i wish she'd try something different with her covers. they usually just look 'nice' to me. nothing really stands out. well in this case, her nose does. lol

So, I guess Driving Hit's is the official title, jeez, couldn't they have fixed it or something... It should be Driving Hits... :shakehead

But, I do love the cover though... :love

BEAUTIFUL covers. i really do like them! :love

The covers are nice, kinda remind me of A BEST 2, but without the terrible humongous eyes. I liek <3

Apparently they are also releasing EXILE's complete best thing on that date too. If that's true, avex have gone crazy.

And sorry but what's wrong with her nose? :( If she'd been photoshopped, that'd look too fake wouldn't it?

KUU!! WHY YOU KEEP SINGING THAT KIND OF BALLAD!!! :ymad

That covers are just.. boring :dead2

so three kuu's releases in March??

avex's gone mad!!

so it's really 'Driving HIT'S? it's so error U_U
anyway the pose for driving hit's cover is her 'signature' pose
I like her dress though

anyway faraway is a very romantic song..better than stay with me
BUT

I think most of us can depict her PV for this song LOL

I guess the patterns will be more or less the same? Kuu chan looking at her cellphone, waiting for sms or call from her faraway BF, or waiting for mail or what...then she's gonna meet him but then her bf never came etc...then she'll cry again...and cry... you/yume no uta/ai no uta/moon crying/stay with me all have same patterns: cellphone, stupid bf, kuu's sad face/crying, etc etc u name it

I'm not feeling the covers :(

I like Driving's cover better, although I wish she was with a sports car or something.

average covers in my opinion. Still getting the Works & Collaboration (assuming it's going to have 'Just Go' and 'Get It On' - if not then I'm cancelling)

thanks & it oddly looked like screenshots from the Rule PV to a certain extent :dead2

word for word what i was thinking.

faraway is quite nice actually....it does sound quite like a fantasy...

i just threw together the covers i could think of off hand that are similar to those two




and i listened to the preview for faraway.
its like expressing my picture there in music.
its the same **** we've been fed a hundred times before! >: (

Nice covers :yes

I really like the covers. Not interested at all in the concept for either album though. =\

The covers are kinda boring. She looks quite good, but the concept is just... well, non-existing. Koda usually has really nice covers. Even though they are mostly simple, they still have a theme. These are really Namie-ish or BoA-ish.

they are kinda boring, but i like out works better though.

gosh she's beautiful :love

why no covers for the faraway single?!

Why is the made-up so asian? :dead2

Her nails seem like very shape, :dead2

But nice covers

Better than ayu Rule/Sparkle cover with random foot.

i don't like the covers at all, they're really boring. works is slightly better though.

Actually what do you guys expect to have in these albums covers?

DO you want a cover that She drives and hits someone in Driving Hits?
and
Do you want a cover how things work out while she is 35 with her baby in OUT Works?

Although I admit I feel it is boring and just ok to me, it's just a cover, and doesn't mean inside(music) is bad.

i think a lot of people like the covers, judging from the response on other forums.

i just think they're boring, they're not bad by any means. i've seen way worse:tipsy

i do admit that i would love a cover of her working out at 35 holding a baby and a cover of her running over misono

Who can photoshop these ideas?

Yes :yes

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am i the only one thinkin that her covers are very A BEST 2? jus that its not focused only on the face lik ayu

Lol guys u make a big deal 4 nothing :laugh

the cover is classy beside her nose sorry kuu u should rescues ur nose

but i love it ! even that kuu maybe want this type of covers so as she like

TRICK 3rd week
day: 5
position: #3
sales: 2,037 X 1.7 = 3,463

I don't like the covers that much.

Where's the cover for her new single though? o_O..... shouldn't that have been released first before the two album covers. -___-

I'm not even sure if I want to buy these 2 remix albums

I suppose I might if I download them & then from there on , I decide if they appeal to me or not

Thanks for the info!

I like the poster :yes

Thank you!

I also love them! I think she looks great :yes

So are there going to be new songs..?

Or will Out Works & Collaboration just be ANOTHER compilation, and Driving Hits only remixes?

I don't know the tracklist for both albums are not out yet so til then I can't really comment that much if there will be remixes of her past hits & etc

I have a feeling it might be but I don't know :shrug

lOL the cover of driving hits is typed as DRIVING HIT'S
why is there a ' between the T and S

The covers are not bad! At least she looks pretty!

Normally they include atleast one new song in a BEST album, I hope it'll be good

I hope there are new songs....! Are the amount of copies sold limited?

Hmmm. ^^

She definitely looks HOT on both covers, but i prefer Driving Hits cover. <3
That's weird. I was wondering about it too. Maybe they are planning to release those BEST before new single?...

She definitely looks HOT on both covers, but i prefer Driving Hits cover. <3
That's weird. I was wondering about it too. Maybe they are planning to release those BEST before new single?...

I really like both covers. Lately, she's been pulling out a lot of good covers.

I don't know if anyone noticed or mentioned it, but underneath "Koda Kumi Driving Hit's" I believe it says "with HOUSE NATION".

oh is that so ? thanks for telling I never took notice of it til you mentioned it :)

Oh yea, I totally forgotten that she would have a single out on March 4th. Whatever happened to that >_>

Has the new single been postponed or something? *unsure*.

We still haven't got covers or tracklisting yet. :(

i'm pretty sure the remix album will be filled with new material, because like all night raver pointed out, it says with house nation.

and she doesn't have that many house nation remixes to fill up an album, does she?

I think the covers are nice; not great, but nice.

My only complaint is that they look a little too simple and similar to each other (which is probably intentional since they're releasing on the same day).

Thank you!

