^Yeah, but one's in a different language...

^ But they were both released in Japan. Oh I don't know, I was just saying.

You totally missed the point of her post, heh. Go back and read it again: she's making a comparable point to this Ayu situation that has people all in a dither.

hmmm..right...sorry

anyway ayu #1 & #6
kobukuro 2# and 4#

^ that's great!..cd only is selling better now.

Great! Ayu still is #1 and the CD-only version is going up.

It's kind of noteworthy that there's been something weird going on with the last three albums.

(miss)understood used Sweetbox songs.
Secret was originally supposed to be a mini-album, but then some songs were rushed and/or recycled and it was BAM! a full album.
GUILTY has (only?) 10 full songs and 4 interludes.

It's like album tracks are left to the sidelines or whatever.

GEO of sweetbox compositions you mean, and there were just 6 and not 16 =P
ayu liked the compositions so she wanted to use them in her own songs, I don't see anything bad about it. It's still enough original since she used her own lyrics and even renamed 2 and she found them fit into the album.

Those GEO songs were so bad. :thud

^They are not...you have to get use to them. This is coming from a person who use to disliked them too! :laugh

no they were not....

big love.

16 [total songs] - 6 [Sweetbox] - 2 [interludes] = 8 songs.
That just screams, "OMG I NEED SONGS. *listens to random no-name CD* AH, THIS WILL DO, I SUPPOSE. NOW I NEED THEM TO GIVE THE SONGS TO ME! ME~! MEEEE!!"



OMG In The Corner.

Pride is an example for me. Though rainy day and Ladies Night have been awesome since the first listen.

I loved the GEO songs just because it was different for ayu. The only song I couldn't tolerate was Beautiful Day... that song was so lame. but the rest were <3 Ladies Night, rainy day, Pride, even Bold & Delicious!

same sentiments..i love these songs :P

well, maybe in her next album ayu may surprise us with >10 new songs.

Agreed on Beautiful Day :yes That and In The Corner, though slightly listenable, were :grumpy

Ummm, no, ayu wrote lyrics for them, they have different arrangements as well, that's a lot of work as it is =P

Yes, a couple of them are listenable, but IMO it doesen't change the fact that it's a very different move for ayu musically. Her versions weren't that much different musically and the sweetbox album was released almost simultaneously.

I do agree that (m) u and Secret were different in their own manner, no matter if the songs are "good" or not. Lots of confusion going on with Secret.

Sweetbox's Bold And Delicious was good but it was missing and that something was found in Ayumi's Bold&Delicious. Ayu's version was more lively and catchy. I do perfer Sweetbox's Pride over Ayumi's Pride. Ayumi's version for that song made me go, "Errr....!" :laugh

'In the corner' is one of my favorite song in (miss)understood !! >_<

^ however...in ayu forum we can't just say only things that are pleasing to our ears..some criticisms are needed [pertaining to ayu or other things] inorder to allow this forum to thrive for the better.

Wait, what? Hold up now. I don't know how you may perceive that, but I wrote that in no way trying to be rude. If you would've clicked the spoiler, you would have noticed a smiley that indicated that my point of view wasn't maybe the most realistic one. I'm sure things didn't go that far, but I found the whole matter strange.
But thanks for being the first person to try and send me to an anti-Ayumi forum!

I agree with HJeweL - this is not a shrine to worship the goddess that is Hamasaki Ayumi. This is a discussion forum where different people gather to express their different views on different subjects.