After listening to Air/Cook/Sky and Candlize all the way through I loved them both even more. Most of the time I skip the slow tracks on Candlize and listen to 1-4, 6, 8 & 11 but all the slow tracks are good as well, really good. And Air/Cook/Sky has a lot of really upbeat tracks for about 90% of the album but it's also really good and I like the slower tracks as well, though Candlize stands out more because it has less Engrish and the instruments and intros for songs like Candle, Look Back Again, and Not Still Over are so different from the usual J-pop stuff.

So should I get daiya-monde and i/flancy? I was planning on getting daiya-monde but I didn't know if I should get i-flancy. J-fan gave Candlize an 8/10!! And I give it and Air/Cook/Sky a 10/10! J-fan gave i/flancy a 7/10 I think and I bet I would give it something like a 9/10 in comparison to their ratings. *checks out sample tracks for both albums*

After listening to all the sample tracks, both albums don't seem very good. i/flancy doesn't sound like it has very memorable tracks, and daiya-monde sounds okay...

I'm thinking of maybe getting singles instead since both albums don't have OS versions. Does anyone have any recommended singles out off daiya-monde and off of i/flancy, besides Mikansei no melody because it's a $19 single...><

The only singles available on Yesasia from those two albums are Ring my bell and ANDANTE, so should I consider getting the single collection instead since the tracks are apparently remasted, or is Yaiko's Selection a better choice. Please keep in mind I already have Air/Cook/Sky and Candlize when recommending one of those compilation albums.

A sample memorable? That's still beyond my imagination. The album has full tracks with verses, chorus and bridges and not a "bad quality sample" featuring only the chorus. But yep, her full albums have some forgettable tracks like I had stated that's why I'm more into specific tracks of her discography.
You surely must love singles haahhaah (I do too :D). With 3 Yaiko OVERSEAS singles you can buy one Japanese album. If you checked her discography her singles usually have 2 and rarely 3 total tracks. If you want to spend money to get 6 songs instead of a full album is up to you. It's better to get the singles collection then....however only half the album would be worth it to you. I do think Yaiko has good taste over her songs though. She made a good selection for the Yaiko's selection....but then again you would get half of the album only....If you do think about getting one of these albums then I guess getting the singles wouldn't be a problem since with any of those you would just be getting 6-7 new songs.

So are the tracks on the single collection remastered enough that a non music professional would hear? I think I'll get the single collection instead because I really want ANDANTE and Ring my bell, as well as the singles from daiya-monde, so I'll get that instead. I can get about $60 of stuff for my birthday but I just want enough for free shipping because my parents already got me really good stuff for Christmas. So I'll get the single collection and another single or maybe ELT's everlasting or Namie's Concentration 20...

BanFan, there ARE OS versions of "daiya-monde" and "i/flancy". Just that YesAsia doesn't stock them.

The best tracks from "i/flancy" are "i can fly", the single tracks and perhaps "Creamed Potatoes". If you want, I can upload the albums for you. =)

I think I'll just get everlasting and Concentration 20 and buy i/flancy and daiya-monde OS versions next time I'm in LA...

And no thanks luminaire, I'm Mr.NoDownloading from now on...:D

I think I'll wait until Feburary and get DAI's new album with Ai's new single or ELT's new album and buy these two albums or the single collection after I get birthday money...

According to one review from Yesasia, regarding the Single Collection:

" All the tracks have been remastered and some songs benefit for it, notably "Look Back Again" and "Over The Distance." "

The new songs I'd be getting would be How, B 'coz I Love You, my sweet darlin', ANDANTE, Ring my bell, mikansei no MELODY, and isn't I'm Here saying nothing different in the single version than on Candlize? Or would I be better off just buying i/flancy or daiya-monde?

If this helps decide which one I should get, I prefer Candlize over Air/Cook/Sky though I really like both.

Yeah, the single version of "I'm here saying nothing" is different from the version on "Candlize". "Over the Distance" is different as well, the single version does not feature strings.
Hmm... maybe you could get the "Single Collection" first and use that as a sampler to decide if you like the single songs on "i/flancy" and "daiya-monde" enough to buy the albums. Personally, though, I'd get "i/flancy" over "daiya-monde" because of more songs on it that I like, like "i can fly" and "niji no DRIVE". And it's a little more laid-back than "daiya-monde", at least in my opinion. Or you should get "Yaiko's selection", that one has a selection of album songs from the albums, including "i can fly". Quite a few songs there are from "Air/Cook/Sky" though, so do consider.

LOL I actually thought the "remastered" versions of the single collection were actually the album tracks...that's the feeling I had when listening to Over The Distance and I'm here saying nothing.

Never mind all that stuff I put. I'm going to get i/flancy and one other album, but not Concentration 20 or everlasting...

*looks for a good $17.99 album or a good single*

Edit:Finally! I decided on my two cds for my birthday! :D

-Yaida Hitomi's i/flancy (Japan Version) (Limited Edition)
-Aikawa Nanase's 7 SEVEN (Overseas Version) (CD+DVD)

A review said 7 SEVEN is more of Nanase's ballads and I love her ballads, and I've been putting off getting it for the longest time...

Ah nice choicE! :thumbsup

I agree with the limited edition, the live perf of "Life's like a love song" is so much better than the original. =)

The limited edition is $1 more than the regular edition on Yesasia. :P

whee..I love her songs, especially the one with My sweet darlin' .. really cool!

MY sweet darlin' rocks just as most of the daiya monde songs...I know it's a very short album but it is complete.

wow all this chat about her other albums makes me really want to hear them!!

Yesyes, OS version of "Yaiko's selection" is released on 7th Jan '05. I'll probably grab that one and "Single Collection" later, now must save money for Chii-chan single box. =X

I got i/flancy w/ Bonus Live CD yesterday and I actually like it. The lives on the bonus disc are really good and I listened to almost the whole album and I really like it. I still would like to get daiya-monde though to complete my Yaiko collection...

I also got Aikawa Nanase's 7 SEVEN CD+DVD OS (*hides from the scurry R-Shitei Short Film*) but the lyrics sheet was just like the Japan version paper and I thought that was really weird. This is a really good album as well, and the lyric book arts really cool, especially how she explains why each song has lyrics of a certain color. The picture for Blue Knife is the best! Go Nanase! :D

I went down to HMV on Saturday, and they had the Japanese normal pressing of "i/flancy" for a mere $9.95. No, I am not kidding you at all. I would have loved to grab a copy then, but as it was I had spent all my money on buriguri. Too bad Yaiko. =P

But I'd prefer that the live version of "Life's like a love song" was included on the actual CD itself as a first press bonus track rather than on a 8cm disc. And yes, the live version of "Life's like a love song" is so much better than the original. It should have been made a piano ballad. =)

Her newest album "Here today-gone tomorrow" didn't really impress me much....she seemed to put all the b-sides in the album this time, Chapter01 (single version) was much better than Chapter02 (album version) in my opinion, and the few new tracks aren't really that outstanding....I was expecting much more since I was really enjoying the singles. :no