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Where are the streaming links for petal and SAKURA? I can only find bye-bye darling! (I can't download mp3.. using college internet..)
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^ you can find them around thread page 8-11 iirc
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Goodies (just glasses) for LOVE again !
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いつかもう一度 あなたに会えたその時は 嫌がられるくらい 抱き付いてみてもいいですか Someday I will be able to see you again, at that time, Can I hug you so tightly it hurts? [lit. Can I hug you to the degree that you'll dislike me] |
petal and bye-bye darling!!!!!!!! :thud
I'm getting a masssiive Duty/ASFXX vibe |
Bye Bye Darling beginning reminds me destiny's child old music.. in some way. :P
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So untitled ~for her~ story 2 is about the same person than untitled ~for her~ . When I saw the title I thought it was about another person (because of her tweet "R.I.P" )but when I listened to the preview my view changed. I got the feeling that it was the same person even if I couldn't understand the lyrics that I can hear. Ayu can send her feeling through her songs so easily & you can understand a lot of things if you have an open heart. It's amazing.
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I got a lump in my throat from untitled... story 2's lyrics:eyes so genuine and painful, losing someone in such a way is definitely something that never stops hurting. Good thing music is therapeutic.
I was loving the arrangements and compositions already, and now I love the lyrics too. Is it just me or has she been doing a bit different approaches with this album? I mean, it's the typical emotional-personal-symbolic combo but I still feel like a lot of these (and the previously released songs') lyrics have some standout qualities compared to her similar mid-tempo songs. Hmm.. thank you all for translating. <3 |
I instantly only like petal from the previews, and I was right - it's the only good new song off album. I know why I like it tho, it's very Duty-ish and Duty is my number one Ayu album so..
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I love all the songs but i'm still waiting for Gloria. Where is that song? Did anybody find it somewhere?
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thanks for all the translations :) you guys are great!
I just wonder about the meaning of SAKURA though.. I have a feeling it's about her being in the moment of her "current" relationship. Just being herself and being grateful about it. But it seems a bit vague to me... Can anyone shed me a light on this ? :) Petal is great btw.. I love her lyrical style. |
am i the one who find ayu's voice quite... amazing. no more annoying vibratos. no more screechy parts. it may be the work of polishing, but wow this album in particular. her best quality-wise since i dunno? 2008?
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^Definitely, imo. She sounds still a bit shaky in petal for example but I think for that kind of song it's excusable, if not even intentional. She's definitely more at ease using her higher register now than a few years back. She can even do her trademark "iiiii"s without vibrato :P She also sound more vibrant
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I'm quite surprised, better than what I expected ! I'm super excited for glasses though, can't wait for the full album to leak !
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^ It's much much better than on party Queen where I find her voice sometime very dry and hoarse ! Her training is paying off I'm very glad ! Best vocal since at least 2008 it's very soft, clear etc... :love |
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Gloria leaked too!
You can download and listen to it here: http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shar...0&uk=571130200 |
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I love love love petal!genius!^^
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Looks like Song 4 u and Wake Me Up are being used as promotional songs...
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Just listened to Gloria.
Absolutely amazing. Perfection. I could go on, but I won't! :heart |
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thanks for Gloria link!! so far my top 1 is still Bye-bye darling/petal (can't tell which is better)
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Thanks! For now my top favorites are Gloria and petal!
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It's so interesting how the verses are kind of haunting and depressing and then the chorus is just explodes with this optimicstic sound :) I'm in love with the chorus and the bridge.:love I hope this is a new concert ender.
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ok is it just or everyone else knew this already? Im listening now and it happened that the You & Me is from A classical version! not the original mix version
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^ I didn't know that either! :O
I don't think it was ever mentioned? |
oh my god, these lyrics... choco you're doing a great job of translating by ear and i think these are probably some of her darkest and saddest lyrics i've heard in a while.
