I really appreciate the advice haraiso. I will go ahead and do that.

While I was disappointed booking my current trip before the announcement of the 25th anniversary concert, I am very glad to be in Japan during this release of Finally. Its amazing walking the streets of Tokyo with this marketing campaign and I can't wait to check out the Shibuya popup store.

^ No problem! :D

Sooo jealous you'll be in Japan for the release! I keep seeing pictures of all the billboards and signs for Finally pretty much everywhere in Japan from pictures on Twitter and I can only imagine how amazing it will be to actually see it all in person!

I wanted her to take over Japan like the Alive MV for this release and she's done it. :luv2

Also, the next episode of the Hulu documentary comes out tomorrow I think! It'll be an hour-long interview with Namie herself. Really hope we'll get a translation somehow!

Okinawa's Tower Records Naha Ryubo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNr7z4iVAAAlbme.jpg

https://twitter.com/TOWER_Naha/statu...29672220098560

Interestingly , their shop motto is No Okinawa No Life , ha

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Chase the Chance , Finally version

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5407365339

Chase the Chance is..uhm..okay...prefer the original - but thx for sharing. Any more floating around?

well, I am not so sure if they are not going to leak, because it is already all over the chinese warez forums. But I am travelling right now cannot download it sooner than tomorrow evening but I guess till then album will be all over the internet

can you tell me how to download it?

so NEW LOOK and Say the word definitely got a sound-make-over. It's more prominent on the latter. But I still think this was unnecessary. Of the three songs I heard so far, none was better than its original.

Finally has leaked, without the unreleased songs though.
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5354096041

Finally DL link (46/52):
https://pan.baidu.com/s/1sl0oY3V
PW: g9p0

File password: if I understood well, it's 王大叔王小叔92好碟难求
He said, first his name on baidu, 6 characters (王大叔王小叔), then Namie's debut year, 2 characters, and then his name on Taobao, 4 characters (好碟难求).

EDIT: nevermind, probably fake, it seems that this guy posted the link a month ago... People in the comments are calling him out about this... My bad... :(

Thanks, but it doesn't let me download the file. Could someone upload this somewhere else?

urgh I know its a first world problem, but I hate it when stuff is around but at the same time it isn't :/

Previously link for Chase the Chance (Finally ver.) has been taken down

Alternate link - http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5407151845

NEW LOOK (Finally ver.) http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5408544921

Say the word (Finally ver.) http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5408542491

+ Sweet 19 Blues (Finally ver.) http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5408833181

nice that we can notice some changes even in "recent" tracks like NEW LOOK!

Any predictions for album sales?

450.000 - 550.000 First week

900.000 - 1.100.000 in total

ughhh got tired of searching for this.

omg just turned into A initiate, my favorite single!!

I love how the new finally ver. songs sound slightly different without losing their original essence :luv2

It's getting harder to download music now, sometimes I find it easier to just purchase albums and rip them myself. I'm happy to purchase FINALLY though, it's possibly the last release of Namie's I'll actually be ABLE to buy. :(

I'm liking how the new versions sound. I hope mastering will be good as well. I also had to get this album because it's probably her last. I don't usually buy compilations but this one will be worth it I hope.

Does anyone else think Namie's voice sounds a bit whiny in some of the newly recorded songs?

^yeah, it sounds a bit ...bored? In StW she is not able to get the high note anymore