I noticed that it said "with ..." but I couldn't make out the rest and I had no idea who/what it could be. :P

maybe avex's too focused on NEXT LEVEL & alan's upcoming new album & single & probably am neglecting Koda ?

:shrug

TRICK 3rd week
day: 6
position: #3
sales: 2,440 x 1.7 = 4,148

Wow kinda offtopic... But is it just me or is time really flying lately?? TRICK was released nearly 4 weeks ago!?

^ Yeah! I think its because of ALL these new releases lately.

Ayu with her album and the USB thing that is getting everybody crazy. BoA to debut in America, BoA's new single, Kumi's new single and DRiving whatever hits, Utada, etc.

Yes..the J-Pop industry's going crazy right now..

the top management in avex's probably going psycho at the amount of releases that their artistes are putting out at this rate :dead2

anyway , my copy of TRICK has been shipped out from HMV HK , YAY can't wait to get it in due time :D

Because of Kuu is driving hits something?

wow. the covers are pretty!

When comes to Koda.... How can you be suprised? :D

still in the top3 so it's not so bad :yes

my HK press of the album was shipped out this morning from HMV HK , can't wait to get it soon :D

I'm glad TRICK is doing well, even though I don't like it =P

So wait

We only know 1 track from her single that is being released in 2 weeks?

lollllll

I know it's so weird

I'm quite sure something , at least a tiny bit of thing will be updated this week

if not it doesn't make sense at all

Yeah it's so strange that we know more about the compilations than her single right now.... I wonder if it will be pushed back like stay with me... It can't be abandoned, it has a tie-in...

Bigger covers:

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...erOfLuv/dh.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u...OfLuv/owcb.jpg

oh god my eyes....

theyre terrible....

Why did they have to make her hair wet?...

^i keep staring it too!
its sooooooooooooooooooo disgusting!

we just had this same exchange at jpm! :P

that's right it doesn't make sense or maybe it will be pushed back like what you said

her single's still yet untitled even though it will be out in 2 weeks's + time & no tracklist & not even covers

:dead2

:roflmao , too much hairgel ? at least I like her eyeshadow makeup

Wow, at least her eye make-up is kick-ass!

I can't believe they're actually doing those compilation albums! After all this time! :laugh

Soo, it's been a while since I've been here and I have a little request: Could someone point me to scans of her "Trick" album and lyrics too? Thanks so much!

that's probably the only saving grace for both covers . Her eye makeup's nice !

here you go , scans wise - http://www.kumibrasil.com/galeria/th....php?album=121

:D

Out Works and Collaboration Best cover is very nice, I like it.
But I don`t like Driving Hits cover that much.

I hope they announce track lists soon, I`m excited about it.
Hopefully there will be some new news about her single too, it`s so weird like everybody said.

Thank you so much, Karen!!! <3

OMG, just noticed her nails, they look so HOT!!... :luv2 So shiny... :love It looks like they put silver stuff on her nails... :P

I just realized that a bunch of Avex artists are releasing on 3/25. I sense much wank happening on that day.

don't you mean 25th of this month other than next month ?

from what I check , this month on the 25th , otsuka ai's Bye Bye & ayumi's Rule / Sparkle will be out & the week after that , it's Koda's turn & alan's debut album that will be released

:dead2

^ I meant 3/25. Koda, Ayu, EXILE, and THSK are releasing albums on that day :dead2

:dead2

no wonder the top management in avex are going crazy at this rate with the amount of releases being pumped out by their employees :dead2

Namie needs to release something so that the circle can be complete :laugh

^

Hmm yea it is strange there's not much single news. xd Hopefully an update this week yes.

I'm quite sure at least something will be up & running this week

if by next week nothing still surfaces , then something's seriously wrong

loool SWM was too fast loool

Fstest single's news :laugh

and faraway is the slowest single's news

just heard on jpm that someone said Kuu said on her radio show finished the recording on her next single :o

^next single? as in.. not the one that's released in 2 weeks? the one after that? O_O

the one afterwards apparently. :thud

hold on..we don't even have a title, tracklist, or coversfor her single that releases in 2 weeks, and yet, she already recorded her NEXT single? :dead2

that's my kuu :laugh lol. i don't mind, really. just NO ballads, please.

Avex's accounting year ends on March 31st. They are trying to pack in as many releases before that date to increase their income for the accounting year.

xD ooooh the historical war in 3/25 :laugh

Wow, she is already planning a new single :thud

YAY AT THE RELEASES

Too bad not a lot of people have money to order them ;-;

oh well, it's really nice to see J-Pop artists popping out singles again like they used to.

And by doing that they are really screwing both the fans and the artists themselves. They put in so much work for their albums but it won't be as appreciated as it should be what with so many other albums coming too.:eviltongu

That, and by releasing the same on one date more will sell. E.g. someone will want to buy Ayu's NEXT LEVEL and only likes Kumi somewhat but wouldn't normally buy her album, but ordering it all at once without having to wait they'd do it faster. :)

I keep checking this thread for news on her March single and there's still nothing.

COME ON AVEX, GIVE US SOMETHING.

:P

are you sure about kuu said she just got done recording her next single? people tend to be wrong a lot.. lol

especially when someone "translated" and said that taboo would be out a month for the FC before it actually came out, and everyone got excited over nothing.

WHAT ?!?!

T_T

lol

at the moment Kaori , Koda has put out 43 singles inclusive of that damn March 4th one

ayumi's 45 inclusive of Rule / Sparkle

you don't say Lisa

wow.. so many kuu release at one time!?? *can't believes*

With Koda Kumi's sales, its not that she is'nt popular, I think its just that Japan is in recesion right now and demand is really low. Once the economy picks up you will all see sales rise for her and other artists as well.