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GLORIA's bridge... WWOOOOWW
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task'n'bass is WOW. was NOT expecting that sort of opening. Love the ending sound too. It feels so..cyber and futuristic :D
glasses is rather ethereal and cool too. I love the string-y sounds.. these two interludes are really good! to my surprise haha. |
I said it in another thread but I'll repeat it here to see if anyone else feels the same vibe: LOVE again is making me uncomfortable, which is the first for any Ayu record, because it just sounds so raw and vulnerable. I don't even mean raw like her darker tracks and albums, which are all very fierce in an angry way, I mean that this album from front to end just feels like this weak, fragile part of Ayu that she's putting out there and I almost feel really rude for acknowledging it. Hell, I didn't even feel this way when listening to GUILTY ffs.
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Gloria reminds me of girlish/something old.
I really like that catchy mellow chorus. <3 |
Lyrically it harks back to (miss)understood (about opening a map to find your own way), as well as talkin' 2 myself (accepting the reality in front of your eyes), and yet it sounds so pretty and uplifting, exactly like girlish lol.
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so far my fave is Bye-bye darling (still hate the title though). it reminds me of kiss o' kill only poppier
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I think it's also quite interesting to note that a lot of us thought that Ayu was acting all 'teenage girl' like when You & Me (and even LOVE) was released. As if, she had totally surrendered herself to finding love. eg. She was going through some form of mid-life crisis. I think she's going through a mid-life crisis, but not in that girlish, immature way that the fanbase first thought. There are parts of LOVE again that are hauntingly mature. I think that is the terrifying part. :no If Ayu was to ever pose semi-naked on a cover, it should have been for LOVE again!!! |
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^also the Orchestra version is way better than the original
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In this regard, when you look at You & Me as the album closer, whether it's orchestrated or not, it actually feels really hollow and sad. We have an entire album full of songs that fluctuate back and forth between love and its experiences, how it can effect those around them or how bitterly it ends, and after songs of courage we get this wistful, almost delusional song about a summer romance, as if it negates the songs before it. The album opens with a call to forget a past love and to move on, and the album ends with reminiscences, as if the person can't escape at all in the end. It's quite sad. |
You know, I HATE this woman for her brain (from a musician standpoint) but i can say this album is amazing~ I don't even mind that there are only 5 new songs and 2 interludes (and most of those songs are ballads lol) the other songs that were included. they were so epic that they deserve to be on two albums lol. i really hope i can get tickets to her 2014 CDL since i will be in japan. that would be so amazing~
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what i meant by 'hate her for her brain' is that i love to write songs and it's something i believe i am good at. but i cannot word like she can. and i run the risk of writing after listening to her songs and then my song comes out sounding like a english translation of one of her songs. i just kind of envy her i guess and wish i could write more like her. |
Listening to the leak now, with proper headphones..... i am only halfway through but i love everything. Still for me tho Sweet scar is the best balad on it, in terms of the feeling it gives to me when listening, but i love all the new pieces too, because they are so rich in arangements.
Even if i really like petal i don't really feel that haunting everyone talks about. It's far from being haunting, maybe just the ending. It is unique but haunting is Sweet scar for me. Glasses made me think of that Flavalaguna, or whatever her name was from Fifth Element, song xD Gloria's first minute made me think of The Beatles. xD i'm not a fan of her vocas in it, it sounds like if she's trying to sound cute through the verses, however it gets better with the chorus. NOT A BAD track. Loved how it jumped to guitars in chorus, and later on, it actually reminds of old school rock like Bon Jovi or even Ozzy (lol) with those awesome guitar solo parts in songs basicly stuff my dad used to listen xD at some point it kind of makes me think of Melody. so i found some MIYAVI, The Beatles, old school rock like Ozzy Osbourne or Bon Jovi and even something from Fifth Element movie in the new Ayu tracks xD NOT BAD, gurl xD |
"glasses" was amazing! perhaps the best interlude since we got "Pieces of SEVEN" ages ago!
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Probably was discussed before but, how come melody is not on this album?
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^it isn't?? maybe just in the leak?
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I think the interludes on this album is of HIGH quality! Rest of the new songs, not so much :no
So far I only really like Snowy Kiss, Wake me up, petal, glasses, task'n'bass... Rest is meh Gloria was awful :( |
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^haha well i swear i can hear all that stuff...somehow....maybe i'm just nuts xD
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Oh darn it, melody is not in the leak. I'm kind of mad now since I already listened to the whole album twice and thought I was listening to the whole thing, lol.
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^ It's in there! It just comes up under LOVE instead of LOVE again.
