didn't do it justice.

[QUOTE=Demure_Dusk]I really do hope she does something really good with the pv and not something like Carols or it shall be a real shame for such a song. QUOTE]


I completely agree. The different things going on musically in this song give it such good PV potential. I really hope I won't be disappointed.

this is a really good song! it balances well with Bold & Delicous.

i have fallen in love with it, too.
there are no words.
it is beautiful.
simply, one of the best.


and it did seem bland from the preview, but nope, it blew me away. incredibly amazing. (:

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!! it's such an impactful song!!!!!! i love it!!

The chorus is the worst part... I don't like the arrangement of the song at all. :no
The gospel choir in the song it's just...wrong...

Maybe i'll like this song once i read the lyrics. Ayu shows lots of emotion here... ;O

This song exceeded my expectations since I really didn't like the preview very much. I'm still not completely in love with it though - I think Will is her best ballad this year.

Right that's it! I was thinking about someone from the western but can't remember who :D
but still this isn't the best ballad of the year, Will is still the best ballad of the year and next will be this one...Pride
I like the piano and the jazzy-ness feel to it

From someone who has always liked her ballads more than her upbeat songs, I can honestly say I'm not that impressed with this song - maybe my opinion will change in the next couple of days, but for now it's not doing much for me.

I guess I like B&D more. :)

Really Bold&Delicious/Pride has dissapointed me. I was waiting for other songs, not so commercial. And both are so short, Ayu always sing very large songs (up to 5 minutes). I'm sad~

to be honest i dont like the chorus too
i like the verse the first verse ...
heheheheh

At first me too. BUt now I love it sooooooooo much!!! yes! I love the feeling it expresses. It is such a touching song that I nearly cried...
JUST PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT. Feel it little by little and it will be a GREAT song. Trust me.:yes

I think it's pretty good. I think it still seems like I've heard the song 10 times by 10 other artists. But, it's better than I thought it'd be.

nice song... again, something different from Ayu this year... it's a ballad, yet it's not in the same league as Heaven... for me, if i rank this year's songs, this would be at the same position as (or a bit lower than) alterna which is my third favorite song next to is this love and Will... for some reason, I prefer the b-sides/2nd track songs of the singles :-p

hmm, It had an "western-like ballad" impression on me at first don´t know why :S:S:P but the song is really nice!!

Here's my ranking for the songs she releasing for her album

Pride - A+
Heaven - A
Will - A+
Fairyland - A+
Alterna - A
Step You- B
Is This LOVE? - A+
Bold & Delicious - B

I personally love Pride, one of her best singles so far this year and it's a great ballad.

it's nice. the whole single is not as good as STEPyou/is this LOVE?, but it's not tragedy...

i hope for a really original PV.

Nothing beats CAROLS...

But I guess I like this song most out of her singles...ballad-song wise...
I like STEP You Most though.

I wasn't expecting much out of this so the full version was surprising, whereas the full version of B&D was a bit of a let-down. I'm liking this :yes

I just heard the full version... I'm sorta disapointed but not too much because i dont really care about the song lol. but I don't like it, that's a fact. Id rather say I prefer B&D to Pride, eh......... lol

Wow, the song is most definitely WAYYYY better than I even expected! Such a beautiful power ballad. The best part? Ayu is showing her amazing vocals! WOW! Like "B&D" she's showing real vocals. I don't care about what anybody has to say, i LOVE this song. High hopes for the single, HIGH HOPES! :D

They don't have bad taste, they have their OWN taste. :rolleyes

Well, thing is, if you say that a mass of people are the ones with bad taste, and you and a few others are the only ones saying such things, wouldn't you be the ones with bad taste? :p lol

Ok, after hearing PRIDE for the 5th time, I think it isn't that bad a song! It's in fact very late 90s in terms of composition. It gets a B+ from me in fact, but maybe after I see the PV, I might give it an even better grade!

I :heart: Pride very much. It's such an emotional song. Remind me of Disney and the victorian era for some reason...

I'm gonna download the Pride PV. I so can't wait. <3

I don't know why, but even after listening to B&D and Pride for numerous of times, I still don't feel anything strong from it like I got from Moments, CAROLS, alterna, STEP you and is this LOVE?. Maybe it's just me. Although this song, is okay I'd say. The beginning sounds real nice but as the song progresses, kinda takes away your interest from listening to it again. And it's not even because of her vocals. Her voice sounds real strong and emotional in this song, but I don't know why... I don't really like it. Perhaps listening to it a couple more times will help. =( Let's hope there are better songs in the upcoming album, or else, Ayu will definitely disappoint me on this single and the upcoming album.

It's a bit boring and a typical song in terms of pattern etc. It's just like most of the tracks on her My Story album lol. I don't like the main chorus with the bg vocals. I like the parts when she's singing by herself, it remindes me a bit of Mika Nakashima's "Fake". It's a decent song, it's better than some of her stuff, but I'd say it's her worst song so far this year. But Bold&Delicious is my fave song of her's this year haha.

i like this better than B&D, this song isnt excelent though, this song is a bit like Liar and Hope or Pain and i find those the worst MY SOTRY songs :(

i love it. the chorus is the best part to me. the background singers make it sound cool. this song makes me think of Ayu with an umbrella singing in the rain at the period of the day right before nighttime...when the sky is the color of this smiley -->:(

this song is great ..
very dark , yet emotional !! i like it !
as if it came w/ the heaven single .. it'd be awesome

I didnt like the preview but when i heard the full version..I was suprised on how good it really sounded especially the la la la la part..I can't stop singing along ever since..even though the full version is a crappy quality..*can't wait for the CD rip!!!* I never thought i would say this but I LOVE PRIDE MORE THAN Bold & Delicious...Definitely one of Ayu's best ballads..in my opinion..^_^

anyway... a 3rd ranking ballad this year... :D cant beat heaven and will :P ^^