agree wichoo, for sure NL covers were way too better than these ones.

Holy Snap, Crackle and Pop!!!!!!
Yours truly is lovin' the new covers. I truly dig the CD only but CD+DVD version is fierce. I love the natural facial expressions. I saw the covers on jpop-wiki and then came here to see what everyone's opinons were.

This really made my day.

I like both :)

Wow! I actually really like them! and I haven't been feeling much love for her album covers lately

I like both but she have to including the Circus theme, to make it more real. ^_^

2001 - 2002 was definitely the craziest time in ayu world. And actually I think I started coming here in around 2002, but didn't register until a year later... because at that time some ayu fans were pretty aggressive (not in AHS, but in other places). I didn't bother to join any ayu world :P. Of course there are lots of people in out of ayu world throughout the years (and that applies to every artist). I bet a few years later there will be a bunch of 2007 - 2010ish ayu fans will be gone, and another generation of new fans will join AHS. I hope I will long live here... lol

Sunrise isn't that bad, but not good anywayz (IMO btw...). For me it has nothing to do with the resemblance. Rather it's quite a boring song, not getting me excited. The pv is quite boring as well... :P

Oh btw I'm not making a statement that old fans only love her old stuff. I do love some of her newer stuff as well. e.g., t2m (except the pv), Days, Sparkle, Curtain call, etc. It's just that I have passed the moment that I automatically love everything she releases. I guess that's normal.. rite? :rolleyes


Oh I expect less drama this time, because kaz doesn't direct the pvs lol (at least not the ones filmed in London). :lech

both are cute, imo! :) i think they're pretty good for today's Ayu cover standards, lol.

lol it seems like even though ND Chow shot the covers, they have still stirred quite a drama... not gonna expect any less for me. This is AHS after all. :mischief

Probly ayu should bring back Leslie Kee and see if he's the most powerful person to suppress the AHS drama...:mischief

But don't we love drama...? :yes

She had both better and worse covers and even people who only recently became fans know what to expect when it comes to Ayu covers as the age where she experimented with stuff is long gone ^^ I like the CD+DVD one a lot, even though it's design is pretty messy.

Oh yeah... even Leslie's shots can't satisfy everyone (e.g., Secret). But you do bring me back into memory.. the time when RAINBOW cover came out, everyone was so excited.. I would say her experimental stage ended after Ma... or maybe MY STORY. Personally I felt that after Moments' cover was released. I remember that I was kinda disappointed that she used flower on her head again since she used that concept in 2000 (around SEASONS - Duty).

Yeah, I always think that the handful or two of older fans that have stuck around here while many others have left are probably the most hardcore of hardcore Ayu fans even if these days they are disappointed in her work, because after all they still stick around and are still ultimately supporting her. :)

^ I think through these years, from the her blog posts, Ayu is beginning to shift from a balanced emphasis on both songs and image to just her songs alone? But of course, maybe i'm being pessimistic here, putting hard work on something doesn't guarantee success.

join date doesn't mean old or new... I'm an ayu fan since the end of 2003, I'm an old ayufan? LOL Maybe not everyone stop coming here because they stop loving ayu... a forum is not like your house or school so it may be a moment when you get tired of writing or of the users... There's a lot of ayu fans that will never log into a forum ^^

and back to topic, I'm happy to see that maybe 70% likes the covers or at least one of them ^^ This is positive and a change from R/S, NL, S/S covers ^^ Yw/B also were more appreciated and after S/S covers it was like "OH, thanks GOD!!" LOL

Yup, CAROLS was the last cover that wasn't just a close up of her standing/sitting in a dress/costume, so I pretty much agree.

I've been hanging around AHS from early 2006 even though it took a while before I actually started posting, so it's been almost 4+ years now, 5 years since I've got into Ayu and I still can't say I've been disappointed with her music, sure there may have been a PV or two I didn't like a lot, sure there's been covers that were meeh, but I can't say that I've ever truly felt disappointed.

Coming from one who has been listening to MandoPop BEFORE stepping into the Jpop realm, I was never exposed to things like MEANINGFUL covers back in those days. Usually, Mandopop artiste pose nicely and thats it. it really didnt matter. Then when i came over, I realized how much photography and WORK was put into just a cover. So my point is, do covers really matter that much? Well, those that are more exposed to such probably would say yes because you've been exposed to greater forms of work and artistic covers. But, in the beginning, they havent reall mattered much. If a cover is beautiful, then it's all that matters.

and i think there's a general consensus of S/S's covers lol

Right on. Just because I finally joined in 07 doesnt negate that Ive listened to Ayu since around 2001-2002 (whenever she sang M on the MTV Asia/World music awards). Decision dethroned Surreal as my favourite Ayu song and I dont think that everything old is Gold or vice versa. Dont turn this into a new fan old fan thing because that has nothing to do with people liking/not liking the covers, rather it sseems a reinforcement of the clique mentality that governs most forums and turns users away.

Nice covers. I like the style, but something looks strange. O.ò

quite like the cover :) especially when comparing the next level's.

When I saw that outfit and the pictures from Vivi Diary, I was hoping she would use them for the cover!! I'm glad~~~

I'm REALLY like the CD+DVD, the close-up is a change for me, and a nice one. Her face looks SO CUTE!!! I love it! I would really like to have that shot without text and spot lights on it.

CD only is ok. It doesn't strike me as much as the other one, I was hoping a full body shot for this one. Kinda like that one in Vivi where she's just standing with both hands on each side of the photo booth and looking away... Maybe that'll be for the limited box...

Still really like them though!! Personally, I like them better than NEXT LEVEL even though I LOVED NL as an album all together.

It's different from other covers, and I like that~