got my album today! the booklets are sooo cute. and the posters are great too!

the preview looks nice ^-^

I finished translating the album. Translation+romaji of all the UNIVERSE songs available here

it's so pretty! i can def relate :yes i've felt that way before.

thank you tenshi!

Just wanted to say that UNIVERSE is an awesome album!!! The booklet is super gorgeous and the songs are amazing:heart

I really wanna sit down and review each song but I'm too lazy and I figured if I kept putting it off, by the time I got it done they hype would be over with. Lol.

So, tracks I love
Step In To My World: Much better than TRICK. TRICK always had that "oh it could have been sooooo gooood" feeling to me and they really threw the punch in for this one. Love it.
SUPER STAR: Yes, this is a track that's really catchy and fun. Very fresh I'd say.
Work It Out!!: Very Nami Tamaki. I could see this for an anime (probably some Gundam crap) and I really like this style. Ku pulled it off very well.
UNIVERSE: The chorus is very very slightly weaker than the verses, but I really do love this song! Yeah, I found the similarity to Missy Elliot too but this is WAY better.

Lick Me is really the only single track I like (it grew on me). And actually, it's very refreshing and makes an album much more enjoyable and memorable when the singles are crap and the album turns out to kick ass. I prefer it that way actually. ECSTACY is listenable for me too but it angers me because it could have been better.

No Way is pretty decent too, but I can't find time to listen to it much when I'm constantly looping Step In To My World, SUPER STAR, Work It Out!! and UNIVERSE. Lol.

All in all, I am very pleased and excited with this album. MANY more GREAT album tracks than past albums, IMO. Love that the "Get Up & Move!!" Kumi kind of came back with "Step In To My World" and "UNIVERSE".

Although... NOTHING WILL EVER TOP DRIVING! That's one song I will NEVER get sick of. It's a masterpiece.

GREAT JOB KU-KU-KACHOO!

Lol. ILY.

PV preview @ youtube:


she looks gorgeous! :love :luv2 :love :luv2

wee~~ very colorful pv, lol the parrot just like 'kuu wanna cracker?!'
ooo thanks so much...I love one part of You're So Beautiful

"Because you live a life where you are tempted to cry intensely
It is alright to cry as much as you want to"

i love this album so much! it's the only Kuu album which i only skip one song (lick me♥)!
ah man, if lick me♥ was replaced with hashire!, this album would be so perfect IMO.

^ Hashire? Really?

@Corvina: :shughug
OMG.. she really spoils us with those KUUTASTIC magazine scans!! :luv2

@Tenshi: you're really an angel!! Thanks for the translation!!

@Luv + Edu: Thanks for the PV preview!
It's one of her best PVs!! :scry

You're So Beautiful is 1 of my fave album tracks in UNIVERSE

I'm glad that the PV preview looks amazing it deserves to

uhm well, those pics are the back covers of the booklets:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ynfo8x.jpg

there are scans of the covers + one of the back covers already!
(thanks to cutieismylife and 20193)
- http://i45.tinypic.com/24v6s8h.jpg
- http://i45.tinypic.com/2hi1quo.jpg
- http://i47.tinypic.com/2z5r4mx.jpg

I love You're So Beautiful. Something about it is so special. It made me tear up.

:laugh I realized I posted in the wrong place.. >_>

Yeah, I did actually know that they were the back covers..too bad they're separate pictures. :/ Oh well...I'll wait until someone scans the booklet.

..& UNIVERSE is the best song, hands down. :luv2

1st day sales of BEST+UNIVERSE: #1 / 76,056

(1st day of Trick: 99,493 / 1st day of Kingdom: 138,791)

O_O

I have a bad feeling that the 1st week sales for BEST + UNIVERSE will be even lower than TRICK if this keeps up

oh dear I was afraid this's going to happen but it did

Nuuuuu~~~ damn! it's lower than i expect! :scry
Prease sell higher Kuu~~
anyway, i'm glad with her #1!!

That's horrible why so low;_;
I hope it will sell much more in the days to comeO_o
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