I have preordered it on cdjapan :D

nice collage you have there!

Wow, that's my first reaction.
This is very huge. 3CDs and a DVD? :thud this is going to kill my wallet :laugh

Whoa, this was really unexpected. It's kind of unusual to release a BEST album not in the space of three years when your contract with avex isn't nearing its end, but with the 10th anniversary and all, it makes sense. It's really nice of them to include the very rare footage from the TeamAyu Live Tour and from various a-nations.
But disc 3 is a little bit of a disappointment. I mean.. where is is this LOVE?, where is Pride, where is Born To Be..., where is fated? I love those second A-sides all more than the first ones, yet they are not included. But still. I think that people who buy this are getting a very sweet deal. I kind of have an inclination to even shell out the extra cash for the Japanese version. And I mean a 48-page photobook of those other covers? I mean, wow. Talk about getting your money's worth.
I hope the covers will be pretty. I can tolerate a headshot, but only if it's like A Song for XX or A BEST and not like the two A BEST 2 ones, since I felt that those were lacking just a little bit. Something epic along the lines of I am... or RAINBOW would be great, though.
As for sales.. right now I'm thinking that 400k is a nice estimate. Casual listeners are not going to want to pick this up, I think. This is more for fans on the die-hard side. [Though, that's more than 10 times less the amount that the original A BEST sold, which is kinda sad, but, eh, they are different releases at different time periods so..]

i think i heard some news saying that ayu's contract ends in 2008?

and really, i do think this is absolutely not, or even 75%, not ayu's idea for having such a compilation.

just by looking at the selection pattern (just As no B sides),
i'm sure ayu loves some of the bsides as well.

and wth does TA + anation has to do with a "best single album"?
this is absolutely avex's idea to boost the sales number.

for the date, released just before overseas tours.
isn't avex's idea obvious?

truely, unless avex makes the packaging looks worth more than what it cost,
and not just use those crappy 4cd CD cases,
i really doubt its worthiness of existence in ayu's CD history

^her contract i believe lasts for 2 years??? and it gets renewed every 2 years? I remember back in 2006 when we knew about the contract ending and being put up for renewal.

On another note, i really think that it's really hard to predict the sales on this...it could go either way...it could sell amazingly or it could do sub-par like hitomi's thing did....

at first i thought that this would sell unbelievably, but now im not entirely sure, i still hope though :)

oh and p.s. i changed the collage. I tried to throw a nicer one together...hope yall like :)

Posted this in the other thread.

Contracts are usually for 3 years at avex, I believe. Her contract was last "renewed" in 2004.. I THINK. So it means that last year it was probably renewed again..

ohhhh me liky

Haha

I was going to make a post like "On paper stuff always looks less awesome than when you actually see it". But now that I found out they ripped the only live performance ever of WE WISH from the DVD, I withdraw my comment and complain in silence. =p And cry in a corner. Silently. lol

no Together When?

Together When... wasn't an official single. It's her "1st DIGITAL SINGLE" according to her discography.

I dont have the money to buy this right now but since is going to be out on sep 10 and my brithday is september 18 I am going to go to my mom right now and be like "mom,mommy dear,I know is a little early but I already know what i want for my birthday" lol.Lets hope it works.Wish me luck.

Arghhhhh!Dad wont't pre-order.
Time to blackmail him!

cd japan-says here that it costs 42.something.Will the price go up to much when the shipping is included? (Shipping is to Puerto Rico by the way)
And if I pre-order in cd japan can I pay with paypal?And final question,If I pre-order,it come with the photobook or whatever extras avex might give right?

of course you can pay with paypal. as long as first press is still available, you should be able to receive extra items... including photobook :)

I had to pay 60 for it with the shipping, to the US, I don't know about Puerto Rico however, sorry ^^;; I hope that helped generally.

If you purchase A COMPLETE from HMV.co.jp, you can get it for 50 bucks or so with EMS shipping since they bungee'd the prince down to 4000yen.

on cdjapan, they have mirrorcle world cd+dvd version as the cover for A Complete -All Singles-. is this the actual cover or are they just using this image for the time being?!

It's the temporary image for until the actual covers come out.

They've done this for like, every release ever.

oh ok, thanks :cool