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yup, its there. I took a printscreen of the folder with the leaked songs
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Does anyone know if the mixes of the mini singles are different on the album... Some sound different but I don't have the songs with me??
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ohmy at petal and Bye-bye darling, AWESOME songs.
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i cannot get rid of the dejavu here with the flute in Gloria I know there's a couple of more songs that have the flute in there like this from them lol :
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I FINALLY got to listen to the album in full!
It's REALLY good... even the most boring tracks (Melody and untitled are pretty amazing). Melody seems so different... I wonder if its just me remembering it worse then it was, or it just got better with age. untitled isn't really boring, its just a weaker track than the rest. The entire album is amazing, but sadly you have to have some tracks that just dont work for ya. Gloria... I think Im gonna have to listen to it more then a few times... |
Does anyone else but me notice that the first few verses in untitled for her...story 2 kinda sound like ever free? Maybe it's just me :)
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My roommate said that petal contains lyrics that are very similar to lyrics that were originally going to be for vogue. In the documentary "Hikari to Yami" (Light and Dark), they asked her what she was doing after Far away, and she said she's working on the next song (which was vogue). Which she apparently showed or talked about.
I've only seen the documentary once, and it was a while ago. But if anyone has the time and or is curious enough, you can check it out lol. |
I'm sure the songs will grow on me, but I'm really disappointed that they're all ballads. Where is the ROCK and POP like Because of You, is this LOVE?, STEP you. that's what I miss. :(
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I haven't heard the album tracks yet but as far as the ballads from the minis, I feel like sweet scar is better than Dearest, HANABI and Voyage combined. But my tastes are substantially different than probably 90% of this forum LOL.
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Even though I like HANABI, I think it's rather dated now. It's very... garage band. Lyrically it's amazing, and when it's live it's amazing, but it is very simple in terms of its music. I think any of the ballads on this album are richer than HANABI. HANABI ~episode II~ is more on par with the music on this album, imo. There's a lot going on.
But obviously it's an opinion thing haha. After listening to the album a bunch, I feel petal is the strongest for me. I thought SAKURA would be the strongest from the previews, but petal just blows me away haha. |
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so, I just wondering when will CDJ ships my copy?? Im going to be busy with classes this week im afraid if they will deliver it the time when im not at home xD
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Does anyone know where I can order the PLATBUTTON of Love again?
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now i really wonder why...she named SAKURA and Gloria as they are. haha.
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Can anyone tell me where can i still get the photobook+dvd version?
Saw this on cdjapan (on request item) but I am not sure if this is the correct one due to the item code http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....EY=NEODAI-3075 |
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quick question: are ayu's blu-rays region-free or won't they be compatible with my european ps3?
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I've got a couple of Ayu's concert blu-ray's and it works on my PS3... I'm in England, so I assume it's ok with all European ones :)
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I also have a European PS3 and they all work perfectly. :)
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I dont get why my CDJapan order hasnt begun shipping
like ive said a billion times, angela aki's blue shipped on friday and was at my house on tuesday, one day before release! is it that lesser artists' cds are released earlier? |
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maybe not enough copies as people have ordered?
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Because they usually ship it a day before it's in stores, which should be tomorrow.
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I love Gloria so much.
It fills me with nostalgic joy. |
^^ that doesnt explain why people get things a day before the release.
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^it's not meant to be like that. retailers often ship stuff a bit too early to ensure that people get their order at the latest on the release date. if you receive it early it's simply because you're lucky.
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Please!!! some body! the LOVE again PLAY BUTTON cover in HQ!!
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Album songs rank:
1. You & Me 2. Wake Me Up 3. Song 4 u 4. SAKURA 5. untitled for her... story 3 6. Missing 7. Sweet Scar 8. Melody 9. petal 10. Bye-bye darling 11. snowy kiss 12. Ivy 13. Gloria Album rank: 1. Duty 2. RAINBOW 3. Rock'n'Roll Circus 4. LOVEppears 5. (miss) understood 6. I Am... 7. NEXT LEVEL 8. Secret 9. GUILTY 10. Memorial Adress 11. LOVE again 12. A Song for XX 13. MY STORY 14. Love Songs 15. Party Queen |
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